SWW interviews

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote: I think the biggest problem is that they go by seventh grade GPAs, and make no differentiation of the school attended, the course difficulty and the grading policies….

In a few years time, I think MacArthur high school will likely out rank SWW in terms of quality and desireability

How would they differentiate by school? I might argue it’s not fair to claim a 3.7 at Basis is a stronger student than a 3.7 at a DCPS middle school. Who’s to say the kid at the DCPS wouldn’t get a 3.7 at Basis? There is no way to do this in a fair way.

Are you joking? A 3.7 at Basis is easily a 4.0 at any other public school on DC. They don’t have the same grade inflation and social promotion.

So your kid wins the lottery by getting into basis, and also gets an easier track into walls where they can get a lower GPA and still get an interview because they got into a harder middle school through the lottery? That’s ridiculous.

Dumb take. Walls is supposed to be accept the top students in DCPS. Picking those students by just looking at GPA (and a 5-minute interview) is ridiculous.

Name a selective college that picks its student body by just taking the kids with the best GPAs, regardless of high school attended, cllasses taken, rigor, or anything else. Doesn't happen.

Seems like the mistake in this analysis is in the premise. Where is it written that Walls is “supposed to accept the top students in DC”?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Confirmed with admin that emails with date/time for interviews will be going out this afternoon.

"this afternoon"

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote: I think the biggest problem is that they go by seventh grade GPAs, and make no differentiation of the school attended, the course difficulty and the grading policies….

In a few years time, I think MacArthur high school will likely out rank SWW in terms of quality and desireability

How would they differentiate by school? I might argue it’s not fair to claim a 3.7 at Basis is a stronger student than a 3.7 at a DCPS middle school. Who’s to say the kid at the DCPS wouldn’t get a 3.7 at Basis? There is no way to do this in a fair way.

Are you joking? A 3.7 at Basis is easily a 4.0 at any other public school on DC. They don’t have the same grade inflation and social promotion.

So your kid wins the lottery by getting into basis, and also gets an easier track into walls where they can get a lower GPA and still get an interview because they got into a harder middle school through the lottery? That’s ridiculous.

Dumb take. Walls is supposed to be accept the top students in DCPS. Picking those students by just looking at GPA (and a 5-minute interview) is ridiculous.

Name a selective college that picks its student body by just taking the kids with the best GPAs, regardless of high school attended, cllasses taken, rigor, or anything else. Doesn't happen.

High school and college are not the same thing. Please stop trying to make admissions for high school the same as admissions for college. And admissions for college are just as murky as admissions for walls.

OK, then just do what the NYC magnet high schools do (hint, it is nothing like what Walls does and works fine).

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Confirmed with admin that emails with date/time for interviews will be going out this afternoon.

"this afternoon"

Received ours

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Confirmed with admin that emails with date/time for interviews will be going out this afternoon.

"this afternoon"

Received ours

I called at 4:45pm, they said today or tomorrow. I assume they are starting with the 4th and then doing the 11th

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: I think the biggest problem is that they go by seventh grade GPAs, and make no differentiation of the school attended, the course difficulty and the grading policies….

In a few years time, I think MacArthur high school will likely out rank SWW in terms of quality and desireability

How would they differentiate by school? I might argue it’s not fair to claim a 3.7 at Basis is a stronger student than a 3.7 at a DCPS middle school. Who’s to say the kid at the DCPS wouldn’t get a 3.7 at Basis? There is no way to do this in a fair way.

Are you joking? A 3.7 at Basis is easily a 4.0 at any other public school on DC. They don’t have the same grade inflation and social promotion.

So your kid wins the lottery by getting into basis, and also gets an easier track into walls where they can get a lower GPA and still get an interview because they got into a harder middle school through the lottery? That’s ridiculous.

Dumb take. Walls is supposed to be accept the top students in DCPS. Picking those students by just looking at GPA (and a 5-minute interview) is ridiculous.

Name a selective college that picks its student body by just taking the kids with the best GPAs, regardless of high school attended, cllasses taken, rigor, or anything else. Doesn't happen.

High school and college are not the same thing. Please stop trying to make admissions for high school the same as admissions for college. And admissions for college are just as murky as admissions for walls.

OK, then just do what the NYC magnet high schools do (hint, it is nothing like what Walls does and works fine).

