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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes, lots of interviews for Walls out. My middle schooler has 6 friends who have received them. She hasn't though (despite having the same or better GPA), so while we're hoping there's another wave to come, it doesn't seem likely.[/quote]

This was my post and my kid also has a 4.0, so it seems like recommendations had to be the deciding factor. My kid is not an introvert at all and is very involved in her school. Most of her friends who got interviews had a different teacher for one of the recommenders, whereas the other 4.0 friend without an interview had the same teacher as my kid. I worry that that teacher just wasn't as effusive as the other one and if they're comparing kids from the same school? But who knows. [/quote]

I wonder if they try to balance what middle schools the kids come from. So kids from bigger high schools are less likely bc there are more of them? I also always wonder if the selective schools give preference to dcps vs charter or private.
Or it could vary/change from year to year too.[/quote]

I've wondered this too - if the lottery algorithm somehow takes into account the school or ward the student is coming from and tries to balance admissions.  I can't imagine it's fully proportional (e.g., 25% of applications come from Ward 3 DCPS middle and that makes up 25% of admissions, etc.).  [/quote]

Of course they are going to look at what ward and give preference to certain wards.  This is why they deleted the test initially and actually sent out people and messaging to these wards to encourage the kids to apply.[/quote]

Ward and middle school aren’t among the admissions criteria. You can actually see the data showing which middle schools the 24-25 9th graders came from. Almost half that class came from Deal and Hardy. [/quote]

They are not going to reveal that to you in the admissions criteria.

Trend % of kids from ward 3 over the years and percentages of kids from say ward 5, 6, or 7.
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Typo ward 5, 7, and 8[/quote]

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