Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Its ridiculous that a kid who scores 99% across the board gets rejected while a kid who scores 96% gets in.

Why?

+1 There's a big margin of error on the screener. If your child was 99th percentile on the border he or she may have scored 96th percentile on a different day. The way they released the scores you couldn't tell who was 99th versus 99.9th but MCPS did know and could tell the difference. DD is at a CES and based on kids talking to each other about the scores there don't really seem to be kids scoring below 99th percentile.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So basically, MCPS has gone back to providing a way to distinguish among kids in the 99th percentile nationally, by giving that MCPS percentile score. Prior to last year, they used to give a more precise COGAT score (can’t remember the name) — I think the highest score was 160 and 135-160 were all scores within the 99th percentile. Last year, they didn’t calculate or release that score and only gave the national percentiles, and there was an outcry about that. I’m glad they are giving more precise information this year.

Actually, I think this is a good idea! My kid was rejected from a CES last year with 99% across the board on the screener; it would have been helpful to know how that 99% stacked against other MCPS applicants.

Doesn’t matter. Race and house location trumps the scores. They don’t care about slicing and dicing all the intelligent kids with 99s across the board. Maybe they ask the teachers, or look at map, grades, behavior.

If MCPS were using race as a factor in admissions, they would be breaking the law, and you should sue.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Its ridiculous that a kid who scores 99% across the board gets rejected while a kid who scores 96% gets in.

Why?

Diversity rulez!

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So basically, MCPS has gone back to providing a way to distinguish among kids in the 99th percentile nationally, by giving that MCPS percentile score. Prior to last year, they used to give a more precise COGAT score (can’t remember the name) — I think the highest score was 160 and 135-160 were all scores within the 99th percentile. Last year, they didn’t calculate or release that score and only gave the national percentiles, and there was an outcry about that. I’m glad they are giving more precise information this year.

Actually, I think this is a good idea! My kid was rejected from a CES last year with 99% across the board on the screener; it would have been helpful to know how that 99% stacked against other MCPS applicants.

Doesn’t matter. Race and house location trumps the scores. They don’t care about slicing and dicing all the intelligent kids with 99s across the board. Maybe they ask the teachers, or look at map, grades, behavior.

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Its ridiculous that a kid who scores 99% across the board gets rejected while a kid who scores 96% gets in.

Why?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No acceptance from a W-feeder school yet?

There have only been 3 or 4 acceptances listed on the other thread so,far. I imagine there will be more tomorrow as the mail is delivered.

I have not seen any W-feeder acceptances on the other thread.

Dcum is only DCC and poolesville peeps.

Better just talk to your neighborhood friends verbally.