AOS AET admissions decisions this week?

[Anonymous]

Anyone got into AOS/AET?

[Anonymous]

At this point the chances are very low for anyone on the waiting list. Not many opportunities for the list to move.

[Anonymous]

anyone can confirm if there is a lottery in AOL admission process from any authentic info

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:anyone can confirm if there is a lottery in AOL admission process from any authentic info

Based on who has been selected the past few years, I am confident it is not a lottery.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:anyone can confirm if there is a lottery in AOL admission process from any authentic info

Based on who has been selected the past few years, I am confident it is not a lottery.

But they rely heavily on "experience factors"?

[Anonymous]

They are not disclosing Essay score purposefully. If anyone ask why I didn’t get in with better STEM score than others , they can say Essay is not good enough😀

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:anyone can confirm if there is a lottery in AOL admission process from any authentic info

Based on who has been selected the past few years, I am confident it is not a lottery.

But they rely heavily on "experience factors"?[/quote

I don't think they do. They have a minimum and maximum quota per school. It looks to me like they were taking top kids from my school. I don't know all the 20 students taken, but I know more than ten top kids who all got in and one who did not. That is not a lottery. They did say they would grade the essays with equity in mind, but it's not clear what that means.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:anyone can confirm if there is a lottery in AOL admission process from any authentic info

I will share my experience and thoughts on this(will leave it to your judgement)) - It is not a lottery but there is ridiculous a school quota.

This is what happens :

For Kids from highly competitive schools in county: Kids with good grades A and A+, Algebra 2 and good essay skills and above average stem scores get waitlisted because the school quota is met and are put in waitlist as the number of students AOL can accept from that school is met. This year there were top kids from a MS who are on a waitlist due a difference of .05 avg of the stem critical thinking sections or worst thing AET pathway selection also impacts the admission .

For Kids from low competitive schools: Kids with average grades, Algebra 1 and avg essay skills and average stem scores get admissions.

This is one of the reason folks incorrectly refer to admissions as "Lottery".

Also lot of things are unclear

1) AOL says Essay is taken in criteria - No one shares the score
2) Waitlist ranking is complete mystery
3) For AET - Each year is different in sense how AET pathways selection effects the admission
IN 2022 Nov test taking class (2023 fall)- Kids who selected Engineering/Entrepreneurship got selected even with low stem critical thinking scores and AET IT pathways was tough. Also, Please add school qouta to the mix - it makes things worst
IN 2023 Nov test taking (2024 fall) - Kids who selected Engineering/Entrepreneurship did not get selected with awesome stem scores because everyone selected " engineering" as pathways and lot of kids with AET _IT Pathways got into with low scores.

This is another reason why folks refer to as "Lottery"( in my opinion.)

FOR AOS -- If your kid is interested in AOS and commute is not a problem then i would personally suggest TJ but if commute is not ok then AOS is similar to TJ. This year almost all the kids first preference was AET

4) It may seem unfair for the waitlisted kids as they have to wait painfully all summer but the reason for this being AOL admission office does not have any automated updates of kids dropping off due to TJ admissions or other reasons - This process moves slowly . To keep things in perspective - TJ waitlist process is smoother and faster.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:anyone can confirm if there is a lottery in AOL admission process from any authentic info

I will share my experience and thoughts on this(will leave it to your judgement)) - It is not a lottery but there is ridiculous a school quota.

This is what happens :

For Kids from highly competitive schools in county: Kids with good grades A and A+, Algebra 2 and good essay skills and above average stem scores get waitlisted because the school quota is met and are put in waitlist as the number of students AOL can accept from that school is met. This year there were top kids from a MS who are on a waitlist due a difference of .05 avg of the stem critical thinking sections or worst thing AET pathway selection also impacts the admission .

For Kids from low competitive schools: Kids with average grades, Algebra 1 and avg essay skills and average stem scores get admissions.

This is one of the reason folks incorrectly refer to admissions as "Lottery".

