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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Has anyone heard whether there is a waitlist this year?  Did they end up increasing the program size since the W-L addition is opening? [/quote]

I apologize in advance, I have a few questions:  When is the WL addition opening, how many total slots at W-L, and how many IB once open, compared to before (if you have the numbers)?   Thanks!

Is there a lottery for the AP classes at W-L ?   Saw the "AP-network" lottery for Wakefield (only 15 slots!?) and now totally confused  - I thought anyone can take as many or few AP classes as they like at any of the 3 high schools, and only IB was a separate program?
Can anyone give me the low-down?  TIA![/quote]

I can answer a few but not all of your questions. 
The addition is open. It opened last year and they offered a larger amount of IB spots but I'm not sure how many. They also offered neighborhood spots to upcoming freshman who were in boundary for Wakefield.  This was done due to Wakefield's overcrowding.
I'm not sure how many IB spots there are now or compared to past years, but I can tell you that only a small amount end up doing the full IB track. [b]I think this year there were around 60 total[/b]. 
There is not a lottery for AP classes at WL. The lottery at Wakefield was for AP Capstone, which is only offered at Wakefield. It is a separate program that has a small amount of slots for out of boundary students.  It requires 6 AP classes, an AP Research class and AP Capstone.

HTH[/quote]

For the W-L class of 2020, I thought were around 100 full IB students (my kid was one of them).  The program is a lot of work (some of it busy work, much of it more substantive), but I think from an educational perspective it was very good.  Based on my own kid's experiences, I'm not sure how much it does for college admissions.  To be fair, my kid (with essentially perfect grades and a 35 ACT score) aimed very high.  But he did not gain admission to any of the top colleges he applied to  (2 Ivy League schools, MIT, two of the top SLACS, and UVa).  He did end up with a couple of very good options, and is currently having a great freshman year.[/quote]

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