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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There is something truly wrong with an application school admissions process for a supposedly academic school that favors “easy As” from grade inflated schools rather than potentially lower grades from much tougher courses/schools. Where is the incentive for students to challenge themselves? Why is it better to exclude the more capable students? Certainly not all will be excluded, but it seems a great many.[/quote] Wow. Don’t assume the kids coming from public middle schools are taking “easy A” classes and not challenging themselves. Many of the admitted students from DCPS middles took high school math in 7th and 8th. [/quote] But it's crazy that a kid at SH makes the choice to turn down school-recommended math acceleration to guarantee an A in order to meet the Walls cut-off. I know 2 kids who did exactly that last year. That's a terrible incentive to create for DCPS students. [/quote]
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