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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]from last year, what questions were asked during the interview and what was the writing sample about?
having ours coming up wednesday in a week and really want to get into Banneker. 
thanks[/quote]

Re: the interview. I suggest asking a family friend or two to do a mock interview with your kid. Even if over zoom. My kid is shy and this prep helped immensely. Ask about academic goals, study habits, academic challenges and how they’ve overcome, what they’ll do when the going gets rough, college and career goals, things they do for fun, how they’ll try making friends, club interests, etc.

And like a job interview, have your kid practice asking questions of the interviewers. It will be a panel of 2-3 teachers and/or other admins. They may come across as intimidating and warn about how tough school is, ask how your kid handles competition, etc. Or they might be warm and fuzzy; no guarantee who you’ll get.

I’ll be honest — the interview completely turned me off the school and I thought my kid would feel the same way. But it fired him up; he absolutely loved their approach. And the school has been a great fit.[/quote]

Does anybody know how many people are in the interviews at McKinley and how it is structured? I have heard there are multiple students per interview, it is more a 'group' structure. Is that correct?[/quote]

McKinley interviews are groups of applicants and a group of interviewers that includes at least one student.[/quote]

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