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[quote=Anonymous]I increasingly think the match/waitlist system is a terrible mechanism for deciding who attends these magnet high schools. For one thing, it starts too early. (Only first quarter 8th grade grades!) And then it goes too late. (Last year Walls made 45 offers after June.) The numbered waitlist forces schools to not just admit and reject but to prioritize students at an absurdly granular level. There’s no school with the resources to do that rationally. And then each waitlisted kid will learn their exact value to the school, at a time in life when they’re least able to cope with that information. AND it makes no room for students to prioritize friendships, which is often the single most important consideration for kids this age. There’s a reason colleges and private high schools do this in tranches, making predictions about yield, rather than using this type of waitlist. [/quote]
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