No thanks...No equity in NYC, period! Chicago's model is better. The amount of racism in NYC us worse than Alabama...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: I think the biggest problem is that they go by seventh grade GPAs, and make no differentiation of the school attended, the course difficulty and the grading policies….

In a few years time, I think MacArthur high school will likely out rank SWW in terms of quality and desireability

How would they differentiate by school? I might argue it’s not fair to claim a 3.7 at Basis is a stronger student than a 3.7 at a DCPS middle school. Who’s to say the kid at the DCPS wouldn’t get a 3.7 at Basis? There is no way to do this in a fair way.

Are you joking? A 3.7 at Basis is easily a 4.0 at any other public school on DC. They don’t have the same grade inflation and social promotion.

So your kid wins the lottery by getting into basis, and also gets an easier track into walls where they can get a lower GPA and still get an interview because they got into a harder middle school through the lottery? That’s ridiculous.

Dumb take. Walls is supposed to be accept the top students in DCPS. Picking those students by just looking at GPA (and a 5-minute interview) is ridiculous.

Name a selective college that picks its student body by just taking the kids with the best GPAs, regardless of high school attended, cllasses taken, rigor, or anything else. Doesn't happen.

High school and college are not the same thing. Please stop trying to make admissions for high school the same as admissions for college. And admissions for college are just as murky as admissions for walls.

OK, then just do what the NYC magnet high schools do (hint, it is nothing like what Walls does and works fine).

No thanks...No equity in NYC, period! Chicago's model is better. The amount of racism in NYC us worse than Alabama...

The mayor and school chancellor of NYC are both black but yeah they are totally racist—worse than Alabama!

😭

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Does anyone know the ward make up? Is it really the very uber 3rd ward mostly?

Anacostia High School 4%
Ballou High School 3%
Cardozo Education Campus 8%
Coolidge High School 7%
Dunbar High School 8%
Eastern High School 20%
Roosevelt High School 6%
Wilson High School 41%
Woodson High School 4%

These are the in-boundary schools of SWW students. This is from the data posted on this thread: https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1110151.page

Nothing surprising but I'd like to know the percentage from Deal. I'm guessing around 60%. Due to its size, Deal can simply offer more programming than the other middle schools. That was a big discussion point for eliminating the test. It was simply not fair to other kids.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: I think the biggest problem is that they go by seventh grade GPAs, and make no differentiation of the school attended, the course difficulty and the grading policies….

In a few years time, I think MacArthur high school will likely out rank SWW in terms of quality and desireability

How would they differentiate by school? I might argue it’s not fair to claim a 3.7 at Basis is a stronger student than a 3.7 at a DCPS middle school. Who’s to say the kid at the DCPS wouldn’t get a 3.7 at Basis? There is no way to do this in a fair way.

Are you joking? A 3.7 at Basis is easily a 4.0 at any other public school on DC. They don’t have the same grade inflation and social promotion.

So your kid wins the lottery by getting into basis, and also gets an easier track into walls where they can get a lower GPA and still get an interview because they got into a harder middle school through the lottery? That’s ridiculous.

Dumb take. Walls is supposed to be accept the top students in DCPS. Picking those students by just looking at GPA (and a 5-minute interview) is ridiculous.

Name a selective college that picks its student body by just taking the kids with the best GPAs, regardless of high school attended, cllasses taken, rigor, or anything else. Doesn't happen.

High school and college are not the same thing. Please stop trying to make admissions for high school the same as admissions for college. And admissions for college are just as murky as admissions for walls.

OK, then just do what the NYC magnet high schools do (hint, it is nothing like what Walls does and works fine).

No thanks...No equity in NYC, period! Chicago's model is better. The amount of racism in NYC us worse than Alabama...

The mayor and school chancellor of NYC are both black but yeah they are totally racist—worse than Alabama!

😭

Tells me you have NEVER experienced NYC, Philly, Boston, etc. We had a Black President..I guess the US is finally over it...dumb a$$

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I think middle school grades can be weighted if students are taking classes like algebra two and Chinese 2.

No. Underwater dodgeball counts the same as Algebra 2 and Advanced Mandarin.

There is no “underwater dodgeball” elective in middle school. In fact, there aren’t any electives in middle school in DC that I am aware of. The only tracked classes are math and language for kids that had immersion language in elementary school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: I think the biggest problem is that they go by seventh grade GPAs, and make no differentiation of the school attended, the course difficulty and the grading policies….

