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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kid who has a whole lot going for them and is also extroverted did not get a Walls interview. [b] So you move on.  [/b]End of story.  [/quote]

This. My kid did not get an interview, but he applied to a handful of the selective schools and wound up at one that has been a terrific fit. If he'd gone to our IB (J-R), I'm sure he would have been just fine there, too. I'm not bitter about Walls; I'm happy he's doing well and likes where he is, now. I know parents who are bitter about their kid not getting in, and it is so annoying.[/quote]

It is harder to take when your kid has a 4.0 and doesn't even get an interview, and you don't have J-R as a perfectly acceptable backup option. I am hoping that Banneker or Duke works out -- if one does or my kid lucks into one of the very few slots at Latin or DCI, then I promise not to be bitter; until then, I am a little bitter that the process is sufficiently random that my kid who has a 4.0 in the hardest classes on offer at her school, is very involved in many aspects of school, and got recommendations that the recommenders deemed as good as they gave didn't even get an interview. It's easier not to be bitter if your alternative is J-R. And no, we aren't in a financial position to move.[/quote]

A 4.0 is par for the course and not at all unusual. Get used to it as it will be the same when your kid is applying to colleges. A 4.0 actually meant something 25 years ago but grade inflation is rampant.[/quote]

The point honestly isn't that I think my kid is super special, it's that she could not have done better. So maxing out what was within her control, she still couldn't even get an interview. Yes, that makes me bitter.[/quote]

It is frustrating and I validate your feelings, but it really is so out of your control … there is a lot we don’t know about this admissions process - kids we know with a mix of A’s and B’s are getting interviews and straight A kids are not, and I don’t think it is just coming down to recommendations. There is a piece of the puzzle missing here and none of will probably ever know what it is unless some magic DCPS fairy comes along and tells us the secret. In any event, I wish the best for you and your daughter.[/quote]

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