Anonymous
09/14/2025 15:30
Subject: MAP M and MAP R scores for Poolesville Magnet Programs
Ecology should be ok. For SMACS it really depends. I remembered a couple years ago, someone posted an MCPS response to an Appeal mentioning that some student with MAP M 291 was only in the waiting list pool and not selected.
Anonymous wrote:DS fall MAP-M 276 and MAP-R 241. He is interested in Global Ecology program in Poolesville ? Does he stand any chance for either Ecology or SMACS ?
Anonymous
09/14/2025 10:36
Subject: MAP M and MAP R scores for Poolesville Magnet Programs
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Dang, only 63 people get accepted to SMCS
I doubt that, unless there is a class of 55 or 50. Normally if the class is 63 people, they have accepted substantially more. Our neighbor turned down the slot due to the commute .
No they don’t, at least not initially. As kids turn down the program they invite additional kids until the class is full (or they run out of time).
Anonymous
09/14/2025 09:12
Subject: MAP M and MAP R scores for Poolesville Magnet Programs
Officially it’s supposed to be 60 SMCs 60 Humanities and 90 Global. SMCs is generally first choice.
Anonymous
09/13/2025 14:53
Subject: MAP M and MAP R scores for Poolesville Magnet Programs
Anonymous wrote:Dang, only 63 people get accepted to SMCS
I doubt that, unless there is a class of 55 or 50. Normally if the class is 63 people, they have accepted substantially more. Our neighbor turned down the slot due to the commute .
Anonymous
09/13/2025 12:11
Subject: MAP M and MAP R scores for Poolesville Magnet Programs
Dang, only 63 people get accepted to SMCS
Anonymous
01/16/2025 22:12
Subject: Re:MAP M and MAP R scores for Poolesville Magnet Programs
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:So does the essay even matter? Seems like if you have a high MAP score you get in to all…
Most people with high scores can write decent essays.
Someone tossed out a number that 800 people apply to 100 seats in magnet. When you consider people applying to 2 or 3 magnets, and people declining invites, you end up with a pretty high acceptance rate for applications.
Really? How does that math work out, exactly?
Let's take the 3 most selective magnets - SMCS, IB, and Eco. 100 attendees each, 800 applications each, but each applicant applies to average of 2 programs. That's 300 seats for 1200 kids. Now figure some kids stay at homeschool after getting admitted, so the number of admits is even higher
So it 100 seats on each magnet program kn poolesvile. I ready some water it was 75 in global and 60 each in SMCS and humanities. Is not that right ?
My DS is a 9th grader in Poolesville SMCS. He got in for SMCS and Humanities, but chose SMCS. At the orientation, the program team mentioned that they accepted 63 students to SMCS.
Do you mind sharing his Map-r and Map-m scores he received in eight grade?
Anonymous
01/16/2025 20:17
Subject: Re:MAP M and MAP R scores for Poolesville Magnet Programs
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:So does the essay even matter? Seems like if you have a high MAP score you get in to all…
Most people with high scores can write decent essays.
Someone tossed out a number that 800 people apply to 100 seats in magnet. When you consider people applying to 2 or 3 magnets, and people declining invites, you end up with a pretty high acceptance rate for applications.
Really? How does that math work out, exactly?
Let's take the 3 most selective magnets - SMCS, IB, and Eco. 100 attendees each, 800 applications each, but each applicant applies to average of 2 programs. That's 300 seats for 1200 kids. Now figure some kids stay at homeschool after getting admitted, so the number of admits is even higher
So it 100 seats on each magnet program kn poolesvile. I ready some water it was 75 in global and 60 each in SMCS and humanities. Is not that right ?
My DS is a 9th grader in Poolesville SMCS. He got in for SMCS and Humanities, but chose SMCS. At the orientation, the program team mentioned that they accepted 63 students to SMCS.
Anonymous
10/25/2024 01:33
Subject: Re:MAP M and MAP R scores for Poolesville Magnet Programs
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I hope this is is not true. The process is claimed to be school blind
How do they make it school blind? Are they removing all references to a middle school from the open ended responses? Seems likely that something would fall through the cracks...
This is what they say they do.
Where do they say that?
I don’t believe they have the competence to do that even if they tried.
Anonymous
10/23/2024 23:27
Subject: Re:MAP M and MAP R scores for Poolesville Magnet Programs
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I hope this is is not true. The process is claimed to be school blind
How do they make it school blind? Are they removing all references to a middle school from the open ended responses? Seems likely that something would fall through the cracks...
This is what they say they do.