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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Well the other way that high school is distinctly different is that for application schools it isn’t random, so a bad result feels not only disappointing but also like a negative judgement. [/quote]

Nope.  Walls is a lottery basically.  They are no longer taking the brightest kid.  So that’s that, not much different.[/quote]

Well no. Latin's 9th grade seats are a lottery (with sibling preference). Walls is a lottery amongst those who meet the threshold criteria and complete the application process. So it is partly a performance judgment.[/quote]

OK but the threshold is subjective (recommendations) and there is rampant grade inflation (grades) so it is not clear just how good that “performance” really is.

Also PP above said bad result which implies that the kid applied and didn’t get in.  So at this point, it is a lottery.[/quote]

It really isn’t as much of a lottery as people seem to think. Applicants are ranked (points), and the top ones get in. The only time a lottery number matters is for candidates right on the edge of getting in who all have the same score. I agree that the criteria for ranking kids is hugely subjective and doesn’t lead to the smartest kids always getting in, but a subjective application process is not the same as a random lottery, and it feels different to kids getting results. [/quote]

Right and there are also the essays and interviews. There are a lot of data points that are considered. I, too, am unclear on how the ranking works in relation to the lottery — like even if my kid is ranked in top 100 of applicants, do they still get in if they have a really horrible lottery number? This is the anxiety i have today (choosing to believe my is qualified otherwise, I know could be wrong!). [/quote]
Yes, if your kid is in the top 100 kids as ranked by Walls, they will get in regardless of their lottery number.

The reason people say the admissions system is like a lottery is that the factors are so subjective that many results don't seem rational. [/quote]

PP here and thanks for the info. Do you know if this is true for Banneker as well?[/quote]

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