Anonymous wrote:No raw scores in letter. Only MCPS and National percentiles...strange?

How does the national percentile compare to MCPS?

Recommended to TPMS and Not Recommended to Eastern.

MCPS %s are 98 Q, slightly lower V, much much lower N. MAPs are good but not as high as most PPs indicate. Even got a 4 on the Reading PARCC. This is clearly not about high scores only.

I am very surprised but very happy.

No raw scores in letter. Only MCPS and National percentiles...strange?

Isn't it crazy to think that your child tested better than 91% of all kids his or her age and still isn't good enough for the program. My kid has 94% across the board and likely won't get in but friends in other parts of the country think this is just craziness.

There are only 200 seats total. What's crazy is that MCPS doesn't do more to support kids who are capable of doing work above and beyond the current curriculum.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oh boy. Anyone have an Eastern slot they want to swap for a TPMS one?

This is not a humble brag. My kid is going to be so mad and disappointed.

I know a kid indicated Eastern as her only choice during the survey, got stellar V and MAP-R scores, and rejected by Eastern but got accepted by TPMS. She appealed and eventually got into Eastern. Good Luck!

What were the kids meant to indicate a preference? I don’t think my kid did this. I didn’t even talk to him about Eastern. He doesn’t know the first thing about it. In fact when he took the cOGAT e we had barely discussed the magnet program at all.

Before the CoGAT, there is a survey section, asking which program you preferred to go, what you think make you a good magnet candidate, some questions like this. My STEM-oriented kid chose TPMS as the only choice and I'm looking forward to see the result tonight when I got back.

How are the kids supposed to know about the magnets and what they might want? I make it a point to not discuss the magnets/CogAT with my kid because I don't want any pressure. It seems unfair if they use that survey as part of the process. We'll see what we wind up with. DS was rejected to CES with 99th percentile across the board in 3rd, and has 99th percentile again on CogAT, but I don't think he even knows what the magnets are.

I believe they must indicated somewhere on the survey that TPMS is STEM oriented and Eastern is humanities oriented. I'm not sure, but everyone from my DC's CES class knows...

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oh boy. Anyone have an Eastern slot they want to swap for a TPMS one?

This is not a humble brag. My kid is going to be so mad and disappointed.

I know a kid indicated Eastern as her only choice during the survey, got stellar V and MAP-R scores, and rejected by Eastern but got accepted by TPMS. She appealed and eventually got into Eastern. Good Luck!

What were the kids meant to indicate a preference? I don’t think my kid did this. I didn’t even talk to him about Eastern. He doesn’t know the first thing about it. In fact when he took the cOGAT e we had barely discussed the magnet program at all.

Before the CoGAT, there is a survey section, asking which program you preferred to go, what you think make you a good magnet candidate, some questions like this. My STEM-oriented kid chose TPMS as the only choice and I'm looking forward to see the result tonight when I got back.

How are the kids supposed to know about the magnets and what they might want? I make it a point to not discuss the magnets/CogAT with my kid because I don't want any pressure. It seems unfair if they use that survey as part of the process. We'll see what we wind up with. DS was rejected to CES with 99th percentile across the board in 3rd, and has 99th percentile again on CogAT, but I don't think he even knows what the magnets are.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes I am anxious. I sent an older child through our local middle school so I know what’s coming, and I think it’s not going to work well for the younger child. So to calm my anxiety and give me some real information, could anyone let me know if both acceptances and non-acceptances are arriving today or only acceptances?

Over on the other thread people are reporting receiving rejections as well as wait lists.

yes, would like to know if anyone received rejection?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oh boy. Anyone have an Eastern slot they want to swap for a TPMS one?

This is not a humble brag. My kid is going to be so mad and disappointed.

I know a kid indicated Eastern as her only choice during the survey, got stellar V and MAP-R scores, and rejected by Eastern but got accepted by TPMS. She appealed and eventually got into Eastern. Good Luck!

What were the kids meant to indicate a preference? I don’t think my kid did this. I didn’t even talk to him about Eastern. He doesn’t know the first thing about it. In fact when he took the cOGAT e we had barely discussed the magnet program at all.

Before the CoGAT, there is a survey section, asking which program you preferred to go, what you think make you a good magnet candidate, some questions like this. My STEM-oriented kid chose TPMS as the only choice and I'm looking forward to see the result tonight when I got back.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Did not receive anything in USPS Informed Delivery today

Sorry, PP, that means your child will be held back another year in 5th grade.
Seriously, people, just stop! Don't you have anything better to do with your lives, like getting a pedicure, or something?
FWIW, my child is also 99% on the nationally-normed CogAt, but this envelope obsession is insane.

But isn't it so insane as to be amusing? I mean, the envelope obsession is something you do to yourself. No one has to sit at home biting their nails waiting for the mail. It makes absolutely no difference if you find out at 1pm or 5pm or 8pm. This is a window into people's personalities and ways of handling mild to moderate anxiety and actually I find it kind of interesting.

I’m reading this thread for pure entertainment. My son got 91% so I knew he wasn’t a candidate. Now I’m here to enjoy the hysteria.

Isn't it crazy to think that your child tested better than 91% of all kids his or her age and still isn't good enough for the program. My kid has 94% across the board and likely won't get in but friends in other parts of the country think this is just craziness.

PP here. I was THRILLED that my son scored 91. Luckily neither he nor I care much about the magnet programs, so no one is upset in our house. He will succeed in whatever he does, I’m sure. And he’s a happy kid - most important thing to me. An receives NO academic pressure from me or my husband - also very important in our family.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oh boy. Anyone have an Eastern slot they want to swap for a TPMS one?

This is not a humble brag. My kid is going to be so mad and disappointed.

I know a kid indicated Eastern as her only choice during the survey, got stellar V and MAP-R scores, and rejected by Eastern but got accepted by TPMS. She appealed and eventually got into Eastern. Good Luck!

What were the kids meant to indicate a preference? I don’t think my kid did this. I didn’t even talk to him about Eastern. He doesn’t know the first thing about it. In fact when he took the cOGAT e we had barely discussed the magnet program at all.

Anonymous wrote:Oh boy. Anyone have an Eastern slot they want to swap for a TPMS one?

This is not a humble brag. My kid is going to be so mad and disappointed.

I know a kid indicated Eastern as her only choice during the survey, got stellar V and MAP-R scores, and rejected by Eastern but got accepted by TPMS. She appealed and eventually got into Eastern. Good Luck!

Oh boy. Anyone have an Eastern slot they want to swap for a TPMS one?

This is not a humble brag. My kid is going to be so mad and disappointed.

What other thread?

Anonymous wrote:Yes I am anxious. I sent an older child through our local middle school so I know what’s coming, and I think it’s not going to work well for the younger child. So to calm my anxiety and give me some real information, could anyone let me know if both acceptances and non-acceptances are arriving today or only acceptances?

Over on the other thread people are reporting receiving rejections as well as wait lists.

99%, V53, Q43, N49. In boundary for TPMS, currently in a CES and not accepted at either TPMS or Eastern. At least the kid learned how to write in the CES.

If MCPS did a better job for all kids, people might not be losing their minds over envelopes. The County goes through the process of identifying kids as gifted at multiple points (and I think they're a little too generous with that label), but then has limited ability to actually provide enrichment. 100 spots for STEM enrichment is a joke. All kids could benefit from enriched science classes, not just the 99.9% who won this bizarre mcps lottery.