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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]SWW admission is based on GPA, and, if you make the cut, then it appears that it is based on essays and interviews.  I am somewhat disappointed they have done away with the test.  Admittedly the description of the process on SWW website is vague.  Nonetheless, it is not a lottery.  All the application schools use the MySchools DC lottery but the schools order the applications for acceptance and waitlist.  If there has been an announcement to the contrary, please point to it.

Good luck to all parents, it is a miserable process.  [/quote]

There is no essay for SWW. If you make the GPA cutoff, the entirety of whether or not you are admitted is how other students/a teacher score your kid on a 5-10 minute interview. The scoring rubric for the interview, if there is one, has never been made public.

Therefore, once your kid makes the GPA cutoff, admission is a lottery.

OP, to your point, yes - check out SWW and Banneker. Latin and DCI (and all the other charters you might consider, Cap City, EL Haynes) are extremely difficult admits - they just don't take very many 9th graders. You have ok by-right options, though - so no need to move unless you want to.
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