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[quote=Anonymous]Sorry for the over-reaction to your post.  I just bristle at comments that I perceive as suggesting that any student accepted into the magnet program may be less qualified than any other accepted students.  I recognize now that YOU weren't suggesting this; my underlying point was that the reality is that there are many more qualified students -- even exceptionally qualified students -- than there is space in the magnet programs.  So when my all Os & As, above grade level performing at a well-regarded MCPS ES (which consistently has 4-6 students each year move into the HGC), highly-recommended, and above median-test scoring student was not accepted into the program, I didn't think that some less-deserving student "got" my kid's spot.  Instead, as I explained to my kid going into the process, in this county (and from our school with a majority of the Grade 3 students applying), it's pretty much a crap shoot gaining admission into the magnet program -- and, in our case, we are fortunate because our home school is sufficient (e.g., Math 7 in Grade 5 -- and thrilled that we're avoiding the whole Curriculum 2.0 imlementation!).

In response to the original poster, if you feel like appealing, you should.  A couple of years ago, neighbors successfully appealed the acceptance of one twin (their son) and the rejection of the other (their daughter -- who had outperformed her brother on the admission test); both were placed in the HGC, thrived there, and one went on to Eastern and the other to Takoma Park.  [/quote]

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