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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am actually relieved about not getting into Eastern - I had one student go through the program and would not want the stress it entails for my rising 6th grader, but disappointed they were not selected for TMPS - they are a math loving kiddo with 99th percentile MAPS since Kindergarten.[/quote]

Pretty much the same exact situation! Don't know if we would have done Eastern again, but the TPMS would have been perfect for our STEM loving youngest.

Now just the question of their friends - almost all of who were in CES and 5/6 math with them and probably in both pools (and I imagine they all have a pretty good idea of each others abilities). All kinds of potential there for social issues, tears, and complaints of "how is that fair when...".[/quote]

How stressed kids will be about this is family driven.  We haven't even mentioned the magnet to our kid.  If he gets in, then we'll discuss.  Kids might talk about it in a fleeting way, but I doubt most are obsessing unless their parents are.[/quote]

Simply not a universal experience. Some kids have siblings in the programs and know about them. Some kids friends actually do talk about this stuff (especially if they are in programs like CES already - they talk about it). It is not just the families that add pressure though this surely happens. We have not disucssed it here much here (especially since we knew it would be random), but these kids are all on group chats together - I can't imagine that over the weekend they won't discuss if someone gets in (and someone inevitably will). [/quote]

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