SWW - when do notices go out about interviews?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Any good girls soccer players in the mix/interviewing? Last year Walls had a great team, but will be losing a couple of key seniors - so hoping for some strong incoming freshmen!

Sorry, my 4.0, ECNL player did not get an interview. Wish I was joking.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Any good girls soccer players in the mix/interviewing? Last year Walls had a great team, but will be losing a couple of key seniors - so hoping for some strong incoming freshmen!

Sorry, my 4.0, ECNL player did not get an interview. Wish I was joking.

now this is just WRONG - we need her for the team! . In all seriousness - sorry to hear it - bad luck all around.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have you all beat with my rejected kid.

-4.0; straight A's every quarter at Deal for 6th, 7th, 8th (no A minuses in any quarter).
-PARCC 99% in 7th grade for Deal, DCPS and DC for both ELA and Math
-IB Student of the month at Deal for a month in 6th grade, 7th grade and 8th grade.
-Highest ELA average, end of year award in 7th grade


No interview.
She's a quiet, well liked girl. Not a trouble maker and not loud or obnoxious.

As a parent of a Deal student who was offered an interview, and is a great hard working kid with a 4.0 but does not have all of these other achievements, my heart aches reading this. I know achieving all this is not easy at a place like Deal. Honestly I feel like the top kids get a lot more hand holding at the other middie schools in DC where being a strong student makes you stand out more. At deal high achievers are just one of many and it sounds like your daughter has found a way to distinguish herself. I am not sure what your other options are but on the upside, hearing how the walls process is shaking out is making me feel more and more confident about the 9th grade cohort at JR next year!

Wow. So many assumptions about students and schools across the city. It’s gross.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have you all beat with my rejected kid.

-4.0; straight A's every quarter at Deal for 6th, 7th, 8th (no A minuses in any quarter).
-PARCC 99% in 7th grade for Deal, DCPS and DC for both ELA and Math
-IB Student of the month at Deal for a month in 6th grade, 7th grade and 8th grade.
-Highest ELA average, end of year award in 7th grade


No interview.
She's a quiet, well liked girl. Not a trouble maker and not loud or obnoxious.

As a parent of a Deal student who was offered an interview, and is a great hard working kid with a 4.0 but does not have all of these other achievements, my heart aches reading this. I know achieving all this is not easy at a place like Deal. Honestly I feel like the top kids get a lot more hand holding at the other middie schools in DC where being a strong student makes you stand out more. At deal high achievers are just one of many and it sounds like your daughter has found a way to distinguish herself. I am not sure what your other options are but on the upside, hearing how the walls process is shaking out is making me feel more and more confident about the 9th grade cohort at JR next year!

What a load of shit. High achieving kids at worse schools are often the epitome of "seeking out more challenging work on their own initiative" while their teachers deal with kids who have much greater challenges. Much less handholding and riding a wave of similar peers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hey
As a parent with an accepted child I was wondering how others interviews may have gone. The “penguin pointers” left on the email were too broad in my opinion and I was proven right after I heard about my daughter’s interview. They asked 3 questions all very simple like what’s your favorite book or movie character so obviously they wanted the students to explain. When the essay came it wasn’t even an essay it was just a one paragraph response which was relieving but also nerve wracking since their futures were decided on 10 - 20 sentences. I know that SWW is looking for a diverse community in both race and gender so my white daughter may not be as lucky as others. I guess we can only hope!

What’s your favorite movie character? They asked my son three questions, but they seemed substantive to me. Are they not asking the kids the same questions??

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hey
As a parent with an accepted child I was wondering how others interviews may have gone. The “penguin pointers” left on the email were too broad in my opinion and I was proven right after I heard about my daughter’s interview. They asked 3 questions all very simple like what’s your favorite book or movie character so obviously they wanted the students to explain. When the essay came it wasn’t even an essay it was just a one paragraph response which was relieving but also nerve wracking since their futures were decided on 10 - 20 sentences. I know that SWW is looking for a diverse community in both race and gender so my white daughter may not be as lucky as others. I guess we can only hope!

