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I didn’t realize they used an interview to rank even when they had the test. That’s as arbitrary as the grade cutoff to get an interview last year, so I’m less annoyed at them dropping the test! They probably interviewed 2x the class last year, too, just picked by grade. I still think the interview is really bad, for all the many reasons that have been discussed.[/quote]

In many ways the big switch was not dropping the test but going from interviewing 2x the class (300 students) to 3.33x the class (500 students). In the old days the waitlist typically cleared or came close to clearing, so basically everyone who interviewed got in. Now even by count day 100+ students are left on the waitlist, so the interview score is what determines whether or not students are admitted.

This is why it’s so interesting to me that this year Walls isn’t saying how many kids they will interview. If the number interviewed goes down, the importance of the interview will go down. [/quote]

At one of the Open Houses they said that they would interview ~350 students this year.[/quote]

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