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Anonymous wrote:How many TPMS kids got in and are attending in the current Freshman class? I heard from my kid maybe around 40??

Anecdotally, I have heard of kids not wanting to do that commute to SS for another 4 years. The call of the home high school that is only 5 minutes away and with old friends from ES seems very alluring.

Does anybody who have been to TPMS but decided to forego magnet HS have any regrets?

My freshman went to TPMS and is very happy at Blair. He estimated 35-40 attending this year from the TPMS magnet.

A big number from Frost as well.

What do you mean by “Big number”? 10? 30? Why would a “big number” come from Frost?

Because, many from Frost would have been TPMS-qualified but didn't get in there due to the quotas/capacity.

If that's what you need to tell yourself then sure.

DS didn't get into TPMS but got into Blair, and is certainly as qualified to be there as any from TPMS (or any other MS).

There are more programs and more slots at high school level. Middle school prelottery was the toughest to get in to.

Are you saying now it's not tough to get in to TPMS?? Which is it?

Well it’s a lottery, isn’t it, so it’s not tough it’s random. Unless you live in bound in which case it’s easy.

I would describe it as easy. Were in bounds. DC had straight A's every quarter at their CES and was scoring 280 on their MAP-M wasn't picked. I have no idea which in boundary kids were picked but it only included 3 kids from the local CES.

CES is unrelated to mark scores. You must not be talking about current 6th graders. No one scored 280.

It wasn't this past year but I wanted to illustrate that even the kid with the highest map-m in the school isn't a shoe in.

Although CES isn't related per se, the kids in the local CES are generally high-fliers and prior to the lottery accounted for around 50% of the boundary magnet seats for PBES, but after the lottery, it was a fraction of that at least during my kid's year.

The interesting thing that happened was many of the lottery kids dropped out and the same CES kids that had been initially passed over ended up in the magnet 1-2 years later to fill those vacancies and seem be thriving.

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Anonymous wrote:How many TPMS kids got in and are attending in the current Freshman class? I heard from my kid maybe around 40??

Anecdotally, I have heard of kids not wanting to do that commute to SS for another 4 years. The call of the home high school that is only 5 minutes away and with old friends from ES seems very alluring.

Does anybody who have been to TPMS but decided to forego magnet HS have any regrets?

My freshman went to TPMS and is very happy at Blair. He estimated 35-40 attending this year from the TPMS magnet.

A big number from Frost as well.

What do you mean by “Big number”? 10? 30? Why would a “big number” come from Frost?

Because, many from Frost would have been TPMS-qualified but didn't get in there due to the quotas/capacity.

If that's what you need to tell yourself then sure.

DS didn't get into TPMS but got into Blair, and is certainly as qualified to be there as any from TPMS (or any other MS).

There are more programs and more slots at high school level. Middle school prelottery was the toughest to get in to.

Are you saying now it's not tough to get in to TPMS?? Which is it?

Well it’s a lottery, isn’t it, so it’s not tough it’s random. Unless you live in bound in which case it’s easy.

I would describe it as easy. Were in bounds. DC had straight A's every quarter at their CES and was scoring 280 on their MAP-M wasn't picked. I have no idea which in boundary kids were picked but it only included 3 kids from the local CES.

CES is unrelated to mark scores. You must not be talking about current 6th graders. No one scored 280.

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Anonymous wrote:How many TPMS kids got in and are attending in the current Freshman class? I heard from my kid maybe around 40??

Anecdotally, I have heard of kids not wanting to do that commute to SS for another 4 years. The call of the home high school that is only 5 minutes away and with old friends from ES seems very alluring.

Does anybody who have been to TPMS but decided to forego magnet HS have any regrets?

My freshman went to TPMS and is very happy at Blair. He estimated 35-40 attending this year from the TPMS magnet.

A big number from Frost as well.

What do you mean by “Big number”? 10? 30? Why would a “big number” come from Frost?

Because, many from Frost would have been TPMS-qualified but didn't get in there due to the quotas/capacity.

If that's what you need to tell yourself then sure.

