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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yeah ours changed drastically based on the admissions interviews and our interactions with the school.  Our original top choice was just awful during the interview process, and we had separate interviews for two kids, each with different admissions officers. In both interviews, the interviewers gave off big "IDGAF" energy. They barely wanted to get to know us or our kids, one just talked at us and the other was barely engaged.

And then our last choice school, the one that we threw in last minute turned out to be really great. Our daughter liked her interactions with the school and we really liked our conversation. We still haven't been able to visit in person b/c of COVID so if we get in, we'll have to figure out if the online vibe matches the in-person one.

I am still shocked though by our formally first choice school. Like I know you are a highly sought after school, but I would imagine that a LOT of parents (and kids) are turned off by that kind of attitude. [/quote]

Is this gds?[/quote]

Not pp, but I could have written this and our top choice was GDS. I don’t know what to make of the parent interview, but seemed as though the interviewer was just checking the boxes but not really interested in getting to know us.[/quote]

Same for us![/quote]

Same here! It's last on our list after the interviews. If admissios is reading this they should take rhe feedback[/quote]

+3 My DC applied for high school and after the interview it moved to last place. Between the horrible online open house and the completely uninterested interviewer, hard for DC to be excited about this school. It is also difficult to get a feel for the school because DC hasn’t been on campus and toured or shadowed like the other schools they are considering. [/quote]

+4. This was us last year. We were shocked our child was accepted as, based on the interviewer’s complete lack of interest, we guessed we were already in their “No” column. I doubt their Admissions team is reading DCUM, but hopefully someone tips them off to this feedback. [/quote]

+5 I would be shocked if my DC is accepted. Interviewer was clearly just dialing it in and didn’t really seem interested in DC’s answers. I know they could fill the 9th grade spots 10xs over so they don’t really have to try and sell the the school. Just interesting how different the approach is from other top schools.[/quote]

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