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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What is "oxymoronic"? ALex.[/quote] This. If they aren't hard to get into, what is the point?[/quote] DCUM will never be satisfied. If the application schools are hard to get into, it’s a crisis because “what if my kid doesn’t get into one?” If the application schools are not so hard to get into, it’s “what’s the point?” The fact is that Banneker, McKinley, and Duke are considerably more successful than most neighborhood high schools in DC. That’s the point. [/quote] It's not a crisis because they're hard to get into. I think what people want is a bit more predictability in the system. Right now it feels pretty arbitrary because there's so little information about how essays, interviews, etc. are actually evaluated. And if there were less-selective schools that still felt like okay options, that would be nice too. Right now it feels like it's selective or you have to move.[/quote]
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