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[quote=Anonymous][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

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

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]

What's very strange is that the rubric both says that, and it ALSO says "Based on GPA and recommendation letter review, the top students in each grade are invited to participate in an interview." So it's pretty unclear whether recommendation letters go into deciding who gets an interview.[/quote]

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