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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was just looking online for the middle school magnet application form and couldn't get it from the MCPS website - probably because the deadline has already passed for this year, but I'd be interested in taking a look to get a sense of what my son will need to do when he applies. I'm discouraged to hear that something like 800 kids apply for 100 slots each at TPMS and Eastern. My kid has good "G+T" level test scores and good grades, but it sounds like that's no guarantee. Does anyone whose kid got in have any advice about what the evaluators are considering and what my kid needs to show them to prove he could do the work? I would not be happy with our home middle school and believe the magnets would be great for him (although I realize there are many qualified kids). [/quote]

My three kids have attended MCPS MS magnets.

I am pretty sure that the first line of evaluation is the test itself, so of the 800 kids who apply, I'm guessing that about half are kicked out of the pool right off the bat just based on their too-low test scores.  After that, the reviewers look at the teacher references, grades, essays.  (Frankly I suspect the application essays count for very little.)  If your kid is wait-listed, you should also bear in mind that some kids are admitted to both magnets (and can only attend one, obviously), so once they make their choice it reduces the count even further and opens up options for wait-listed kids.

Like you, we were not happy with our home school, and so we created Plan B as part of our magnet application process.  For all three kids we submitted applications to other, non-competitive magnets (Loioderman, Parkland) and to private schools so that if they were not admitted to the magnets, they would have other options.[/quote]

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