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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As far as I can tell:
Keep a 4.0
Nail the middle school essay rubric
Be good at a five minute interview about yourself and Why Walls
Luck

Of all of those, the first is one as a parent you might spend most long term focus on. The second is one you can check via checking specific work periodically. The third is partly personality, can be improved with practice, but does require that your kid do something besides School, Video Games, Phone. 
The last just IS a factor. There are more applicants than spaces. Shrug. [/quote]

I second this, plus, as PP noted, make sure to develop relationships with ELA and Math teachers who will provide good recs (the recs last year needed to be from ELA and Math).  Also give those teachers the respect of giving them as much notice as possible that you will be requesting recs.

My kid got into Walls but declined.  4.0, nice kid, advanced math, knows the DCPS essay rubric, comes across as thoughtful and mature and enjoys a variety of ECs, but isn't student council president or any sort of music prodigy or super-star athlete or anything like that.  Most kids we know who got in also fit this description.  I'm sure there were other kids like this who did not get in, but this sort of background should at least give your kid a decent shot.  The GPA is the threshold question (you won't get past the first step if you don't meet the cut-off), so if you are serious about Walls you need to be on top of the GPA in 7th grade.

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Congrats but would you mind sharing why you/your kid declined?[/quote]

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