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[quote=Anonymous]So basically a school that is known for boatloads of homework and testing and is geared to school smart kids is now being determined by how poised you are in an interview. And by lottery. SO MORONIC. They are setting kids up to fail. They should've done the test this year. WTF. My kid is so school smart and a good tester (which simply means she would get great grades at Walls). But she is shy and really doesn't shine on Zoom. Seems like for a really academic school it shouldnt matter so much how you interview. It's not Laguardia!

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We got our time slot too this morning for 3/1. They ask that parents and child be in different rooms for the interview - does anyone know if they are doing them one after the other or at the same time? When it was in-person, I recall the child went first and then the parents.[/quote]

One after the other. Parents click the invite link and wait for the interviewers to finish with DC and join them.

TBH, our 3 interviewers looked pretty bored and gave little feedback. No, we weren't that boring ;)[/quote]

Us too...child asked three questions (took about 5 minutes), parents asked one question.  Whole thing done in about 7-8 minutes.   I read on another one of these DCUM threads that the interviews count for MUCH more than (like, 5-6 times as much as) GPA...hard to figure out what of value they could have gotten out of such a short amount of time. Have others heard the same?[/quote]

I haven't heard that.  I don't think it's been specified.  It's insane to base anything off 5 minutes.[/quote]

Here's what was posted on another DCUM thread (poster said they heard this at an info session about the Walls application process):

1. Complete the application through myschooldc by Feb 1
- include seventh grade transcript
- must show 7th grade GPA 3.0 or above
- if from DCPS, it will be sent from MS
- if outside DCPS must be official school transcript (school letterhead)
- no essays, no teacher recs, no test scores

2. Of those who applied, the students with the top 500 GPAs will be invited for an interview

3. Interviews will be conducted after Feb 1 - mid-March
- virtual, not in-person
- student interview first, then parents join (parent interview will not be held against the student ; )
- interview will be scored - 31 possible points

4. Walls will assign each student a score - interview can be scored up to 31, GPA can be scored up to 5 for a total possible score of 36.

5. Students with the top 250 scores (GPA + interview) will be eligible and be placed in a lottery

6. Approx 140 students of the 250 eligible will be matched to Walls through a lottery and the rest will be waitlisted.

6. Students will be notified of a match and have to indicate acceptance

7. Students will be pulled from the WL when a matched student declines the offered spot.[/quote][/quote]

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