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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My child applied this year --Deal, 4.0 GPA, had a ten-minute interview with one teacher (no students) that she described as a really fun and interesting conversation.  She prepared for the interview and took it seriously.  She is waitlisted with a number in the 170s.  Looking at the lottery data for this year, they offered 170 spots and put 211 kids on the waitlist.  That means she was in the 340s out of a total of 381 students.  No idea why!  [/quote]

I'm so sorry. Honestly, I would submit a FOIA request.  I wish I had done it last year when the same thing happened to my DC.  It is total a total BS process and they will continue to do it until they can't get away with it anymore.

The FOIA process is really simple but they will drag it out as long as they can (up to five weeks or something like that).  Keep your request simple. Just ask for all records that contain guidance for interviewers on how they are supposed to rate candidates, all records that provides training for interviewers on how they are supposed to interview candidates, all records that provides the weighting for interviews vs GPA and how candidates are ranked in the event of a tie. Also ask for an example of the interview matrix or rubric that is used for each interview.

They will either have to provide you with these or it will be exposed that they have no guidelines for the process.[/quote]

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Importantly, FOIA is binding...they can't just ignore it.  And federal 'records' are broad--it will include emails.  So if you request it, they have to comply.  Be sure to make your request time bound so that you are only asking for records created through March 31, 2020...you don't want them to create new records based on this request.

I would bet very little turns up, there is almost no guidance, and just write down a number from 0-31 based on how much they like the kid.  And it will not look very good when they can't show any records of a more deliberate and fair process. It will make a great follow-up Post story to this one .
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