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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kid goes to Deal and is in Algebra 2.  In this class there are many kids who are real scholars: they work very, very hard and have straight As and do all academic extracurriculars.  They are participating in writing contests and math clubs and debate and all sorts of things.  Most of these kids' DREAM is to attend Walls. 
Then he has a bunch of friends whose motto is "do as little as I can to get by".  They have As and some Bs and saw their grades bump up with Covid so they also qualified for Walls interviews.  Most of these kids are interviewing because their parents thought it would be a good option to explore.

My kid is somewhere in between.  He's a good student (all As but not passionate about academics like many of his classmates I referred above. i.e. he's not a scholar and he isn't writing essays in his spare time).  His top choice for high school is not Walls.  He'd prefer a Catholic high school.

It makes me sad that the kids who would really thrive at Walls and really, really want it probably have a 25% chance of getting a spot this year.  It's a bummer.  They would have received one if there was a test (because they would have scored in the top 250 and then that wait list generally clears). 
This year is such a bummer all around.  
 
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Here's the silver lining--if your kid's friends end up at Wilson, they'll do great.  Our older child is there and there are so many ROCK STAR students there.  In fact, most of the highest performing students from Deal who got into Walls her year ended up going to Wilson.  It's not at all clear to me that Walls is a better school--there are advantages for sure (mostly the self-selection of the students) but Wilson can be incredible rigorous (especially after Freshman year), has amazing clubs (academic and otherwise), and there are truly incredible students from all over.  Don't sweat it. [/quote]

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