I should have said daughter or son. I just assumed you have a girl as I was thinking of my own DD being in that situation.

You should start about waitlists hearing shortly after the Feb. 17 deadline for responses. A few years ago my child got off the wait list that following week.

There will probably be a second round of wait list invites in March after private schools release results. Then it will slow down and some kids will drop in the summer. We know a bunch of people who got off the lists in August.

Blair SMAC is the most difficult as the yield is high. I heard last year they sent out a notice in the spring saying they were full and no more waitlist admits.

Good luck to your daughter PP!

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Anonymous wrote:My kid is really disappointed. With good grades, 100% on all and high MAP scores 99 percentile, not even got into 1 and wait pooled for 2. My kid definitely knows kids who got in definitely have very very low MAP scores and have even got B's. This make it very sad for the hard working child and feels depressed. DC doesn't want to go to school due to the boastings the other kids do in school. They should look at scores and test in class and the MAP scores if they don't have any administer cogat tests. This is where they do on their own. If it was depending on the essay, for the essays parents or any external sources could have helped too. it is not their original work.
Knowing the type of kids who got in we know for sure it will be hard for them to survive in these programs, even in middle school where grading is easy they could not get good grades. Sometimes my kid is even wondering was there any errors as to why DC was not selected.
Question: If a kid who got in but is not that much suitable for the program and they decide to drop after a year, will they give the open seat to another deserving child in 10th grade or it is gone is gone.

I’m sorry your child didn’t get in. It’s tough. How does your child know other kids grades and scores? What does he think is “very very low”? (BTW, some programs only look at one MAP score not both, and only certain grades are considered). I think your child has a good chance of getting at least one waitpool offer. Many of the programs wait pools will move significantly.

Thank you, the reason my kids know is they share during lunch or after testing. We hope for that too, do we know how soon we will know the wait pool results. Do we have to wait until june or august? It is not just my kids, there are a few other deserving kids in the same class who did not get, but the kids who they least expected got in. All these deserving kids or so upset. In my opinion looking at all these, sometimes feel why they even have these programs and make the kids feel bad. So much peer pressure and ego, i tell my kid to not succumb to pressure like this, but it is not easy as said.

Do you agree with me, essay can be written by anybody, but isn't it the actual tests that they take in school determine how strong they are? Just trying to be a strong parent in front of the kid, but feel terrible to see my child so depressed when they struggled hard to get here.

I understand where you’re coming from but what’s done is done.
Right now your #1 job is to model positivity and optimism for your child. It’s fine to say “this is unfair” and “you would have been a great fit” but it’s been 4 days, so you need to move on to “WJ (or whatever) is a great school! Your classes are really interesting! It’s great that you’re advanced in math!”

Thanks, we are trying to divert and think positively but hard when parents keep texting in group chats and restarting things and you feel left out.

Parents are texting in group chats? Strange.

Look over the options at your home school with your kid. There are likely some great choices that are still advanced. Some kids are still deciding which option to accept so the chatter might take a little longer to die down. Your kid is great academically and will likely do well wherever they land.

Thanks that is what I tell my child. Yes looks like some schools have a day in the classroom and parents are asking about that and what programs their kids are choosing etc.. etc..
I tell my kid, something much better is waiting for him,

There are many paths to education and success! He’s lucky you care so much and are involved in his education.

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Anonymous wrote:My kid is really disappointed. With good grades, 100% on all and high MAP scores 99 percentile, not even got into 1 and wait pooled for 2. My kid definitely knows kids who got in definitely have very very low MAP scores and have even got B's. This make it very sad for the hard working child and feels depressed. DC doesn't want to go to school due to the boastings the other kids do in school. They should look at scores and test in class and the MAP scores if they don't have any administer cogat tests. This is where they do on their own. If it was depending on the essay, for the essays parents or any external sources could have helped too. it is not their original work.
Knowing the type of kids who got in we know for sure it will be hard for them to survive in these programs, even in middle school where grading is easy they could not get good grades. Sometimes my kid is even wondering was there any errors as to why DC was not selected.
Question: If a kid who got in but is not that much suitable for the program and they decide to drop after a year, will they give the open seat to another deserving child in 10th grade or it is gone is gone.

