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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]why is Walls disproportionately female?

My STA boy did not get into Walls from a DCPS middle school (within the past two years).  He was accepted to STA, Sidwell, the Scholars program at St. Johns, Gonzaga, etc.  I can think of other boys like this--one is now at Sidwell, one at GDS.  They had straight high As in DCPS middle school and were total academic kids (algebra 2 in middle school, etc).  None got into Walls.

I don't think my kid would have chosen Walls and he's getting an outstanding education at STA but it's weird that Walls would be turning down highly accomplished boys and yet maintaining a gender imbalance.  [/quote]

Walls has been disproportionately female since long before they dropped the exam. Banneker and Duke are even more disproportionately female. I’d assume it’s some combination of (a) girls being more likely to prefer smaller schools with fewer sports/boys being more likely to prefer larger schools with more sports and (b) families being more likely to spend money to educate their sons.

Also, while I appreciate (and share) your bitterness about the end of the exam, your son’s experience in the post-exam Walls admissions process is irrelevant to these NMSF numbers, which are for the graduating class of 24 — the last class admitted to Walls by exam. [/quote]

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