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Anonymous wrote:Well one of the Potomac CES schools used to send over half its class to the MS magnet and those were mostly Asian kids. This school and these kids consistently have the highest PARCC and MAP scores in the county. With the new change, only 1 or 2 kids were admitted.

You’re talking about last year. The question is this year.

Exactly, not that an anonymous post proves anything anyway, but so far no across the board 99s and rejection stories. There are people with one really good score and two mediocre scores, but not a slam dunk. There are people with well rounded but not perfect scores who are a little surprised their kid got in. Sounds like the process went smoother this year.

Of course, there are many 4*99% rejection. People are already used to it based on last year’s experience and can joke about it. It’s kind of an honor roll now.

Last year, MCPS did not report the MCPS averages, only National averages. I suspect many of the cross the board 99% rejections last year were not 99% across the board for the MCPS pool. That is why MCPS reported the new data this year and most likely why the board hasn't blown up compared to last year.

There are still many 99% rejections based on MCPS %. I am curious if there are a good number of MCPS 99% in all three sections.

Based on what evidence? It is not clear to me if many of the posts are MCPS %'s.

Based on my social network. But I don’t know anyone with 3*99% MCPS rejection. But the previous post just broaden my horizon.

I think we are saying the same thing. I know across the board 99% national kids but haven't seen any evidence of across the board 99% MCPS avg kids.

Cold Spring CES parent here: yes, we have 99% MCPS avg kids being rejected.

Interesting; is it a couple or a lot? I wish they would post stats, including MAP and PARCC. I think MCPS placed caps on each home MS. For example, only 2 or 3 kids from each school. This allows them to take 1 or 2 non-CES kids along with 1 or 2 CES kids to home MS. Last year there seemed to be no school that had a lot of kids go the MS magnets (TPMS or Eastern). This problem happened for upcounty schools this year too.

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Anonymous wrote:Well one of the Potomac CES schools used to send over half its class to the MS magnet and those were mostly Asian kids. This school and these kids consistently have the highest PARCC and MAP scores in the county. With the new change, only 1 or 2 kids were admitted.

You’re talking about last year. The question is this year.

Exactly, not that an anonymous post proves anything anyway, but so far no across the board 99s and rejection stories. There are people with one really good score and two mediocre scores, but not a slam dunk. There are people with well rounded but not perfect scores who are a little surprised their kid got in. Sounds like the process went smoother this year.

Of course, there are many 4*99% rejection. People are already used to it based on last year’s experience and can joke about it. It’s kind of an honor roll now.

Last year, MCPS did not report the MCPS averages, only National averages. I suspect many of the cross the board 99% rejections last year were not 99% across the board for the MCPS pool. That is why MCPS reported the new data this year and most likely why the board hasn't blown up compared to last year.

There are still many 99% rejections based on MCPS %. I am curious if there are a good number of MCPS 99% in all three sections.

Based on what evidence? It is not clear to me if many of the posts are MCPS %'s.

Based on my social network. But I don’t know anyone with 3*99% MCPS rejection. But the previous post just broaden my horizon.

I think we are saying the same thing. I know across the board 99% national kids but haven't seen any evidence of across the board 99% MCPS avg kids.

Cold Spring CES parent here: yes, we have 99% MCPS avg kids being rejected.

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Anonymous wrote:Let the FARM outlier and maybe even a little bit more who's qualified, but didn't get as high academic achievement as 9As to go to a "home school" with strong cohort may make more sense than send them to a group with super outliers from a strong home school?

I am not normally the English language police on message boards, but this is incomprehensible.

I will translate. "MCPS is denying admission to kids with very high scores from home middle schools with high scores, because poor high-scoring kids wouldn't be able to keep up with them."

Do you have evidence to support this or is this just sour grapes?

Don't ask me, I'm just the translator! (But I would put my money on sour grapes.)

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Anonymous wrote:Well one of the Potomac CES schools used to send over half its class to the MS magnet and those were mostly Asian kids. This school and these kids consistently have the highest PARCC and MAP scores in the county. With the new change, only 1 or 2 kids were admitted.

You’re talking about last year. The question is this year.

Exactly, not that an anonymous post proves anything anyway, but so far no across the board 99s and rejection stories. There are people with one really good score and two mediocre scores, but not a slam dunk. There are people with well rounded but not perfect scores who are a little surprised their kid got in. Sounds like the process went smoother this year.

Of course, there are many 4*99% rejection. People are already used to it based on last year’s experience and can joke about it. It’s kind of an honor roll now.

Last year, MCPS did not report the MCPS averages, only National averages. I suspect many of the cross the board 99% rejections last year were not 99% across the board for the MCPS pool. That is why MCPS reported the new data this year and most likely why the board hasn't blown up compared to last year.

There are still many 99% rejections based on MCPS %. I am curious if there are a good number of MCPS 99% in all three sections.

Based on what evidence? It is not clear to me if many of the posts are MCPS %'s.

Based on my social network. But I don’t know anyone with 3*99% MCPS rejection. But the previous post just broaden my horizon.

I think we are saying the same thing. I know across the board 99% national kids but haven't seen any evidence of across the board 99% MCPS avg kids.

