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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We got our time slot too this morning for 3/1. They ask that parents and child be in different rooms for the interview - does anyone know if they are doing them one after the other or at the same time? When it was in-person, I recall the child went first and then the parents.[/quote]

One after the other. Parents click the invite link and wait for the interviewers to finish with DC and join them.

TBH, our 3 interviewers looked pretty bored and gave little feedback. No, we weren't that boring ;)[/quote]

Us too...child asked three questions (took about 5 minutes), parents asked one question.  Whole thing done in about 7-8 minutes.   I read on another one of these DCUM threads that the interviews count for MUCH more than (like, 5-6 times as much as) GPA...hard to figure out what of value they could have gotten out of such a short amount of time. Have others heard the same?[/quote]

I haven't heard that.  I don't think it's been specified.  It's insane to base anything off 5 minutes.[/quote]

Here's what was posted on another DCUM thread (poster said they heard this at an info session about the Walls application process):

1. Complete the application through myschooldc by Feb 1
- include seventh grade transcript
- must show 7th grade GPA 3.0 or above
- if from DCPS, it will be sent from MS
- if outside DCPS must be official school transcript (school letterhead)
- no essays, no teacher recs, no test scores

2. Of those who applied, the students with the top 500 GPAs will be invited for an interview

3. Interviews will be conducted after Feb 1 - mid-March
- virtual, not in-person
- student interview first, then parents join (parent interview will not be held against the student ; )
- interview will be scored - 31 possible points

4. Walls will assign each student a score - interview can be scored up to 31, GPA can be scored up to 5 for a total possible score of 36.

5. Students with the top 250 scores (GPA + interview) will be eligible and be placed in a lottery

6. Approx 140 students of the 250 eligible will be matched to Walls through a lottery and the rest will be waitlisted.

6. Students will be notified of a match and have to indicate acceptance

7. Students will be pulled from the WL when a matched student declines the offered spot.[/quote]

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