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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]While it might seem unfair to high-preforming kids who didn't get in or even get an interview, the process isn't exactly arbitrary or opaque. The process last year, as I understand it, had 4 criteria: 1. GPA (10%), 2. Two teacher recs (15% each), 3. Interviews (separately for student and family), and 4. Essay.

1 and 2 are submitted through MySchoolDC, and the resulting score from those 40 possible points (10% GPA + 30% for two teacher recs) determines whether the kid goes on to 3 and 4. So yes, a student with a 4.0 GPA could, in fact, not get an interview while another student with lower grades but better teacher recs might. While that outcome might not seem intuitive, it's certainly not random. 
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OK—if you don’t like random how about arbitrary, capricious, subjective, unreasonable, and unfair?[/quote]

NP but do you actually think GPAs/grades aren’t subjective, unreasonable or unfair?  Because they definitely are.[/quote]

You really think GPA is more subjective, unreasonable, and unfair than a LOR?  And that LORs should count three times more than GPA?

LOL[/quote]

+1.  Another Walls parent defending the indefensible.[/quote]

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