I interpret the cold spring case as 99% MCPS across the board rejection. There are many 99% national across board rejection at cold spring.

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Anonymous wrote:Well one of the Potomac CES schools used to send over half its class to the MS magnet and those were mostly Asian kids. This school and these kids consistently have the highest PARCC and MAP scores in the county. With the new change, only 1 or 2 kids were admitted.

You’re talking about last year. The question is this year.

Exactly, not that an anonymous post proves anything anyway, but so far no across the board 99s and rejection stories. There are people with one really good score and two mediocre scores, but not a slam dunk. There are people with well rounded but not perfect scores who are a little surprised their kid got in. Sounds like the process went smoother this year.

Of course, there are many 4*99% rejection. People are already used to it based on last year’s experience and can joke about it. It’s kind of an honor roll now.

Last year, MCPS did not report the MCPS averages, only National averages. I suspect many of the cross the board 99% rejections last year were not 99% across the board for the MCPS pool. That is why MCPS reported the new data this year and most likely why the board hasn't blown up compared to last year.

There are still many 99% rejections based on MCPS %. I am curious if there are a good number of MCPS 99% in all three sections.

Based on what evidence? It is not clear to me if many of the posts are MCPS %'s.

Based on my social network. But I don’t know anyone with 3*99% MCPS rejection. But the previous post just broaden my horizon.

I think we are saying the same thing. I know across the board 99% national kids but haven't seen any evidence of across the board 99% MCPS avg kids.

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Anonymous wrote:Well one of the Potomac CES schools used to send over half its class to the MS magnet and those were mostly Asian kids. This school and these kids consistently have the highest PARCC and MAP scores in the county. With the new change, only 1 or 2 kids were admitted.

You’re talking about last year. The question is this year.

Exactly, not that an anonymous post proves anything anyway, but so far no across the board 99s and rejection stories. There are people with one really good score and two mediocre scores, but not a slam dunk. There are people with well rounded but not perfect scores who are a little surprised their kid got in. Sounds like the process went smoother this year.

Of course, there are many 4*99% rejection. People are already used to it based on last year’s experience and can joke about it. It’s kind of an honor roll now.

Last year, MCPS did not report the MCPS averages, only National averages. I suspect many of the cross the board 99% rejections last year were not 99% across the board for the MCPS pool. That is why MCPS reported the new data this year and most likely why the board hasn't blown up compared to last year.

There are still many 99% rejections based on MCPS %. I am curious if there are a good number of MCPS 99% in all three sections.

Based on what evidence? It is not clear to me if many of the posts are MCPS %'s.

Based on my social network. But I don’t know anyone with 3*99% MCPS rejection. But the previous post just broaden my horizon.

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Anonymous wrote:Well one of the Potomac CES schools used to send over half its class to the MS magnet and those were mostly Asian kids. This school and these kids consistently have the highest PARCC and MAP scores in the county. With the new change, only 1 or 2 kids were admitted.

You’re talking about last year. The question is this year.

Exactly, not that an anonymous post proves anything anyway, but so far no across the board 99s and rejection stories. There are people with one really good score and two mediocre scores, but not a slam dunk. There are people with well rounded but not perfect scores who are a little surprised their kid got in. Sounds like the process went smoother this year.

Check the other post from the Barnsley CES. Only one acceptance so far was reported from that CES. I have a kid in Cold Spring CES, and so far less than 5 acceptance from two classes. I've heard at least two cases with 99% crossboard being rejected, not even waitpooled, this year.

I don’t know what to say. In all definitions, MCPS 99% across the board is an outlier in whatever form.

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Anonymous wrote:Let the FARM outlier and maybe even a little bit more who's qualified, but didn't get as high academic achievement as 9As to go to a "home school" with strong cohort may make more sense than send them to a group with super outliers from a strong home school?

I am not normally the English language police on message boards, but this is incomprehensible.

I will translate. "MCPS is denying admission to kids with very high scores from home middle schools with high scores, because poor high-scoring kids wouldn't be able to keep up with them."

Do you have evidence to support this or is this just sour grapes?

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Anonymous wrote:Well one of the Potomac CES schools used to send over half its class to the MS magnet and those were mostly Asian kids. This school and these kids consistently have the highest PARCC and MAP scores in the county. With the new change, only 1 or 2 kids were admitted.

You’re talking about last year. The question is this year.

Exactly, not that an anonymous post proves anything anyway, but so far no across the board 99s and rejection stories. There are people with one really good score and two mediocre scores, but not a slam dunk. There are people with well rounded but not perfect scores who are a little surprised their kid got in. Sounds like the process went smoother this year.

Of course, there are many 4*99% rejection. People are already used to it based on last year’s experience and can joke about it. It’s kind of an honor roll now.

Last year, MCPS did not report the MCPS averages, only National averages. I suspect many of the cross the board 99% rejections last year were not 99% across the board for the MCPS pool. That is why MCPS reported the new data this year and most likely why the board hasn't blown up compared to last year.

There are still many 99% rejections based on MCPS %. I am curious if there are a good number of MCPS 99% in all three sections.

