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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes. Nothing is a guarantee. Especially if the committee thinks the application is written by a striver mom, not the kid.

"290+" is a mid score, unless that "+" is doing a lot of work. [/quote]

Or the committee thinks that the test score was lucky and not consistent with the rest of performance across other areas of evaluation.[/quote]

It’s probably pretty rare to reject such students with strong stem awards and high MAP M. Outliers always exist but maybe with some reasons 
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There aren’t that many “strong STEM honors/awards” available to middle schoolers. So if the kids have them at that age, that’s more indicative of parental resources.  [/quote]

There are. Math Kangaroo, mathcount, mathleague, science bowl, AMC 8, Montgomery Blair math tournament, etc [/quote]

These must be pay to play.  Never heard of them. [/quote]

They’re not exactly pay to play in that you need thousands to enter.  But without some extra coaching (which could be $$), most kids wouldn’t be able to stand out. And Montgomery Blair math tournament and science bowl are team competitions.  You’d need a cohort of fellow smart students.  My kid’s MCPS MS  doesn’t send kids to science bowl and it requires a faculty sponsor so it’s not like a team of kids can enter on their own. [/quote]

They are pay to play.  Many MCPS schools don't offer or support stem.  There are plenty of schools with a cohort, but people like you like to pretend that these other kids aren't qualified.  But, that's MCPS equity for you which is why they probably stopped using the term, but unleashing potential is a joke when they hold our kids back.[/quote]

Free admission + free lunch isn't "pay to play"

https://mbmt.mbhs.edu/info/

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Both schools my kids are at don't have math teams, so how exactly would they do that?[/quote]

1. Click the link to the website.

2. Read the website.

3. Follow the instructions. [/quote]

Maybe you didn't read the website, but it doesn't include information on how to enter if your kid isn't part of a math team.[/quote]

If you are talking about mbmt (I'm not reading every reply in this thread so I might be wrong), read Rule #6 here: https://mbmt.mbhs.edu/rules/

You can register as an independent "organization". So parent can register a group of 5 kids, as long as they all come from the same middle school. Your kid, if loving math, can surely take the initiative. Also, if you have any questions, email the POC listed in the website. They are super kind and responsive in responding your questions. 
Just for advertisement, this year we will also host mBIT, likely in early June. https://mbit.mbhs.edu/ . Any three kids (no binding to school/county/state) can form a team. [/quote]

How is that not a team? Basically parents at underresourced MCPS schools need to take it upon themselves to guide their kid to source several kids, coach the team and get the kids there.

If you can’t see the difference between the level of resources that requires from kids and parents at schools that are already lacking in resources, that’s a shame. 
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What resources they give to middle schools? All school parents need to take it upon themselves and be the club coach. Teachers only sponsor the club and don’t coach. [/quote]

At my kid's MS, the chair of the math department selects the kids and organizes the club. That involves some coaching as well.[/quote]

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