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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DC and many of her friends all had interviews yesterday. All had positive experiences, so not sure what all the fuss is about in these previous posts..?  Maybe they revamped the format?  We had a small panel, one teacher and two students. They were friendly and professional. DC said the questions were challenging only because they were creative and thought provoking, but not in a "gotcha" sort of way. We found it to be a very smooth operation, with additional students there to greet us in the waiting area, many of whom were freshman who introduced themselves to us and chatted with our daughter before taking us to the interview location. All in all a very nice experience and I really hope she is accepted![/quote]

the fuss was about a thread from interviews last year, where a student posted that s/he rejected an applicant b/c applicant admitted to spending 3 hours a night on homework at school student had a sibling at which was not a rigorous MS so said student in a really obnoxious way explained that student had decided applicant could not handle the "rigorous" academics at Walls.  Interviews were hostile, unprofessional, disorganized, student interviewers lacked the skills to conduct a professional interview and the judgement not to post here afterwards sounding incredibly obnoxious - they rejected kids they thought were too "full of themselves" and one mother concluded that her attempt in her interview to talk up the accomplishments of her shy child might have led to the decision............

Student comments on old thread were recently deleted by Jeff Steele, but the great thing about DCUM is that someone from Walls was reading the thread.... and the fact that some of the interviews were so bad the parents opted for Wilson instead, or private, must have woken someone up.

Dc interviewed yesterday, small panel, friendly crowd, no interrogation style tactics.

The fuss from the other thread seemed legitimate b/c it was unanimous on the part of the parents who had been interviewed last year plus the idiotic student who piped up about what was clearly bad decision making and was bragging about it.

I think Walls finally got that they have to sell their school now during interviews, not necessarily the other way around, and did it this year.  Kudos to them for being proactive, and lowering the arrogance hostility and lack of professionalism in the interviews.  Having a bad, demeaning interview conducted by a student who lacks the skills to properly conduct one but has the authority to make the decision (they and the teachers apparently are given equally weighted votes) and then has the idiocy to come on DCUM and explain the bad decision making process made Walls wake up and change their game on this one front.  Good job to DCUM parents who posted that for them, the interview process last year made them decide not to let their children attend the school.  Good job by Walls for changing, fast.

So sorry DCPS is bent on their destruction and has refused to give them their own principal etc[/quote]

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