Based on what evidence? It is not clear to me if many of the posts are MCPS %'s.

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Anonymous wrote:Well one of the Potomac CES schools used to send over half its class to the MS magnet and those were mostly Asian kids. This school and these kids consistently have the highest PARCC and MAP scores in the county. With the new change, only 1 or 2 kids were admitted.

You’re talking about last year. The question is this year.

Exactly, not that an anonymous post proves anything anyway, but so far no across the board 99s and rejection stories. There are people with one really good score and two mediocre scores, but not a slam dunk. There are people with well rounded but not perfect scores who are a little surprised their kid got in. Sounds like the process went smoother this year.

Check the other post from the Barnsley CES. Only one acceptance so far was reported from that CES. I have a kid in Cold Spring CES, and so far less than 5 acceptance from two classes. I've heard at least two cases with 99% crossboard being rejected, not even waitpooled, this year.

But is that National or MCPS averages? I talked to a neighbor that is upset about rejection but had to admit that MCPS averages were in the 80s compared to National (99%). BTW, my kid was rejected but I'm okay with home MS.

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Anonymous wrote:Well one of the Potomac CES schools used to send over half its class to the MS magnet and those were mostly Asian kids. This school and these kids consistently have the highest PARCC and MAP scores in the county. With the new change, only 1 or 2 kids were admitted.

You’re talking about last year. The question is this year.

Exactly, not that an anonymous post proves anything anyway, but so far no across the board 99s and rejection stories. There are people with one really good score and two mediocre scores, but not a slam dunk. There are people with well rounded but not perfect scores who are a little surprised their kid got in. Sounds like the process went smoother this year.

Of course, there are many 4*99% rejection. People are already used to it based on last year’s experience and can joke about it. It’s kind of an honor roll now.

Last year, MCPS did not report the MCPS averages, only National averages. I suspect many of the cross the board 99% rejections last year were not 99% across the board for the MCPS pool. That is why MCPS reported the new data this year and most likely why the board hasn't blown up compared to last year.

There are still many 99% rejections based on MCPS %. I am curious if there are a good number of MCPS 99% in all three sections.

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Anonymous wrote:Let the FARM outlier and maybe even a little bit more who's qualified, but didn't get as high academic achievement as 9As to go to a "home school" with strong cohort may make more sense than send them to a group with super outliers from a strong home school?

I am not normally the English language police on message boards, but this is incomprehensible.

I will translate. "MCPS is denying admission to kids with very high scores from home middle schools with high scores, because poor high-scoring kids wouldn't be able to keep up with them."

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Anonymous wrote:Well one of the Potomac CES schools used to send over half its class to the MS magnet and those were mostly Asian kids. This school and these kids consistently have the highest PARCC and MAP scores in the county. With the new change, only 1 or 2 kids were admitted.

You’re talking about last year. The question is this year.

Exactly, not that an anonymous post proves anything anyway, but so far no across the board 99s and rejection stories. There are people with one really good score and two mediocre scores, but not a slam dunk. There are people with well rounded but not perfect scores who are a little surprised their kid got in. Sounds like the process went smoother this year.

Check the other post from the Barnsley CES. Only one acceptance so far was reported from that CES. I have a kid in Cold Spring CES, and so far less than 5 acceptance from two classes. I've heard at least two cases with 99% crossboard being rejected, not even waitpooled, this year.

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Anonymous wrote:Well one of the Potomac CES schools used to send over half its class to the MS magnet and those were mostly Asian kids. This school and these kids consistently have the highest PARCC and MAP scores in the county. With the new change, only 1 or 2 kids were admitted.

You’re talking about last year. The question is this year.

Exactly, not that an anonymous post proves anything anyway, but so far no across the board 99s and rejection stories. There are people with one really good score and two mediocre scores, but not a slam dunk. There are people with well rounded but not perfect scores who are a little surprised their kid got in. Sounds like the process went smoother this year.

Of course, there are many 4*99% rejection. People are already used to it based on last year’s experience and can joke about it. It’s kind of an honor roll now.

Last year, MCPS did not report the MCPS averages, only National averages. I suspect many of the cross the board 99% rejections last year were not 99% across the board for the MCPS pool. That is why MCPS reported the new data this year and most likely why the board hasn't blown up compared to last year.

Yes, I think you're right. There was a question on the results thread about whether anyone with 99s or 98s across the board in MCPS percentiles, not national, had been rejected, and there has been no response to that. People have posted that their non-URM, W-feeder kid got in with lower scores than some other similar kids who were rejected, but no one yet has posted that their kid is in the top 1 or two percentiles within MCPS on even 2 measures out of three, as well as top MAPS and PARCCs, and got rejected. I'm curious whether that happened.

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Anonymous wrote:Let the FARM outlier and maybe even a little bit more who's qualified, but didn't get as high academic achievement as 9As to go to a "home school" with strong cohort may make more sense than send them to a group with super outliers from a strong home school?

I am not normally the English language police on message boards, but this is incomprehensible.

I had to read it three times to understand his or her point.

Could you translate for the peanut gallery over here?