Anonymous
Post 02/03/2023 09:50     Subject: Which HS magnets is your child turning down?
Anonymous wrote:There are two types of magnets. There are lottery magnets and criteria-based application magnets. For the latter the invited students are selected by a committee. Each school or program has its own committee so the selections at one school are made independent of other schools.


What's the rationale for maintaining these strictly merit-based systems for a select group of magnets when MCPS is moving all the others at other grade levels to a strict lottery system once kids qualify? Does equity not count for some schools?
Anonymous
Post 02/03/2023 09:47     Subject: Which HS magnets is your child turning down?
There are two types of magnets. There are lottery magnets and criteria-based application magnets. For the latter the invited students are selected by a committee. Each school or program has its own committee so the selections at one school are made independent of other schools.
Anonymous
Post 02/03/2023 09:46     Subject: Re:Which HS magnets is your child turning down?
MS parent here, not HS . . . Given the lottery systems in place even for the highly qualified students at other levels in MCPS, how can one student land invitations to more than 1-2 magnets? Is it because the application/criteria-based magnets in HS really work more like college admissions ( = admitting X number of students from the qualified pool, with the general understanding that X% usually accept), and/or because there is no longer any random draw involved in some HS magnets?

Confused. TIA for enlightening me!
Anonymous
Post 02/03/2023 07:32     Subject: Which HS magnets is your child turning down?
RMIB, PHS Humanity, PHS Global - for PHS SMCS.
Anonymous
Post 02/03/2023 07:30     Subject: Which HS magnets is your child turning down?
I think my kid will turn down Wheaton Engineering, accept CAP, and hope for Wheaton Biomed off the waitlist. How much does the Wheaton Biomed waitlist move? I feel like a lot of kids are rejecting it.
Anonymous
Post 02/03/2023 07:08     Subject: Which HS magnets is your child turning down?
Turning down Kennedy IB for sure and probably RMIB as well
Anonymous
Post 02/02/2023 21:57     Subject: Re:Which HS magnets is your child turning down?
Anonymous wrote:Turned down Rockville Engineering and Rockville Biomedical, accepted Wheaton Biomedical.


What is the difference between Wheaton’s biomedical and Rockville’s biomedical programs?
Anonymous
Post 02/02/2023 21:24     Subject: Which HS magnets is your child turning down?
RMIb for Blair
Anonymous
Post 02/02/2023 21:17     Subject: Re:Which HS magnets is your child turning down?
Turned down Rockville Engineering and Rockville Biomedical, accepted Wheaton Biomedical.
Anonymous
Post 02/02/2023 20:54     Subject: Which HS magnets is your child turning down?
My kid is turning down RMIB, Kennedy IB, CAP and Wheaton Engineering.
Anonymous
Post 02/02/2023 18:50     Subject: Which HS magnets is your child turning down?
Someone in a previous thread said Wheaton Biomed and Wheaton Engineering.
Anonymous
Post 02/02/2023 18:45     Subject: Which HS magnets is your child turning down?
Poolesville Ecology. Super interested in program but got in to another magnet closer.
Anonymous
Post 02/02/2023 18:33     Subject: Re:Which HS magnets is your child turning down?
Don't know yet, but he got into 4 and can only go to one, so the wait lists will certainly move
Anonymous
Post 02/02/2023 18:33     Subject: Which HS magnets is your child turning down?
Wheaton engineering
Anonymous
Post 02/02/2023 18:31     Subject: Which HS magnets is your child turning down?
This is to give hope to those on the waitlist.