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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]From everything I read on this forum, I thought the chances of DS getting into his top school was slim. He got in and virtually everyone in his 8th grade class got into one of the application HS. Maybe not everyone got into their first choice but they got into one of their top 3. Stop stressing people out by making it sound like it’s impossible to get into these schools. [/quote]

For some, it was impossible and a lot of  of kids did get shut out.

Gloat elsewhere.[/quote]

So you know kids that applied to Banneker, Walls, and McKinley and didn't get in anywhere? I won't include Duke b/c it's a specialty. [/quote]

I do. Of course, you never know what was in the essay, interviews, and recs. But I know two kids who were shut out for no reason I can discern. Its not that it's really hard to get into these schools, it's that it's pretty arbitrary and hard to predict. Honestly if it were a straight up GPA-qualified lottery, that would at least be easy to understand and way less work for everyone.

[b]Of course, McKinley is not for everyone either. Without a sincere enthusiasm for math and science, a kid is unlikely to be happy there.[/b][/quote]

So did these kids apply to McKinley or not? There were several kids from my child’s middle school who had decent but not exceptional grades and got in (mostly Bs). I find it hard to believe that they couldn’t get into McKinley. And if they only applied to Walls and Banneker, then yes it will be difficult to get a spot. If they applied to McKinley (and/or Duke) and didn’t get a spot, they were unlikely to be shut out for no apparent reason because the bar is not so high that it’s unachievable. [/quote]

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