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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think it's pretty clear that since they eliminated teacher recs and the test this year, that there was a lot of jury-rigging of the admit pool to intentionally make it more diverse.  Lack of diversity in magnets has been a sore spot within MCPS for years, and with the pandemic, they had a good excuse to eliminate the objective test.  While that actually seemed reasonable, it was unconscionable to also eliminate teacher recs.  Basically they had carte blanche to just intentionally choose incoming classes based on diversity. When you remove the actual distinguishing criteria (test and recs), you're left with criteria that lots and lots of students match (tons of MS students have straight As), so sure, out of all those students, it's easy to social engineer.  Basically this year's applicants got shafted.

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Hmmm, not sure that I can agree with all that you wrote. I appreciate your effort to develop a storyline; however, we all know the selection process is school and race blind. At least it is suppose to be.

My kid did not get into CAP even though we hoped for it. Straight A's, high upper 90 MAP scores and did not attend a magnet program. My DC has a 504 (challenged by ADHD) but is hugely successful in the classroom, school activities, leadership roles, after school clubs, and non school activities. All of these things were delineated when my DC wrote the short answers and essay. But nonetheless, there were no teacher recommendations to talk about my DC and what my DC brings to the classroom and activities. Only data points this year and kids are more than just these handfuls of data, which I might point out are NOT predictive. There is a huge gap in this process by not including recommendations, which I will say contributes to the disappointment. That said, I wish it were different.

Sometimes as parents we think that we know what the right path is for our kid and the path turns out to be different and I guess this is one of those times.[/quote]

I could have written this for the same reasons.  I am just happy that my kid is not crushed - will do well at the neighborhood hs, and will move on.  I agree that lack of teacher recs hurts some of the non-neurotypical kids who just don't test well.  Teacher recs can get over that - but if they are just looking at grades and MAP scores - well my kid had straight As - but his MAP scores were only in the low 90s.[/quote]

+1000

While not crushing for your kid, it’s gotta be tough on you as the parent as this is not the first time (nor the last) that your kid will not make the cut. We all hurt and feel deeply at times like these. Great your kid is so resilient, certainly a silver lining! Nice work, Mom/Dad!
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