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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]From the data it looks like more than 50% of applicants are accepted[/quote]

It sounds like you're looking at the myschoolsdc profile and assuming that the number of lottery "matches" + length of the waitlist = total applications, but that is incorrect. Most of the 1500+ students who apply each year do not get an interview and are not placed on the waitlist at all. The waitlist is made up of the students who were interviewed but did not get an offer on lottery day.

But it's true that more than 50% of students who are interviewed typically get an offer by Sept. 1. Here's that data:

2023: 190 lottery matches + 150 on waitlist = 340 total interviews. 233 offers extended (68.5%)
2022: 170 lottery matches + 211 on waitlist = 381 total interviews. 239 offers extended (62.7%)
2021: 143 lottery matches + 270 on waitlist = 313 total interviews. 238 offers extended (76.0%)

You can find more results here: https://public.tableau.com/app/profile/aaron2446/viz/MSDCSeatsandWaitlistOfferData_draft/MSDCPublicDisplay

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Almost right, except that not all kids that interviewed got put on the WL. At least in 2021, when my kid was applying that was true. More like 500 kids interviewed that year.[/quote]

How could they leave someone off the waitlist after they were interviewed? Why would they do that? [/quote]

Apparently they did, though I cannot say why. I remember the incensed posts on DCUM from families whose kids were not put on the waitlist.[/quote]

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