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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] I think the biggest problem is that they go by seventh grade GPAs, and make no differentiation of the school attended, the course difficulty and the grading policies….

In a few years time, I think MacArthur high school will likely out rank SWW in terms of quality and desireability

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How would they differentiate by school?  I might argue it’s not fair to claim a 3.7 at Basis is a stronger student than a 3.7 at a DCPS middle school.  Who’s to say the kid at the DCPS wouldn’t get a 3.7 at Basis? There is no way to do this in a fair way.[/quote]

Are you joking?  A 3.7 at Basis is easily a 4.0 at any other public school on DC.  They don’t have the same grade inflation and social promotion.[/quote]

So your kid wins the lottery by getting into basis, and also gets an easier track into walls where they can get a lower GPA and still get an interview because they got into a harder middle school through the lottery? That’s ridiculous.[/quote]

Dumb take.  Walls is supposed to be accept the top students in DCPS.  Picking those students by just looking at GPA (and a 5-minute interview) is ridiculous.

Name a selective college that picks its student body by just taking the kids with the best GPAs, regardless of high school attended, cllasses taken, rigor, or anything else.  Doesn't happen.[/quote]

High school and college are not the same thing. Please stop trying to make admissions for high school the same as admissions for college. And admissions for college are just as murky as admissions for walls.[/quote]

OK, then just do what the NYC magnet high schools do (hint, it is nothing like what Walls does and works fine).[/quote]

No thanks...No equity in NYC, period! Chicago's model is better. The amount of racism in NYC us worse than Alabama...[/quote]

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