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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What did you hear?

Also, does anyone know if Walls has any plans to reinstate the test?  My DC is a rising 8th grader and without the test I don't see any point of having him apply...if the requirements are absurd inflated DCPS grades and interviews, the advantage of Walls over Wilson (academically stronger peer group) will no longer be strong enough to make up for the disadvantages.[/quote]

Privates don't test in so you're not considering them either? They accept some of the same DCPS inflated grades. [/quote]

Yes, privates test in.

But this is the DCPS forum.[/quote]

They do not test in. They may give assessment tests after admitted. That's the poster'a point--Will accept from a private but not SWW🤷🏽‍♂️[/quote]

For high school admissions, local privates usually require an entrance exam - SSAT/ISEE/HSPT/SCAT/OLSAT or an in-house test - that they use for admissions and sometimes class placement. [/quote]

I thought some were now at least provisionally test-optional (seeing as the point is to prep students for the Ivy League, which is now provisionally test optional).[/quote]

Pre-covid, most if not all required some sort of testing. For the next cycle, most schools have not yet announced what their requirements will be. [/quote]

Pre-covid ALL required testing.  All waived the outside testing (SSAT, ISEE) for 2021 but some (Sidwell, Potomac) created their own in-house testing.   This spring (2022) some required outside (SSAT/ISEE) testing (NCS is one I know of), others required outside or in-house testing (Sidwell/Potomac, etc). [/quote]

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