In a few years time, I think MacArthur high school will likely out rank SWW in terms of quality and desireability

How would they differentiate by school? I might argue it’s not fair to claim a 3.7 at Basis is a stronger student than a 3.7 at a DCPS middle school. Who’s to say the kid at the DCPS wouldn’t get a 3.7 at Basis? There is no way to do this in a fair way.

Are you joking? A 3.7 at Basis is easily a 4.0 at any other public school on DC. They don’t have the same grade inflation and social promotion.

So your kid wins the lottery by getting into basis, and also gets an easier track into walls where they can get a lower GPA and still get an interview because they got into a harder middle school through the lottery? That’s ridiculous.

Dumb take. Walls is supposed to be accept the top students in DCPS. Picking those students by just looking at GPA (and a 5-minute interview) is ridiculous.

Name a selective college that picks its student body by just taking the kids with the best GPAs, regardless of high school attended, cllasses taken, rigor, or anything else. Doesn't happen.

High school and college are not the same thing. Please stop trying to make admissions for high school the same as admissions for college. And admissions for college are just as murky as admissions for walls.

OK, then just do what the NYC magnet high schools do (hint, it is nothing like what Walls does and works fine).

Works fine according to you? I’m sure lots of parents have complaints in NYC.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: I think the biggest problem is that they go by seventh grade GPAs, and make no differentiation of the school attended, the course difficulty and the grading policies….

In a few years time, I think MacArthur high school will likely out rank SWW in terms of quality and desireability

How would they differentiate by school? I might argue it’s not fair to claim a 3.7 at Basis is a stronger student than a 3.7 at a DCPS middle school. Who’s to say the kid at the DCPS wouldn’t get a 3.7 at Basis? There is no way to do this in a fair way.

Are you joking? A 3.7 at Basis is easily a 4.0 at any other public school on DC. They don’t have the same grade inflation and social promotion.

So your kid wins the lottery by getting into basis, and also gets an easier track into walls where they can get a lower GPA and still get an interview because they got into a harder middle school through the lottery? That’s ridiculous.

Dumb take. Walls is supposed to be accept the top students in DCPS. Picking those students by just looking at GPA (and a 5-minute interview) is ridiculous.

Name a selective college that picks its student body by just taking the kids with the best GPAs, regardless of high school attended, cllasses taken, rigor, or anything else. Doesn't happen.

High school and college are not the same thing. Please stop trying to make admissions for high school the same as admissions for college. And admissions for college are just as murky as admissions for walls.

OK, then just do what the NYC magnet high schools do (hint, it is nothing like what Walls does and works fine).

No thanks...No equity in NYC, period! Chicago's model is better. The amount of racism in NYC us worse than Alabama...

The mayor and school chancellor of NYC are both black but yeah they are totally racist—worse than Alabama!

😭

Tells me you have NEVER experienced NYC, Philly, Boston, etc. We had a Black President..I guess the US is finally over it...dumb a$$

Dumbest thing I read today on DCUM.

[Anonymous]

Got one just now for a March 11 interview

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think middle school grades can be weighted if students are taking classes like algebra two and Chinese 2.

No. Underwater dodgeball counts the same as Algebra 2 and Advanced Mandarin.

There is no “underwater dodgeball” elective in middle school. In fact, there aren’t any electives in middle school in DC that I am aware of. The only tracked classes are math and language for kids that had immersion language in elementary school.

You have heard of PE?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think middle school grades can be weighted if students are taking classes like algebra two and Chinese 2.

No. Underwater dodgeball counts the same as Algebra 2 and Advanced Mandarin.

There is no “underwater dodgeball” elective in middle school. In fact, there aren’t any electives in middle school in DC that I am aware of. The only tracked classes are math and language for kids that had immersion language in elementary school.

You have heard of PE?

It is not an elective, the vast majority of students take the same amount of PE. Some students choose to take two math classes at once at Deal instead of PE/Art, I think Geometry and Algebra I so they can take algebra I in 8th. The elective there is the extra math. Maybe your student goes to private and has a different structure:

But again, no 7th grade student is signing up for a BS elective instead of a core class that gives their GPA an unreasonable grade bump as you imply. Almost all students take PE and no students take underwater anything. They will all take PE in high school too.