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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They need something to get the number of students down to 10% of the applicants.

Last year 1300+ students applied based on the qualification of a GPA of 3.0.  145 enrolled.  
The school is very proud of their average SAT score, average number of APs, AP scores, and college acceptances.  If they just lottery the 1300 (or 1400 or 2000 or 2500) kids who apply these will all tank.  
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I don’t disagree but there is no equitable way to offer an admissions test.  And the PARCC is flawed, most privates don’t give it and you could argue that basing admissions to high school on your sixth grade work is unfair as well.  There are no easy answers to this, unfortunately.[/quote]

Easiest answer is to place more weight on GPA.[/quote]

Can they ratchet up the eligible GPA to get to the number of kids they want to interview?  Thousands will have a 3.0.  Probably a thousand have a 3.5 given the relaxed standards of Covid.  The number will get manageable if they move it up to a 3.8 or 4.0. [/quote]

This will be a huge equity issue.  It is a whole lot easier to do distance learning when you are doing it at a quite place with high speed and not simultaneously watching your 6 YO sibling.  There are significant disparities  across the city and GPA is not the answer.  [/quote]

+1000

I am the PP who said there are no easy answers and it’s for reasons such as these.  For one year Walls should set a GPA minimum a bit higher (3.3 or 3.4) and just do a lottery.  It’s one year, it won’t be the demise of the school.  [/quote]

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