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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]"better prioritize taking kids with advanced academic needs"

"kids who got good grades so far and recommendations from their teachers"

Is that the request?[/quote]

Different poster here. My oldest is in 7th so I’ve been paying close attention both in my personal life and on here to the SWW discussion. I know many brilliant students who were not even interviewed. I’ve tried very hard to figure out why without being rude. But it doesn’t seem to make sense. I have also noted that SWW seems great BUT there are definitely areas where DC could improve. I personally thought SWW took the top students but I’m learning that probably we should look at other options as well if our our wants to take some classes. Which is fine and normal. Just a bit sad that there seem to be more great students for a small about of spots and the process doesn’t make a lot of sense to me so far.

In other words, SWW seems great but could be better and the process doesn’t make a lot of sense to me. Why no testing or review of the courses the kids took?  I understand there is a short written test but that seems odd. Are they disputing the CAPE results?  Should I not even bother having my kid take the cape this year?[/quote]

I will say that the kids who got interviews at SH vs not seem pretty random except that almost all of the 4.0s who have one teacher got interviews vs almost none of those with another. I am sure this happens at other schools too and it's really unfortunate, because I don't think either teacher did anything wrong, but I also don't think the results were intentional. I don't think SH gave teachers enough information that non-perfect recommendation = zero interview.[/quote]

I would be so mad if I sent my kid to Stuart Hobson and some rando administrator or teacher was here all day posting rude comments. 
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