Anonymous
Post 02/09/2017 23:01     Subject: Re:Magnet Results
Anonymous wrote:Eastern Median Score:
Raven: 25
RC: 23
Writing: 27

Anyone receives TPMS acceptance letter yet?
(My understanding is that if we report the median scores, that means we are not accepted by that program because acceptance letter does not provide median scores inforamtion.)


Median scores should be visible on both acceptance and rejection letters.
Anonymous
Post 02/09/2017 23:00     Subject: Re:Magnet Results
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Typo? Maybe. Probably.
But am shocked that someone would have the audacity to assume that median scores ran along gender lines (& that boys were higher). Good grief.


such a hypocrite. The stats were done on gender and on race in MCPS and elsewhere all the time. Will you also be shocked if the median scores of boys are slightly lower than girls for Eastern acceptance?


Are you kidding me? Not on acceptance letters. Can you imagine if they sent letters w/ averages by race? "Your kid scored X. The average score of Asian kids was X." No way. You are totally out of context and not even talking about hypocrisy. Stop wasting everyone's time with manufactured drama & name calling.
Anonymous
Post 02/09/2017 09:33     Subject: Re:Magnet Results
Anonymous wrote:About the 2-set of median scores for TPMS, I sent an email to the Magnet Coordinator yesterday and has not yet received any reply. In the past, he has been always very prompt replying emails. So my gut feeling is that that may be a typo (one set of data is probably from last year and they simply forgot to update the info). If I receive a response, I'll update it here again.

Thanks for doing that. Also, I think your "gut feeling" provides a very plausible explanation. I can for example imagine they used a form letter from last year and started sending some letters out before noticing they had not changed the median scores from the previous letter so perhaps the earlier ones went out with the wrong scores?
Anonymous
Post 02/09/2017 09:27     Subject: Re:Magnet Results
About the 2-set of median scores for TPMS, I sent an email to the Magnet Coordinator yesterday and has not yet received any reply. In the past, he has been always very prompt replying emails. So my gut feeling is that that may be a typo (one set of data is probably from last year and they simply forgot to update the info). If I receive a response, I'll update it here again.
Anonymous
Post 02/08/2017 11:34     Subject: Re:Magnet Results
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Typo? Maybe. Probably.
But am shocked that someone would have the audacity to assume that median scores ran along gender lines (& that boys were higher). Good grief.


such a hypocrite. The stats were done on gender and on race in MCPS and elsewhere all the time. Will you also be shocked if the median scores of boys are slightly lower than girls for Eastern acceptance?


Even if these WERE on gender (which I don't think they are) or even race (again, I don't think so), then we are talking about really small differences.
Anonymous
Post 02/08/2017 10:21     Subject: Re:Magnet Results
Anonymous wrote:Typo? Maybe. Probably.
But am shocked that someone would have the audacity to assume that median scores ran along gender lines (& that boys were higher). Good grief.


such a hypocrite. The stats were done on gender and on race in MCPS and elsewhere all the time. Will you also be shocked if the median scores of boys are slightly lower than girls for Eastern acceptance?
Anonymous
Post 02/08/2017 09:58     Subject: Magnet Results
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The differences between the two medians are miniscule, which should shut up anyone who thinks that in-boundary kids coming out of Takoma Park and Silver Spring are being gifted something. In reality, the extra spot for in-boundary kids is just freeing up room for OOB kids, which is a win-win for everyone.


I think we have decided that the different scores are not in boundary vs out of boundary


Not in-boundary vs OOB and not gender, so what? Maybe wait pool vs accepted? My DC is in the waitpool and letter has the slightly lower medians.
Anonymous
Post 02/08/2017 09:53     Subject: Magnet Results
Anonymous wrote:The differences between the two medians are miniscule, which should shut up anyone who thinks that in-boundary kids coming out of Takoma Park and Silver Spring are being gifted something. In reality, the extra spot for in-boundary kids is just freeing up room for OOB kids, which is a win-win for everyone.


I think we have decided that the different scores are not in boundary vs out of boundary
Anonymous
Post 02/08/2017 09:00     Subject: Magnet Results
The differences between the two medians are miniscule, which should shut up anyone who thinks that in-boundary kids coming out of Takoma Park and Silver Spring are being gifted something. In reality, the extra spot for in-boundary kids is just freeing up room for OOB kids, which is a win-win for everyone.

Anonymous
Post 02/08/2017 08:17     Subject: Re:Magnet Results
Eastern Median Score:
Raven: 25
RC: 23
Writing: 27

Anyone receives TPMS acceptance letter yet?
(My understanding is that if we report the median scores, that means we are not accepted by that program because acceptance letter does not provide median scores inforamtion.)