What’s your favorite movie character? They asked my son three questions, but they seemed substantive to me. Are they not asking the kids the same questions??

Just assume the whole process is completely random.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hey
As a parent with an accepted child I was wondering how others interviews may have gone. The “penguin pointers” left on the email were too broad in my opinion and I was proven right after I heard about my daughter’s interview. They asked 3 questions all very simple like what’s your favorite book or movie character so obviously they wanted the students to explain. When the essay came it wasn’t even an essay it was just a one paragraph response which was relieving but also nerve wracking since their futures were decided on 10 - 20 sentences. I know that SWW is looking for a diverse community in both race and gender so my white daughter may not be as lucky as others. I guess we can only hope!

What’s your favorite movie character? They asked my son three questions, but they seemed substantive to me. Are they not asking the kids the same questions??

Agree. The questions they asked my student were substantive, too. Not sure if first post is BS, esp with the white daughter comment.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hey
As a parent with an accepted child I was wondering how others interviews may have gone. The “penguin pointers” left on the email were too broad in my opinion and I was proven right after I heard about my daughter’s interview. They asked 3 questions all very simple like what’s your favorite book or movie character so obviously they wanted the students to explain. When the essay came it wasn’t even an essay it was just a one paragraph response which was relieving but also nerve wracking since their futures were decided on 10 - 20 sentences. I know that SWW is looking for a diverse community in both race and gender so my white daughter may not be as lucky as others. I guess we can only hope!

What’s your favorite movie character? They asked my son three questions, but they seemed substantive to me. Are they not asking the kids the same questions??

Agree. The questions they asked my student were substantive, too. Not sure if first post is BS, esp with the white daughter comment.

What do you consider substantive?

[Anonymous]

No, the questions are not the same for every applicant. I had kids do the SWW interview for class of 2025 and 2027.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No, the questions are not the same for every applicant. I had kids do the SWW interview for class of 2025 and 2027.

Wow. Now THAT is wild!!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hey
As a parent with an accepted child I was wondering how others interviews may have gone. The “penguin pointers” left on the email were too broad in my opinion and I was proven right after I heard about my daughter’s interview. They asked 3 questions all very simple like what’s your favorite book or movie character so obviously they wanted the students to explain. When the essay came it wasn’t even an essay it was just a one paragraph response which was relieving but also nerve wracking since their futures were decided on 10 - 20 sentences. I know that SWW is looking for a diverse community in both race and gender so my white daughter may not be as lucky as others. I guess we can only hope!

What’s your favorite movie character? They asked my son three questions, but they seemed substantive to me. Are they not asking the kids the same questions??

Agree. The questions they asked my student were substantive, too. Not sure if first post is BS, esp with the white daughter comment.

What do you consider substantive?

Asking about challenges faced, community involvement etc?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:MY KID CLIMBED KILIMANJARO

This is so gross, for so many reasons.

[Anonymous]

I mean how substantive the question is doesn’t really matter. SWW said they wanted the children to explain every response with detail and honesty. If a kid just said Mulan cause she’s cool or something similar to that then they wouldn’t get a good score. Parents don’t be mad if your child doesn’t know how to expand on their answers.

[Anonymous]

I child was asked to select numbers from 1-20 and those were the questions they were asked.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I mean how substantive the question is doesn’t really matter. SWW said they wanted the children to explain every response with detail and honesty. If a kid just said Mulan cause she’s cool or something similar to that then they wouldn’t get a good score. Parents don’t be mad if your child doesn’t know how to expand on their answers.

The purpose of this is not to get a meaningful, predictive metric. Obviously. If it were, everyone would get the same questions, there would be training for graders, extremely clear rating rubrics, testing to make sure everyone is on the same page about what should get a good score.

They're just trying to get something opaque and either random, or random enough to cover for whatever it is they actually want to select for. And it's crazy that no matter how bad of a process it is, someone will jump in to defend it and say that, no, the issue is that your kid sucks.