SWW - when do notices go out about interviews?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Basis is a lottery admission school that starts at 5th grade and does not admit 9th graders. It's not a high school accessible to academic all stars from across the city.

Based on what we just experienced with Walls I’d say it’s the same. The words arbitrary and farcical come to mind

Not farcical, just a lottery like the rest of them. A lottery among a smaller set of candidates, maybe, but every bit as arbitrary/capricious/random as the general lottery.
Just like top colleges. When three or four times the number of qualified candidates apply for available seats, your odds become eeny-meeny-miney-moe.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Basis is a lottery admission school that starts at 5th grade and does not admit 9th graders. It's not a high school accessible to academic all stars from across the city.

Based on what we just experienced with Walls I’d say it’s the same. The words arbitrary and farcical come to mind

Not farcical, just a lottery like the rest of them. A lottery among a smaller set of candidates, maybe, but every bit as arbitrary/capricious/random as the general lottery.
Just like top colleges. When three or four times the number of qualified candidates apply for available seats, your odds become eeny-meeny-miney-moe.

Eh, I don’t agree. I think all qualified candidates should be put into the lottery pool, then let luck play out. Not giving interviews to kids with 4.0 GPAs seriously undermines the school’s credibility, at least in my mind. My kid doesn’t seem too bothered, so that’s good at least. And I guess the best revenge is living well. But make no mistake, the process is not serious.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Has there ever been a FOIA unified effort on SWW process? The children who were selected (or not) from our charter school for interview make no sense when it comes to academic apples to apples.

Yes--I can't remember if it was last year or 4 years ago (I have kids in 9th and 12th grades), but the results were heavily redacted, and were shared on DCUM.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Basis is a lottery admission school that starts at 5th grade and does not admit 9th graders. It's not a high school accessible to academic all stars from across the city.

Based on what we just experienced with Walls I’d say it’s the same. The words arbitrary and farcical come to mind

Not farcical, just a lottery like the rest of them. A lottery among a smaller set of candidates, maybe, but every bit as arbitrary/capricious/random as the general lottery.
Just like top colleges. When three or four times the number of qualified candidates apply for available seats, your odds become eeny-meeny-miney-moe.

Eh, I don’t agree. I think all qualified candidates should be put into the lottery pool, then let luck play out. Not giving interviews to kids with 4.0 GPAs seriously undermines the school’s credibility, at least in my mind. My kid doesn’t seem too bothered, so that’s good at least. And I guess the best revenge is living well. But make no mistake, the process is not serious.

My current senior who was not admitted to SWW, despite having a 4.0 and top rigor math, went on to a private high school with aid and and is now going to an Ivy League university (unhooked). So it all worked out for her.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Basis is a lottery admission school that starts at 5th grade and does not admit 9th graders. It's not a high school accessible to academic all stars from across the city.

Based on what we just experienced with Walls I’d say it’s the same. The words arbitrary and farcical come to mind

Not farcical, just a lottery like the rest of them. A lottery among a smaller set of candidates, maybe, but every bit as arbitrary/capricious/random as the general lottery.
Just like top colleges. When three or four times the number of qualified candidates apply for available seats, your odds become eeny-meeny-miney-moe.

Eh, I don’t agree. I think all qualified candidates should be put into the lottery pool, then let luck play out. Not giving interviews to kids with 4.0 GPAs seriously undermines the school’s credibility, at least in my mind. My kid doesn’t seem too bothered, so that’s good at least. And I guess the best revenge is living well. But make no mistake, the process is not serious.

My current senior who was not admitted to SWW, despite having a 4.0 and top rigor math, went on to a private high school with aid and and is now going to an Ivy League university (unhooked). So it all worked out for her.

You must feel very grateful to have been able to afford a private school option, and on top of that your child that took advantage of great opportunities. I hope you realize that the majority of people do not have that food fortune.

[Anonymous]

You must feel very grateful to have been able to afford a private school option, and on top of that your child took advantage of great opportunities. I hope you realize that the majority of people do not have that good fortune.

[Anonymous]

Are there any more SWW interviews after today?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Has there ever been a FOIA unified effort on SWW process? The children who were selected (or not) from our charter school for interview make no sense when it comes to academic apples to apples.

Yes--I can't remember if it was last year or 4 years ago (I have kids in 9th and 12th grades), but the results were heavily redacted, and were shared on DCUM.

It was not last year as that's when my kid didn't get in and I would have noticed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are there any more SWW interviews after today?

There are a few makeup interviews this week but not really, no.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This means that a student who’s academically brilliant might not get the same boost if they’re not seen as a natural “community player.” Teachers may have boosted kids who they thought would fit better into the community. I wouldn’t say it’s who they like better. They may have genuinely been answering the questions asked of them on the form. It’s not all academic.

(Re-posting to fix the quotes.)

A question for you - what public high school in DC is equipped to effectively educate the kids who are academically brilliant, but not natural "community players"?

As a taxpayer and parent, I want Walls to be that school. I want it to take the academically brilliant kids and build a community in which they can excel academically and in community with one another.

I’d say Banneker fits this. The put a lot of emphasis on building community.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This means that a student who’s academically brilliant might not get the same boost if they’re not seen as a natural “community player.” Teachers may have boosted kids who they thought would fit better into the community. I wouldn’t say it’s who they like better. They may have genuinely been answering the questions asked of them on the form. It’s not all academic.

(Re-posting to fix the quotes.)

A question for you - what public high school in DC is equipped to effectively educate the kids who are academically brilliant, but not natural "community players"?

As a taxpayer and parent, I want Walls to be that school. I want it to take the academically brilliant kids and build a community in which they can excel academically and in community with one another.

I’d say Banneker fits this. The put a lot of emphasis on building community.

+1. I’ve heard from many that the community is much stronger at Banneker than Walls, and both are academically excellent.

[Anonymous]

Have invitations for Banneker interviews gone out yet?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Have invitations for Banneker interviews gone out yet?

They've done at least three days of interviews.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Have invitations for Banneker interviews gone out yet?

They've done at least three days of interviews.

So if your child did not receive an invitation for an interview, does this mean they were rejected?

[Anonymous]

From Banneker or from Walls?

Either way, I think interviews are complete for both. Probably not cause for optimism if you haven't gotten one yet