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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think everyone above gpa cutoff (3.7-3.8) interviewed, right? The 170 admits are the top scorers (gpa plus interview score) right?  Are all the rest put in pure lottery order on the waitlist?[/quote]

During the School Without Walls Open House today, they said the GPA cutoffs were:

3.70 (2021)
3.73 (2022)[/quote]

How does that translate for schools that use a different system?

For example, if a school uses a grading system that goes up to 100%, then 90-92% translates to 3.7 and 93%+ translates to 4.0.  Does that mean that last year no one (from a school using the 100% system) was considered who wasn't at least at 93%?

https://enrolldcps.dc.gov/sites/dcpsenrollment/files/page_content/attachments/SWW%20GPA%20Scale_SY%2022-23%20Admissions%20Update%20FINAL.pdf

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Good question.  Some DC charters use the 100% grading system.  Assume kid #1 gets a 92% (a 3.7 under the Walls rubric) and kid #2 gets a 93% (a 4.0 under the Walls rubric).  These kids have pretty much identical grades but the rubric greatly favors the second kid (that is, treats that kid as equivalent to a kid who got a 100%).  Does that mean that kid #1 doesn't make a 3.73 cutoff but kid #2 does?
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I believe so. But the exact number used for the cutoff varies from year to year, so you can’t know when applying to high school(s) whether the 3.7 will be above the line in any particular year. [/quote]

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