DS didn't get into TPMS but got into Blair, and is certainly as qualified to be there as any from TPMS (or any other MS).

There are more programs and more slots at high school level. Middle school prelottery was the toughest to get in to.

Are you saying now it's not tough to get in to TPMS?? Which is it?

Well it’s a lottery, isn’t it, so it’s not tough it’s random. Unless you live in bound in which case it’s easy.

I would describe it as easy. Were in bounds. DC had straight A's every quarter at their CES and was scoring 280 on their MAP-M wasn't picked. I have no idea which in boundary kids were picked but it only included 3 kids from the local CES.

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Anonymous wrote:How many TPMS kids got in and are attending in the current Freshman class? I heard from my kid maybe around 40??

Anecdotally, I have heard of kids not wanting to do that commute to SS for another 4 years. The call of the home high school that is only 5 minutes away and with old friends from ES seems very alluring.

Does anybody who have been to TPMS but decided to forego magnet HS have any regrets?

My freshman went to TPMS and is very happy at Blair. He estimated 35-40 attending this year from the TPMS magnet.

A big number from Frost as well.

What do you mean by “Big number”? 10? 30? Why would a “big number” come from Frost?

Because, many from Frost would have been TPMS-qualified but didn't get in there due to the quotas/capacity.

If that's what you need to tell yourself then sure.

DS didn't get into TPMS but got into Blair, and is certainly as qualified to be there as any from TPMS (or any other MS).

There are more programs and more slots at high school level. Middle school prelottery was the toughest to get in to.

Are you saying now it's not tough to get in to TPMS?? Which is it?

Well it’s a lottery, isn’t it, so it’s not tough it’s random. Unless you live in bound in which case it’s easy.

Yes, there's a lottery of top kids. They are in the top 5% nationally from our low-farm school. Scoring in the top 5% and getting perfect grades isn't exactly random but there are far more qualified kids than there are seats.

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Anonymous wrote:How many TPMS kids got in and are attending in the current Freshman class? I heard from my kid maybe around 40??

Anecdotally, I have heard of kids not wanting to do that commute to SS for another 4 years. The call of the home high school that is only 5 minutes away and with old friends from ES seems very alluring.

Does anybody who have been to TPMS but decided to forego magnet HS have any regrets?

My freshman went to TPMS and is very happy at Blair. He estimated 35-40 attending this year from the TPMS magnet.

A big number from Frost as well.

What do you mean by “Big number”? 10? 30? Why would a “big number” come from Frost?

Because, many from Frost would have been TPMS-qualified but didn't get in there due to the quotas/capacity.

If that's what you need to tell yourself then sure.

DS didn't get into TPMS but got into Blair, and is certainly as qualified to be there as any from TPMS (or any other MS).

There are more programs and more slots at high school level. Middle school prelottery was the toughest to get in to.

Are you saying now it's not tough to get in to TPMS?? Which is it?

Well it’s a lottery, isn’t it, so it’s not tough it’s random. Unless you live in bound in which case it’s easy.

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Anonymous wrote:How many TPMS kids got in and are attending in the current Freshman class? I heard from my kid maybe around 40??

Anecdotally, I have heard of kids not wanting to do that commute to SS for another 4 years. The call of the home high school that is only 5 minutes away and with old friends from ES seems very alluring.

Does anybody who have been to TPMS but decided to forego magnet HS have any regrets?

My freshman went to TPMS and is very happy at Blair. He estimated 35-40 attending this year from the TPMS magnet.

A big number from Frost as well.

What do you mean by “Big number”? 10? 30? Why would a “big number” come from Frost?

Because, many from Frost would have been TPMS-qualified but didn't get in there due to the quotas/capacity.

If that's what you need to tell yourself then sure.

DS didn't get into TPMS but got into Blair, and is certainly as qualified to be there as any from TPMS (or any other MS).

There are more programs and more slots at high school level. Middle school prelottery was the toughest to get in to.

Are you saying now it's not tough to get in to TPMS?? Which is it?

Irrelevant

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Anonymous wrote:How many TPMS kids got in and are attending in the current Freshman class? I heard from my kid maybe around 40??

