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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It all comes down to whether or not you have a teacher who maxes out the recommendation form. When my kid went through this a few years ago at Deal there was one English teacher who didn't max it out for any students on that team and zero kids from that team got in despite many of them having a 4.0 and being school leaders.

It's a deeply flawed process but it's DCPS and that's what they do. [/quote]

My kid suspected this. He was shocked his friends with 4.0’s in geometry, physics, and who are in national junior honors society, student council, etc, did not get interviews. He suspected it was partially because one of the teachers they all had write their recs is pretty tough on them.[/quote]

For parents who talk about the 4.0 GPA, etc that show how strong the students are. If your child has a personality flaw that affects the classroom environment, it might show through in the rec. one friend’s child did not get interview invite yet and I’m only half surprised. Her child is super arrogant, hyper critical of others and pretty unbearable to be around… these things matter. [/quote]
Whereas you, who are positing that every child who does not get into Walls has a “personality flaw,” are a model of non-toxic positivity and a joy to have in this discussion. [/quote]

They just want to believe their kid is better than the others and special and unique enough to get an interview - the 700 plus kids who didn’t get interviewed obviously all have personality flaws and large egos lol. [/quote]

My point is, but I’m sure you already got it, if kids don’t have stellar recommendations from teachers, if anything suggests that the child may be difficult to work with (despite a 4.0) you can bet they won’t get an interview.

My child is already at Walls, and from what I’ve noticed, kids are all pretty nice, humble people and seem to have similar « easy-to-work » with traits.

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No, you implied that kids who didn’t get interviews have personality flaws. The narcissism in this area is unreal.[/quote]

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