I’m sorry your child didn’t get in. It’s tough. How does your child know other kids grades and scores? What does he think is “very very low”? (BTW, some programs only look at one MAP score not both, and only certain grades are considered). I think your child has a good chance of getting at least one waitpool offer. Many of the programs wait pools will move significantly.

Thank you, the reason my kids know is they share during lunch or after testing. We hope for that too, do we know how soon we will know the wait pool results. Do we have to wait until june or august? It is not just my kids, there are a few other deserving kids in the same class who did not get, but the kids who they least expected got in. All these deserving kids or so upset. In my opinion looking at all these, sometimes feel why they even have these programs and make the kids feel bad. So much peer pressure and ego, i tell my kid to not succumb to pressure like this, but it is not easy as said.

Do you agree with me, essay can be written by anybody, but isn't it the actual tests that they take in school determine how strong they are? Just trying to be a strong parent in front of the kid, but feel terrible to see my child so depressed when they struggled hard to get here.

I understand where you’re coming from but what’s done is done.
Right now your #1 job is to model positivity and optimism for your child. It’s fine to say “this is unfair” and “you would have been a great fit” but it’s been 4 days, so you need to move on to “WJ (or whatever) is a great school! Your classes are really interesting! It’s great that you’re advanced in math!”

Thanks, we are trying to divert and think positively but hard when parents keep texting in group chats and restarting things and you feel left out.

Parents are texting in group chats? Strange.

Look over the options at your home school with your kid. There are likely some great choices that are still advanced. Some kids are still deciding which option to accept so the chatter might take a little longer to die down. Your kid is great academically and will likely do well wherever they land.

Thanks that is what I tell my child. Yes looks like some schools have a day in the classroom and parents are asking about that and what programs their kids are choosing etc.. etc..
I tell my kid, something much better is waiting for him,

Anonymous wrote:Just curious did any parent leave their kids application entirely up to their child? No parent input at all not even reading the short and long answer stuff? I figured if DC has to go to the school and do the work then well he should do that all by himself.
Kind of made the ones DC did not get into maybe bother him but not me. Life full of acceptance and rejection in sometimes not equal parts. High school is tiny time slice of your life. These days the notion of "fair" is very interesting.

I think you are wise and that your child will have healthy self confidence and self reliance as they grow.

I can’t say I left it entirely up to DC, but it was relatively light input on my part. I made sure DC saw the virtual information sessions for a couple of the programs they were interested in and we talked briefly about activities they had done which might be relevant. They filled out the application on their own and asked me to look over their final essay and questions. I really had to bite my tongue at this point because their essay sounded a little bit casual and jolly to me, but it was earnest and enthusiastic and their own “voice,” and I suspect the committees reviewing these things can pretty quickly tell when a child has been coached. They had one apostrophe missing, which I pointed out.

DC is socially perceptive and noticed in the information sessions that the magnet programs were looking for kids who can learn and collaborate with others, and mentioned a couple of things to highlight their enjoyment of this part of school. DC also has a couple of unique, non-club hobbies that reflect sustained and self-motivated interest in some subjects.

DC had perfect MS grades and excellent but not extraordinary MAP scores and got into three of the four magnets for which they applied.

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Anonymous wrote:My kid is really disappointed. With good grades, 100% on all and high MAP scores 99 percentile, not even got into 1 and wait pooled for 2. My kid definitely knows kids who got in definitely have very very low MAP scores and have even got B's. This make it very sad for the hard working child and feels depressed. DC doesn't want to go to school due to the boastings the other kids do in school. They should look at scores and test in class and the MAP scores if they don't have any administer cogat tests. This is where they do on their own. If it was depending on the essay, for the essays parents or any external sources could have helped too. it is not their original work.
Knowing the type of kids who got in we know for sure it will be hard for them to survive in these programs, even in middle school where grading is easy they could not get good grades. Sometimes my kid is even wondering was there any errors as to why DC was not selected.
Question: If a kid who got in but is not that much suitable for the program and they decide to drop after a year, will they give the open seat to another deserving child in 10th grade or it is gone is gone.

I’m sorry your child didn’t get in. It’s tough. How does your child know other kids grades and scores? What does he think is “very very low”? (BTW, some programs only look at one MAP score not both, and only certain grades are considered). I think your child has a good chance of getting at least one waitpool offer. Many of the programs wait pools will move significantly.

