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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]anyone can confirm if there is a lottery in AOL admission process from any authentic info[/quote]

I will share my experience and thoughts  on this(will leave it to your judgement)) - It is not a lottery but there is ridiculous a school quota.

This is what happens :

For Kids from highly competitive schools in county: Kids with good grades A and A+, Algebra 2 and good essay skills  and above average stem scores get waitlisted because the school quota is met  and are put in waitlist as the number of students AOL can accept from that school is met. This year there were top kids from a MS who are on a waitlist due a difference of .05 avg of the stem critical thinking sections or worst thing AET pathway selection also impacts the admission .

For Kids from low  competitive schools: Kids with average grades,  Algebra 1 and avg essay skills  and  average stem scores get admissions.

[b]This is one of the  reason folks incorrectly refer to admissions as "Lottery".[/b]

Also lot of things are unclear

1) AOL says Essay is taken in criteria - No one shares the score
2) Waitlist ranking is complete mystery 
3) For AET - Each year is different in sense how AET pathways selection effects the admission 
      IN 2022 Nov test taking class (2023 fall)- Kids who selected Engineering/Entrepreneurship got selected even with low stem critical thinking scores and AET IT pathways was tough. Also, Please add school qouta to the mix - it makes things worst
       IN 2023 Nov test taking (2024 fall) - Kids who selected Engineering/Entrepreneurship  did not get selected with awesome stem scores because everyone selected " engineering" as pathways  and lot of kids with AET _IT Pathways got into with low scores.

[b]This is another reason why  folks refer to as "Lottery"( in my opinion.)  [/b]

FOR AOS -- If your kid is interested in AOS and commute is not a problem then i would personally suggest TJ but if commute is not ok then AOS is similar to TJ. This year almost all the kids first preference was AET

4) It may seem  unfair for the waitlisted kids as they have to wait painfully all summer but the reason for this being AOL admission  office does not have any automated updates of kids dropping off due to TJ admissions or other reasons - This process moves slowly . To keep things in perspective - TJ waitlist process is smoother and faster.

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