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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DCUM won’t like my post, but I am a teacher who does the interviews. I’m not defending two questions or three minutes or whatever, but I can tell you that after 10 years of being at the school, it is possible to see within ten minutes who is a good fit. Parent interview portion does not factor into the score except to help students who appear to have strong family support. However, with gpa inflation the past two years due to WS plus the ban on getting parcc scores plus random charter schools who have weird report cards, it is very difficult to assess candidates, honestly.

I would support an application ranking system with no interview, just lottery of qualified students. I hate interview days and would rather be teaching.[/quote]

1) A lot of our kids received interviews of 3 minutes or less. My kid's interview was 90 seconds long with only one stupid question that didn't lead to any conversation. 
2) No, you can't tell within 10 minutes who would be a good fit. Prior good grades are the best indicator of future good grades. While my child is extroverted and does well talking to strangers, many introverted kids would do quite well at Walls but not necessarily shine during a brief interview. In fact, given the emphasis on academics and lack of robust extracurriculars and sports, some of the quiet, studious kids might be an even better fit.

Walls should have either A) reinstated the test and developed a fair interview process with a standard set of questions or or B) just had a lottery with a GPA cut off. At the very least, Walls could have implemented a standard set of questions, but they chose not to.[/quote]

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