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[quote=Anonymous]There are fewer seats at Walls than there are qualified applicants. That might be true at Banneker as well at this point, but I'm not sure. So yes, walls "rejects" qualified applicants, if by qualified you mean high GPA. One factor that will play into it at Walls is that, while they don't explicitly say this, they have always sought to balance their class with students from throughout the city. So if your kid is at Deal or Hardy, where a higher percentage of students apply to Walls, they are less likely to get a spot than if they had the exact same credentials but were coming from Sousa or Brookland Middle. I personally am fine with that because a student from Deal/Hardy has a much better by-right HS option than students elsewhere in the city. Since they eliminated the test, admissions to Walls and Banneker are a bit of a black box. I would not assume your child will get in and for sure explore back up options. [/quote]
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