Also lot of things are unclear

1) AOL says Essay is taken in criteria - No one shares the score
2) Waitlist ranking is complete mystery
3) For AET - Each year is different in sense how AET pathways selection effects the admission
IN 2022 Nov test taking class (2023 fall)- Kids who selected Engineering/Entrepreneurship got selected even with low stem critical thinking scores and AET IT pathways was tough. Also, Please add school qouta to the mix - it makes things worst
IN 2023 Nov test taking (2024 fall) - Kids who selected Engineering/Entrepreneurship did not get selected with awesome stem scores because everyone selected " engineering" as pathways and lot of kids with AET _IT Pathways got into with low scores.

This is another reason why folks refer to as "Lottery"( in my opinion.)

FOR AOS -- If your kid is interested in AOS and commute is not a problem then i would personally suggest TJ but if commute is not ok then AOS is similar to TJ. This year almost all the kids first preference was AET

4) It may seem unfair for the waitlisted kids as they have to wait painfully all summer but the reason for this being AOL admission office does not have any automated updates of kids dropping off due to TJ admissions or other reasons - This process moves slowly . To keep things in perspective - TJ waitlist process is smoother and faster.

I agree. But there is equity and diversity is also playing role.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:anyone can confirm if there is a lottery in AOL admission process from any authentic info

I will share my experience and thoughts on this(will leave it to your judgement)) - It is not a lottery but there is ridiculous a school quota.

This is what happens :

For Kids from highly competitive schools in county: Kids with good grades A and A+, Algebra 2 and good essay skills and above average stem scores get waitlisted because the school quota is met and are put in waitlist as the number of students AOL can accept from that school is met. This year there were top kids from a MS who are on a waitlist due a difference of .05 avg of the stem critical thinking sections or worst thing AET pathway selection also impacts the admission .

For Kids from low competitive schools: Kids with average grades, Algebra 1 and avg essay skills and average stem scores get admissions.

This is one of the reason folks incorrectly refer to admissions as "Lottery".

Also lot of things are unclear

1) AOL says Essay is taken in criteria - No one shares the score
2) Waitlist ranking is complete mystery
3) For AET - Each year is different in sense how AET pathways selection effects the admission
IN 2022 Nov test taking class (2023 fall)- Kids who selected Engineering/Entrepreneurship got selected even with low stem critical thinking scores and AET IT pathways was tough. Also, Please add school qouta to the mix - it makes things worst
IN 2023 Nov test taking (2024 fall) - Kids who selected Engineering/Entrepreneurship did not get selected with awesome stem scores because everyone selected " engineering" as pathways and lot of kids with AET _IT Pathways got into with low scores.

This is another reason why folks refer to as "Lottery"( in my opinion.)

FOR AOS -- If your kid is interested in AOS and commute is not a problem then i would personally suggest TJ but if commute is not ok then AOS is similar to TJ. This year almost all the kids first preference was AET

4) It may seem unfair for the waitlisted kids as they have to wait painfully all summer but the reason for this being AOL admission office does not have any automated updates of kids dropping off due to TJ admissions or other reasons - This process moves slowly . To keep things in perspective - TJ waitlist process is smoother and faster.

So, AOS waitlisted kids have more chances to get in this year ?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:anyone can confirm if there is a lottery in AOL admission process from any authentic info

I will share my experience and thoughts on this(will leave it to your judgement)) - It is not a lottery but there is ridiculous a school quota.

This is what happens :

For Kids from highly competitive schools in county: Kids with good grades A and A+, Algebra 2 and good essay skills and above average stem scores get waitlisted because the school quota is met and are put in waitlist as the number of students AOL can accept from that school is met. This year there were top kids from a MS who are on a waitlist due a difference of .05 avg of the stem critical thinking sections or worst thing AET pathway selection also impacts the admission .

For Kids from low competitive schools: Kids with average grades, Algebra 1 and avg essay skills and average stem scores get admissions.

This is one of the reason folks incorrectly refer to admissions as "Lottery".

