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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]first people said there shouldn't be a test. then they said the interview and gpa process was bad. now they're saying the gpa and recomendation process is bad. Seems like no one will be happy whatever happens. I'm sad for the kids that didn't get a chance to interview. If there are quotas or whatever by ward or school, it's certainly not something that should be publicized / released. [/quote]

Yes to this!

Every year Walls turns down students with great credentials. There just aren't enough spots to go around. This is good preparation for college admissions. [/quote]

Sorry, that doesn’t work here.

Every college has a better process than this…. No college weights letters if rec three times more than GPA….no college ignores rigor in the courseload and treats an A in PE the same as an A in accelerated math….I could go on and on…[/quote]

Also college do not require that you and all your classmates ask the same 2 teachers.  Kids ask a whole variety of teachers--depending on who knows them best, who likes them, etc.

There really is very little similarity between the Walls process and the college rec process.

Can you imagine if college acceptances were 75% based on teacher recs?  Grades were basically irrelevant?
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You all are missing the point.  This is good prep for college admissions because your "perfect grade" student is going to get rejected from some college.  Every year there are kids with amazing SATs and perfect grades and amazing letters of recommendation that get rejected from certain schools.  And those rejection factors can have nothing to do with the kid themselves and more to do with the things the school is looking for. It's a different process but the experience and lesson is the same. [/quote]

I think the PP's kid with the 98th+ percentile scores and the non-JR neighborhood high school needs a high school which can provide them with an appropriate education a lot more than they need a lesson in the unfairness and arbitrary nature of life. And no, it is not the case that there are so many kids like that that SWW just doesn't have room for them all. [/quote]

Why is that kid special? Arguably, a kid in the 5th- percentile and the non JR neighborhood high school needs a school that provides with an appropriate education. Seems like the kid you mention above will do just fine. [/quote]

That kid isn't "special", they have a set of academic needs that aren't going to be met at a school with few kids at grade level. Which is nearly every DCPS neighborhood school. Whereas the kid who is profoundly behind will find a large peer group at any number of schools in DC. We can argue about whether they will receive appropriate remediation -- but they're sure not going to get that at Walls. [/quote]

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