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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Even if grading across the board at DC middle schools has gotten easier during the pandemic, won't this affect all kids relatively equally? Meaning, those who would have had a B average instead have a B+ average, but those who would have had a B+ average instead have an A average?

Maybe there are a few outliers here and there, [b]but if you're taking the top 500 kids who apply across the city, won't those pretty much be the same kids regardless?[/b]

I'm not sure how the academic quality of student body would dramatically plummet if there pulling from the same top 500?
(Now, the heavy weighting of the interview is another story, but Walls typically goes pretty far down the waitlist so if your kid was ranked 175 instead of 75, there's a good chance they'll get an offer anyway)[/quote]

Not even remotely, but the selection process now is a grab bag as much as a randomized process would be. The test used to somewhat sort out which of those 500 deserved a spot and which ones coasted on grade inflation and luck[/quote]

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