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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My son’s worked pretty hard to get good grades and has only one or two grades below 90 (like 88, not 68) grade 7-8. He’s a natural and confident student who is a good writer (an impromptu essay would be just his style) explains math to his friends in whatever class they’re in. His teachers are glad to recommend him as needed.

But I hear that the rejection rate at SWW and Banneker is pretty high.

Why is it so high? Can I take comfort in their rejecting large numbers of students with bad GPAs whose parents just apply anyway, or maybe they’re including everyone who puts the school on their lottery application?

What are the factors that are going to keep us guessing?[/quote]

Op if your son is interested, he should definitely apply but you should also have a plan B because admission is far from guaranteed and is a little random. my kid had straight As all 3 years in MS, writes really well and easily, was slated to take Precalc in 9th grade and was waitlisted. she was in a group of 5 friends with similar background and 3 were admitted and 2 were put at the bottom of the waitlist. the screening process of hundreds of kids was just a 5 min interview, so we all felt it was a little random. this year i understand it may be different so i dont know. but given the number of people who apply, you just cannot rely in being admitted even if your kid is the best student ever[/quote]

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