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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Perhaps they considered it an interview for you, not them. After all, they don't really need to sell the school to you at this point.[/quote] Yeah, pretty much this. As interviewers, while we took questions, it was mostly to look at the students and parents to see whether we thought they would fit in. For example: the school didn't want to base it completely off exam scores, but also look at the personality of the student and whether they would fit in. There were definitely some students with amazing exam scores and grades that me (and the rest in my room) gave lower scores to then those who didn't do so well, simply because they  came off as being too full of themselves, or like they wouldn't fit well with the school.

I remember on who had all As, but was telling us how he was a good student and to get all those As he often worked 3-4 hours of studying and would stay up extremely late. We didn't think he would be able to handle the work load at walls (which is condsiderably greater then most schools in the city, especially middle schools) if he was working for 3-4 hours a night to succeed at middle school, how much would he be working to succeed at high school? [/quote]

Is anyone else troubled by the idea that students are empowered to at least influence such decisions? Especially if this is the kind of discretion and professionalism candidates can expect...

Having high school students make judgements about whether another child will "fit in" sounds like such a nightmare! [/quote]

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