Also lot of things are unclear

1) AOL says Essay is taken in criteria - No one shares the score
2) Waitlist ranking is complete mystery
3) For AET - Each year is different in sense how AET pathways selection effects the admission
IN 2022 Nov test taking class (2023 fall)- Kids who selected Engineering/Entrepreneurship got selected even with low stem critical thinking scores and AET IT pathways was tough. Also, Please add school qouta to the mix - it makes things worst
IN 2023 Nov test taking (2024 fall) - Kids who selected Engineering/Entrepreneurship did not get selected with awesome stem scores because everyone selected " engineering" as pathways and lot of kids with AET _IT Pathways got into with low scores.

This is another reason why folks refer to as "Lottery"( in my opinion.)

FOR AOS -- If your kid is interested in AOS and commute is not a problem then i would personally suggest TJ but if commute is not ok then AOS is similar to TJ. This year almost all the kids first preference was AET

4) It may seem unfair for the waitlisted kids as they have to wait painfully all summer but the reason for this being AOL admission office does not have any automated updates of kids dropping off due to TJ admissions or other reasons - This process moves slowly . To keep things in perspective - TJ waitlist process is smoother and faster.

So, AOS waitlisted kids have more chances to get in this year ?

Apparently, Yes this year for AOS

AET - Less chance of waitlist movement.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:anyone can confirm if there is a lottery in AOL admission process from any authentic info

I will share my experience and thoughts on this(will leave it to your judgement)) - It is not a lottery but there is ridiculous a school quota.

This is what happens :

For Kids from highly competitive schools in county: Kids with good grades A and A+, Algebra 2 and good essay skills and above average stem scores get waitlisted because the school quota is met and are put in waitlist as the number of students AOL can accept from that school is met. This year there were top kids from a MS who are on a waitlist due a difference of .05 avg of the stem critical thinking sections or worst thing AET pathway selection also impacts the admission .

For Kids from low competitive schools: Kids with average grades, Algebra 1 and avg essay skills and average stem scores get admissions.

This is one of the reason folks incorrectly refer to admissions as "Lottery".

Also lot of things are unclear

1) AOL says Essay is taken in criteria - No one shares the score
2) Waitlist ranking is complete mystery
3) For AET - Each year is different in sense how AET pathways selection effects the admission
IN 2022 Nov test taking class (2023 fall)- Kids who selected Engineering/Entrepreneurship got selected even with low stem critical thinking scores and AET IT pathways was tough. Also, Please add school qouta to the mix - it makes things worst
IN 2023 Nov test taking (2024 fall) - Kids who selected Engineering/Entrepreneurship did not get selected with awesome stem scores because everyone selected " engineering" as pathways and lot of kids with AET _IT Pathways got into with low scores.

This is another reason why folks refer to as "Lottery"( in my opinion.)

FOR AOS -- If your kid is interested in AOS and commute is not a problem then i would personally suggest TJ but if commute is not ok then AOS is similar to TJ. This year almost all the kids first preference was AET

4) It may seem unfair for the waitlisted kids as they have to wait painfully all summer but the reason for this being AOL admission office does not have any automated updates of kids dropping off due to TJ admissions or other reasons - This process moves slowly . To keep things in perspective - TJ waitlist process is smoother and faster.

I agree. But there is equity and diversity is also playing role.

I would hope a major role!

[Anonymous]

In AOS/AET, there has not been a need for Geometry class for freshman. Enough diversity among applicants with Geometry in middle school, many complete Algebra-2. Offers are still lottery based.

[Anonymous]

I know about Futura and Spectrum programs. Those aren’t really great and not helping the kids to learn anything advanced.
So don’t worry too much about these AOS/AET
If kids get into it ok otherwise there are so much stuff outside if your kid really wants to do😊

[Anonymous]

Kid just got accepted to AET. Was on waitlist for both AOS and AET and we just got an acceptance email to AET which was the first preference. overall score 276