School Without Walls interview

[Anonymous]

DS's interview was really short, he said it was just 3 questions and he gave thoughtful but brief answers.
Is it a bad sign if the kids interview is only like 4-5 minutes?

[Anonymous]

Yes. The process is totally absurd.

Just bring back the exam.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DS's interview was really short, he said it was just 3 questions and he gave thoughtful but brief answers.
Is it a bad sign if the kids interview is only like 4-5 minutes?

No..Don't overthink any of it. Ours was short and we were admitted. After so many interviews there are only so many answers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes. The process is totally absurd.

Just bring back the exam.

+10000

[Anonymous]

Wonder hot a chat bot would fare in the interview

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why is a public school interviewing students? Too subjective

Yep. Particularly since good, fair interviewing requires training.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes. The process is totally absurd.

Just bring back the exam.

+10000

It won't happen, not under Bowser. She embraces low-cost short-cuts to promoting educational attainment for low SES minorities. Where was the free, intensive test prep for the Walls exams widely available to students of color? There was none. In my native New York, test prep for the SSAT, the entrance exam for the academic magnet high schools, has been widely available in all four boroughs for decades.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes. The process is totally absurd.

Just bring back the exam.

+10000

It won't happen, not under Bowser. She embraces low-cost short-cuts to promoting educational attainment for low SES minorities. Where was the free, intensive test prep for the Walls exams widely available to students of color? There was none. In my native New York, test prep for the SSAT, the entrance exam for the academic magnet high schools, has been widely available in all four boroughs for decades.

There are five boroughs in your “native New York.”

[Anonymous]

I wish we got our interview scores right away, just to know if they bombed it or not

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes. The process is totally absurd.

Just bring back the exam.

+10000

It won't happen, not under Bowser. She embraces low-cost short-cuts to promoting educational attainment for low SES minorities. Where was the free, intensive test prep for the Walls exams widely available to students of color? There was none. In my native New York, test prep for the SSAT, the entrance exam for the academic magnet high schools, has been widely available in all four boroughs for decades.

Maybe they weren’t counting Staten Island.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes. The process is totally absurd.

Just bring back the exam.

+10000

It won't happen, not under Bowser. She embraces low-cost short-cuts to promoting educational attainment for low SES minorities. Where was the free, intensive test prep for the Walls exams widely available to students of color? There was none. In my native New York, test prep for the SSAT, the entrance exam for the academic magnet high schools, has been widely available in all four boroughs for decades.

Was one voted out "Survivor" style and I missed the reporting on it?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I wish we got our interview scores right away, just to know if they bombed it or not

If you think your kid's admission (or not) is an indication of a successful or bombed interview then I feel sorry for your kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wish we got our interview scores right away, just to know if they bombed it or not

If you think your kid's admission (or not) is an indication of a successful or bombed interview then I feel sorry for your kids.

That is how everyone's admission is determined

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wish we got our interview scores right away, just to know if they bombed it or not

If you think your kid's admission (or not) is an indication of a successful or bombed interview then I feel sorry for your kids.

That is how everyone's admission is determined

You miss the point. No one suggested that the interview wasn't how people were "scored" and admissions determined. The point is that the idea that your kid "bombed" it or could in any way have been judged based on a 5 minute interview when no one can explain what the standards are is silly. And you are a terrible parent if you tell your kid they didn't get in because they "interviewed poorly".

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wish we got our interview scores right away, just to know if they bombed it or not

If you think your kid's admission (or not) is an indication of a successful or bombed interview then I feel sorry for your kids.

That is how everyone's admission is determined

You miss the point. No one suggested that the interview wasn't how people were "scored" and admissions determined. The point is that the idea that your kid "bombed" it or could in any way have been judged based on a 5 minute interview when no one can explain what the standards are is silly. And you are a terrible parent if you tell your kid they didn't get in because they "interviewed poorly".

Cool your jets, I would never tell my kid that.
and clearly I meant bombed in the completely arbitrary nature of it all, as in how the school saw it...as that it what its all based on