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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Latin II just dropped by 5 more spots. [/quote]

4 more. [/quote]

Wow, people are dropping out by the bushel.[/quote]

You should track the Walls HS list - we were mid 40s and already got in [/quote]

Yeah, almost no one from Basis is going.  Sound like lots of others are saying no too.

Shame they dropped the admissions test.[/quote]

Could be. Could also be nothing more than DCUM doing what DCUM does and seeing everything through the prism of their own preconception. Looking at the historical WL data Walls they have made at least 50 WL offers by June in every reported year. [/quote]

Sure but that doesn't refute the point that fewer Basis or Latin kids are going.  There are a lot of schools in DC other than Basis and Latin, so WL movement this year could well be in line with previous years.  Plus, typically Basis and Latin kids tended to do well on the admissions test, which is now gone.  As a result, it is easier to get in from worse schools with grade inflation.  So, in fact, Walls could become harder to get in at the same time that the academic level of the admitted kids decreases.[/quote]

Let's set aside for a moment that fewer kids accepting slots from Basis and Latin would necessarily mean WL would move faster (cause, you know, math). Let's also set aside for a moment that fewer kids even applying would necessarily mean shorter waitlists (math). Let's also ignore your silly statement that "are a lot of schools in DC other than Basis and Latin" - those schools have also always existed! That's either unintentional ignorance or gaslighting.

Someone pointed our their WL had moved 40 slots. Thus began the posters using that as a data point in support of their belief that the testing (or lack thereof) has caused students not to accept slots at Walls. I pointed out that based on what is now known (in terms of WL movement) this year is no different than year's past. People chiming in to use the WL movement as a data point to support their thesis are ignoring the data to which they cling. Then you inexplicably chimed in to double down on this silliness that current data supports your "testing elimination is killing Walls" thesis.

You clearly believe that elimination of testing will degrade the quality of the student body and hurt your kid (and her friends). You also clearly believe that the school will become less in demand as a consequence of those changes. Those are not unreasonable beliefs. But stop trying to fit a square peg of data into the round hole of your beliefs to support your thesis. It makes you look silly.

P.S. You don't understand how "math" and waitlists work if you think fewer kids will apply, fewer will accept and yet it will be harder to get in. [/quote]

No PP but I don’t really follow this “logic.”  You must be very defensive because you have kids going to or at Walls.

1) Parents from Basis and Latin say that fewer 8th graders from those schools plan to attend Walls.  That means that the kids didn’t apply, turned down a slot, turned down the waitlist, or are on the waitlist but don’t plan to enroll.   You have no reason to dispute that.

2) Some random person on DCUM said that the waitlist has gone down 40 something.  Last year, by June, the waitlist went down by 54 by June, the previous year 61, and the year before that 59.  So what?  This year, maybe fewer Basis and Latin kids were in the original pool of 500 applicants (because they didn’t bother to apply), so that would have no impact on the WL.  Maybe they were in the original 500 and turned down a slot.  Maybe they are just sitting on the WL to see what happens.  Whatever.  How does your argument demonstrate that the number of Basis and Latin students who applied to Walls this year AND plan to enroll is about the same as last year or previous years?  In fact, the pool of 500 is still 500 and the WL is still about the same; what is different is that the pool and the WL just doesn’t include as many Basis and Latin kids that plan to go to Walls.  Since Basis and Latin kids are some of the strongest applicants, that means the academic quality of the pool has decreased.  The fact that the WL has gone down 40 something is meaningless in this context.

Maybe you should work on your reasoning skills as well as your “math.”[/quote]

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