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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think some of you are assuming "wow" means "wow, your kid must be a superstar to get into Walls."

But it could mean "wow, it's a total crapshoot to get into Walls, so many qualified kids don't."

DC has way more kids capable of succeeding at Walls than there are spots at walls. Walls has way more in common with DC's good elementaries and middle schools (also in short supply) than it does with Harvard. I've said "wow" when learning that someone's kid goes to a school like SWS or Latin or BASIS, not because all kids who attend those schools are superstars, but [b]because I am aware that the odds are very much against a kid getting a lottery spot at those schools [/b]so it's like "wow, you must have had a good lottery number, good for you."

To me, the application HSs are only a smidge more meritocratic than Latin and BASIS, but honestly they draw from similar populations anyway.[/quote]

+1  My kids are younger but any "wow" I've ever dished out about a DCPS or DCPCS has been in relation to "you must have had great lottery luck" not "what a budding genius you have on your hands."  I'm happy for the parent but not in awe of the kid.  And it's beyond weird that parents on this thread are acting like saying their kid is at Walls is the equivalent of dropping the "H bomb" into conversation.  Delusional-level weird. [/quote]

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