Thank you, the reason my kids know is they share during lunch or after testing. We hope for that too, do we know how soon we will know the wait pool results. Do we have to wait until june or august? It is not just my kids, there are a few other deserving kids in the same class who did not get, but the kids who they least expected got in. All these deserving kids or so upset. In my opinion looking at all these, sometimes feel why they even have these programs and make the kids feel bad. So much peer pressure and ego, i tell my kid to not succumb to pressure like this, but it is not easy as said.

Do you agree with me, essay can be written by anybody, but isn't it the actual tests that they take in school determine how strong they are? Just trying to be a strong parent in front of the kid, but feel terrible to see my child so depressed when they struggled hard to get here.

I understand where you’re coming from but what’s done is done.
Right now your #1 job is to model positivity and optimism for your child. It’s fine to say “this is unfair” and “you would have been a great fit” but it’s been 4 days, so you need to move on to “WJ (or whatever) is a great school! Your classes are really interesting! It’s great that you’re advanced in math!”

Thank you for the consoling words, no body to share, happy to do it in this forum and having good posters like you

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Anonymous wrote:My kid is really disappointed. With good grades, 100% on all and high MAP scores 99 percentile, not even got into 1 and wait pooled for 2. My kid definitely knows kids who got in definitely have very very low MAP scores and have even got B's. This make it very sad for the hard working child and feels depressed. DC doesn't want to go to school due to the boastings the other kids do in school. They should look at scores and test in class and the MAP scores if they don't have any administer cogat tests. This is where they do on their own. If it was depending on the essay, for the essays parents or any external sources could have helped too. it is not their original work.
Knowing the type of kids who got in we know for sure it will be hard for them to survive in these programs, even in middle school where grading is easy they could not get good grades. Sometimes my kid is even wondering was there any errors as to why DC was not selected.
Question: If a kid who got in but is not that much suitable for the program and they decide to drop after a year, will they give the open seat to another deserving child in 10th grade or it is gone is gone.

I’m sorry your child didn’t get in. It’s tough. How does your child know other kids grades and scores? What does he think is “very very low”? (BTW, some programs only look at one MAP score not both, and only certain grades are considered). I think your child has a good chance of getting at least one waitpool offer. Many of the programs wait pools will move significantly.

Thank you, the reason my kids know is they share during lunch or after testing. We hope for that too, do we know how soon we will know the wait pool results. Do we have to wait until june or august? It is not just my kids, there are a few other deserving kids in the same class who did not get, but the kids who they least expected got in. All these deserving kids or so upset. In my opinion looking at all these, sometimes feel why they even have these programs and make the kids feel bad. So much peer pressure and ego, i tell my kid to not succumb to pressure like this, but it is not easy as said.

Do you agree with me, essay can be written by anybody, but isn't it the actual tests that they take in school determine how strong they are? Just trying to be a strong parent in front of the kid, but feel terrible to see my child so depressed when they struggled hard to get here.

I understand where you’re coming from but what’s done is done.
Right now your #1 job is to model positivity and optimism for your child. It’s fine to say “this is unfair” and “you would have been a great fit” but it’s been 4 days, so you need to move on to “WJ (or whatever) is a great school! Your classes are really interesting! It’s great that you’re advanced in math!”

Thanks, we are trying to divert and think positively but hard when parents keep texting in group chats and restarting things and you feel left out.

Parents are texting in group chats? Strange.

Look over the options at your home school with your kid. There are likely some great choices that are still advanced. Some kids are still deciding which option to accept so the chatter might take a little longer to die down. Your kid is great academically and will likely do well wherever they land.

Anonymous wrote:Just curious did any parent leave their kids application entirely up to their child? No parent input at all not even reading the short and long answer stuff? I figured if DC has to go to the school and do the work then well he should do that all by himself.
Kind of made the ones DC did not get into maybe bother him but not me. Life full of acceptance and rejection in sometimes not equal parts. High school is tiny time slice of your life. These days the notion of "fair" is very interesting.

The application had to be submitted through the parents ParentVue account. I was mostly hands off but definitely looked it over when it was submitted.

Anonymous wrote:Movement can happen not too long after the acceptance dates. Then usually a little more toward end of summer (kids change their mind, move, etc...)

