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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]According to DD, the PSE this year seemed like it was 5th/6th grade difficulty, which would mean that it would have been even harder to fairly decide who to waitlist this year.[/quote]
My DC got accepted with an incorrect PSE[/quote]

I mean, if all they're doing is just rolling the dice, they should just call it the lottery that it is and stop pretending that it's still an elite school.[/quote]

he average GPA of accepted kids is going to be something like a 3.9, in all honors/AAP, with at least Algebra 1, although most will have Geometry or Algebra 2. Many probably have 2 years of a foreign language. How is that not elite? Because they cannot accept every kid with similar stats? [/quote]

Because it's not that hard to get a 4.0 GPA in middle school? Which might be why some kids are applying for an elite school to begin with?

Students don't even have to finish an easy PSE to get in.  That's not elite by any stretch of the imagination.[/quote]

This is a public school. It is meant to serve kids who are interested in STEM and need more of a challenge. A small number of kids will be accepted with a GPS below a 3.9 but the majority are going to be higher than that.

I agree, kids who didn’t finish the essays or the math problem should not have been accepted.

As for grades, plenty of MS kids would tell you that it is hard to get a 4.0, especially in honors/AAP. I know you won’t believe that but most kids are not earning a 4.0. I understand being disappointed but calling kids who were accepted names and saying that they are not “elite” is unnecessary.

You could take only kids with 4.0 GPAs who completed everything and still not accept all the kids, then what is your argument? [/quote]

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