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[quote=Anonymous]So much speculating about how Walls will do this. DCPS puts out a rubric that lays it all out (clear as mud. but at least it's something).

https://enrolldcps.dc.gov/sites/dcpsenrollment/files/page_content/attachments/SY24-25%20SWW_Admission%20Process%20Rubric_Final.pdf

The rubric says:
GPA is a threshold criteria. For ninth grade, the top students with the highest GPAs will be invited to interview.

Then scoring to decide who gets in is as follows:
30 pts: rec letters
60 pts: interview and essay submission
10 pts: GPA. 3.9 and higher get a 10, 3.8 a 9, etc. This element of the score usually doesn't matter much because the last few years kids have needed a 3.8 or higher to make the GPA threshold.

The rubric seems to pretend like Walls will consider rec letters as part of deciding whether or not to interview a student, but that contrasts explicitly with the statement that students with the top GPAs will be invited to interview.

This is most likely lazy process/bad writing of the rubric, though it could also be a way for the school to give itself room to make some weird decisions based on recs for kids whose GPA otherwise would not meet the interview threshold. Time will tell.[/quote]

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