It would be good if we come to know atleast by April, my child will be in peace.

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Anonymous wrote:My kid is really disappointed. With good grades, 100% on all and high MAP scores 99 percentile, not even got into 1 and wait pooled for 2. My kid definitely knows kids who got in definitely have very very low MAP scores and have even got B's. This make it very sad for the hard working child and feels depressed. DC doesn't want to go to school due to the boastings the other kids do in school. They should look at scores and test in class and the MAP scores if they don't have any administer cogat tests. This is where they do on their own. If it was depending on the essay, for the essays parents or any external sources could have helped too. it is not their original work.
Knowing the type of kids who got in we know for sure it will be hard for them to survive in these programs, even in middle school where grading is easy they could not get good grades. Sometimes my kid is even wondering was there any errors as to why DC was not selected.
Question: If a kid who got in but is not that much suitable for the program and they decide to drop after a year, will they give the open seat to another deserving child in 10th grade or it is gone is gone.

I’m sorry your child didn’t get in. It’s tough. How does your child know other kids grades and scores? What does he think is “very very low”? (BTW, some programs only look at one MAP score not both, and only certain grades are considered). I think your child has a good chance of getting at least one waitpool offer. Many of the programs wait pools will move significantly.

Thank you, the reason my kids know is they share during lunch or after testing. We hope for that too, do we know how soon we will know the wait pool results. Do we have to wait until june or august? It is not just my kids, there are a few other deserving kids in the same class who did not get, but the kids who they least expected got in. All these deserving kids or so upset. In my opinion looking at all these, sometimes feel why they even have these programs and make the kids feel bad. So much peer pressure and ego, i tell my kid to not succumb to pressure like this, but it is not easy as said.

Do you agree with me, essay can be written by anybody, but isn't it the actual tests that they take in school determine how strong they are? Just trying to be a strong parent in front of the kid, but feel terrible to see my child so depressed when they struggled hard to get here.

I understand where you’re coming from but what’s done is done.
Right now your #1 job is to model positivity and optimism for your child. It’s fine to say “this is unfair” and “you would have been a great fit” but it’s been 4 days, so you need to move on to “WJ (or whatever) is a great school! Your classes are really interesting! It’s great that you’re advanced in math!”

Thanks, we are trying to divert and think positively but hard when parents keep texting in group chats and restarting things and you feel left out.

Movement can happen not too long after the acceptance dates. Then usually a little more toward end of summer (kids change their mind, move, etc...)

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Anonymous wrote:My kid is really disappointed. With good grades, 100% on all and high MAP scores 99 percentile, not even got into 1 and wait pooled for 2. My kid definitely knows kids who got in definitely have very very low MAP scores and have even got B's. This make it very sad for the hard working child and feels depressed. DC doesn't want to go to school due to the boastings the other kids do in school. They should look at scores and test in class and the MAP scores if they don't have any administer cogat tests. This is where they do on their own. If it was depending on the essay, for the essays parents or any external sources could have helped too. it is not their original work.
Knowing the type of kids who got in we know for sure it will be hard for them to survive in these programs, even in middle school where grading is easy they could not get good grades. Sometimes my kid is even wondering was there any errors as to why DC was not selected.
Question: If a kid who got in but is not that much suitable for the program and they decide to drop after a year, will they give the open seat to another deserving child in 10th grade or it is gone is gone.

I’m sorry your child didn’t get in. It’s tough. How does your child know other kids grades and scores? What does he think is “very very low”? (BTW, some programs only look at one MAP score not both, and only certain grades are considered). I think your child has a good chance of getting at least one waitpool offer. Many of the programs wait pools will move significantly.

Thank you, the reason my kids know is they share during lunch or after testing. We hope for that too, do we know how soon we will know the wait pool results. Do we have to wait until june or august? It is not just my kids, there are a few other deserving kids in the same class who did not get, but the kids who they least expected got in. All these deserving kids or so upset. In my opinion looking at all these, sometimes feel why they even have these programs and make the kids feel bad. So much peer pressure and ego, i tell my kid to not succumb to pressure like this, but it is not easy as said.

Do you agree with me, essay can be written by anybody, but isn't it the actual tests that they take in school determine how strong they are? Just trying to be a strong parent in front of the kid, but feel terrible to see my child so depressed when they struggled hard to get here.

