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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am confused by this post. The percent of admits after the interview process has always been very high at Walls. [b] Pre-pandemic they would interview 250 students for 150 spots.  It has always been this way. Some years they’ve gone through almost the entire post interview waitlist.[/b][/quote]

Right but post pandemic (the "no test" era) they started interviewing more kids and leaving more on the waitlist.

2021: about 150 interviewed kids were left on the waitlist (I don't know the exact number)
2022: 142 interviewed kids were left on the waitlist
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Yikes!  So the parents of those 142 had to tell their kids they didn’t get in because they blew the interview…?  Joking - but wondering how to finesse my 4.0  (well rounded, athlete, fabulous artist , blah blah) daughter if she doesn’t get in ….[/quote]

I had a 4.0, top travel athlete, algebra 2 in 8th grade, national level debater, etc kid who did not get in.  was accepted to Sidwell, Potomac, GDS, STA, and Teg scholars's program at SJC but not Walls.   🤣🤪[/quote]  Your kid is white?  Asian?  I dearly wish that a dozen parents like you would band together to sue DCPS.  Maybe a group will after the SC ruling challenging affirmative action admissions in 2023.  The Wall's admissions system is a travesty screaming for transparency and change. [/quote]

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