Anecdotally, I have heard of kids not wanting to do that commute to SS for another 4 years. The call of the home high school that is only 5 minutes away and with old friends from ES seems very alluring.

Does anybody who have been to TPMS but decided to forego magnet HS have any regrets?

My freshman went to TPMS and is very happy at Blair. He estimated 35-40 attending this year from the TPMS magnet.

A big number from Frost as well.

What do you mean by “Big number”? 10? 30? Why would a “big number” come from Frost?

Because, many from Frost would have been TPMS-qualified but didn't get in there due to the quotas/capacity.

If that's what you need to tell yourself then sure.

DS didn't get into TPMS but got into Blair, and is certainly as qualified to be there as any from TPMS (or any other MS).

There are more programs and more slots at high school level. Middle school prelottery was the toughest to get in to.

Unless you thought ahead and live in bounds

Well, as it happens, I did, but it’s bit relevant for the person I’m replying to.

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Anonymous wrote:How many TPMS kids got in and are attending in the current Freshman class? I heard from my kid maybe around 40??

Anecdotally, I have heard of kids not wanting to do that commute to SS for another 4 years. The call of the home high school that is only 5 minutes away and with old friends from ES seems very alluring.

Does anybody who have been to TPMS but decided to forego magnet HS have any regrets?

My freshman went to TPMS and is very happy at Blair. He estimated 35-40 attending this year from the TPMS magnet.

A big number from Frost as well.

What do you mean by “Big number”? 10? 30? Why would a “big number” come from Frost?

Because, many from Frost would have been TPMS-qualified but didn't get in there due to the quotas/capacity.

If that's what you need to tell yourself then sure.

DS didn't get into TPMS but got into Blair, and is certainly as qualified to be there as any from TPMS (or any other MS).

There are more programs and more slots at high school level. Middle school prelottery was the toughest to get in to.

Unless you thought ahead and live in bounds

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Anonymous wrote:How many TPMS kids got in and are attending in the current Freshman class? I heard from my kid maybe around 40??

Anecdotally, I have heard of kids not wanting to do that commute to SS for another 4 years. The call of the home high school that is only 5 minutes away and with old friends from ES seems very alluring.

Does anybody who have been to TPMS but decided to forego magnet HS have any regrets?

My freshman went to TPMS and is very happy at Blair. He estimated 35-40 attending this year from the TPMS magnet.

A big number from Frost as well.

What do you mean by “Big number”? 10? 30? Why would a “big number” come from Frost?

Because, many from Frost would have been TPMS-qualified but didn't get in there due to the quotas/capacity.

If that's what you need to tell yourself then sure.

DS didn't get into TPMS but got into Blair, and is certainly as qualified to be there as any from TPMS (or any other MS).

There are more programs and more slots at high school level. Middle school prelottery was the toughest to get in to.

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Anonymous wrote:How many TPMS kids got in and are attending in the current Freshman class? I heard from my kid maybe around 40??

Anecdotally, I have heard of kids not wanting to do that commute to SS for another 4 years. The call of the home high school that is only 5 minutes away and with old friends from ES seems very alluring.

Does anybody who have been to TPMS but decided to forego magnet HS have any regrets?

My freshman went to TPMS and is very happy at Blair. He estimated 35-40 attending this year from the TPMS magnet.

A big number from Frost as well.

What do you mean by “Big number”? 10? 30? Why would a “big number” come from Frost?

Because, many from Frost would have been TPMS-qualified but didn't get in there due to the quotas/capacity.

If that's what you need to tell yourself then sure.

DS didn't get into TPMS but got into Blair, and is certainly as qualified to be there as any from TPMS (or any other MS).

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Anonymous wrote:With only about 100 kids 10% seems pretty big to me. The other middle schools we know about seem to have only sent 1-3 kids.

Cabin John and Hoover also have about 10 kids

There's more interest from some schools than others.

Wooton and Churchill are amongst the farthest commutes to Blair. Why would Blair attract so many from the farthest sections of the area?? Both of these schools are very strong, academically.

It's true these are fine schools but in comparison to the offerings at Blair, they pale to insignificance.