I understand where you’re coming from but what’s done is done.
Right now your #1 job is to model positivity and optimism for your child. It’s fine to say “this is unfair” and “you would have been a great fit” but it’s been 4 days, so you need to move on to “WJ (or whatever) is a great school! Your classes are really interesting! It’s great that you’re advanced in math!”

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Anonymous wrote:My kid is really disappointed. With good grades, 100% on all and high MAP scores 99 percentile, not even got into 1 and wait pooled for 2. My kid definitely knows kids who got in definitely have very very low MAP scores and have even got B's. This make it very sad for the hard working child and feels depressed. DC doesn't want to go to school due to the boastings the other kids do in school. They should look at scores and test in class and the MAP scores if they don't have any administer cogat tests. This is where they do on their own. If it was depending on the essay, for the essays parents or any external sources could have helped too. it is not their original work.
Knowing the type of kids who got in we know for sure it will be hard for them to survive in these programs, even in middle school where grading is easy they could not get good grades. Sometimes my kid is even wondering was there any errors as to why DC was not selected.
Question: If a kid who got in but is not that much suitable for the program and they decide to drop after a year, will they give the open seat to another deserving child in 10th grade or it is gone is gone.

I’m sorry your child didn’t get in. It’s tough. How does your child know other kids grades and scores? What does he think is “very very low”? (BTW, some programs only look at one MAP score not both, and only certain grades are considered). I think your child has a good chance of getting at least one waitpool offer. Many of the programs wait pools will move significantly.

Thank you, the reason my kids know is they share during lunch or after testing. We hope for that too, do we know how soon we will know the wait pool results. Do we have to wait until june or august? It is not just my kids, there are a few other deserving kids in the same class who did not get, but the kids who they least expected got in. All these deserving kids or so upset. In my opinion looking at all these, sometimes feel why they even have these programs and make the kids feel bad. So much peer pressure and ego, i tell my kid to not succumb to pressure like this, but it is not easy as said.

Do you agree with me, essay can be written by anybody, but isn't it the actual tests that they take in school determine how strong they are? Just trying to be a strong parent in front of the kid, but feel terrible to see my child so depressed when they struggled hard to get here.

Anonymous wrote:My kid is really disappointed. With good grades, 100% on all and high MAP scores 99 percentile, not even got into 1 and wait pooled for 2. My kid definitely knows kids who got in definitely have very very low MAP scores and have even got B's. This make it very sad for the hard working child and feels depressed. DC doesn't want to go to school due to the boastings the other kids do in school. They should look at scores and test in class and the MAP scores if they don't have any administer cogat tests. This is where they do on their own. If it was depending on the essay, for the essays parents or any external sources could have helped too. it is not their original work.
Knowing the type of kids who got in we know for sure it will be hard for them to survive in these programs, even in middle school where grading is easy they could not get good grades. Sometimes my kid is even wondering was there any errors as to why DC was not selected.
Question: If a kid who got in but is not that much suitable for the program and they decide to drop after a year, will they give the open seat to another deserving child in 10th grade or it is gone is gone.

I’m sorry your child didn’t get in. It’s tough. How does your child know other kids grades and scores? What does he think is “very very low”? (BTW, some programs only look at one MAP score not both, and only certain grades are considered). I think your child has a good chance of getting at least one waitpool offer. Many of the programs wait pools will move significantly.

My kid is really disappointed. With good grades, 100% on all and high MAP scores 99 percentile, not even got into 1 and wait pooled for 2. My kid definitely knows kids who got in definitely have very very low MAP scores and have even got B's. This make it very sad for the hard working child and feels depressed. DC doesn't want to go to school due to the boastings the other kids do in school. They should look at scores and test in class and the MAP scores if they don't have any administer cogat tests. This is where they do on their own. If it was depending on the essay, for the essays parents or any external sources could have helped too. it is not their original work.
Knowing the type of kids who got in we know for sure it will be hard for them to survive in these programs, even in middle school where grading is easy they could not get good grades. Sometimes my kid is even wondering was there any errors as to why DC was not selected.
Question: If a kid who got in but is not that much suitable for the program and they decide to drop after a year, will they give the open seat to another deserving child in 10th grade or it is gone is gone.