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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I feel for the kids/families who didn’t get an interview. I also feel for them to sit here and read the replies from those who DID get an interview and act like it’s because of something they did (versus something others didn’t do) and not luck of the draw in the motivation level of their kid’s teacher (I’m looking at you, Pentagon poster). It’s easy to think the system isn’t broken when it’s worked on your favor. Have some empathy for those for whom the system didn’t work. [/quote]

Kids shouldn’t take it personally.  Even if you got everything in, it’s not based on the best and brightest.  It’s basically a lottery.

Lots of kids who should have gotten an interview didn’t.  Move on, it’s Walls lost.[/quote]

My kid has moved on (and is thriving at a different application HS). I'm still mad though. Kid absolutely busted their 🍑 to get that 4.0 in 7th grade, and then the people who were supposed to value that couldn't be bothered to notice.  And now there's a younger sibling in the picture who is about to run this same gauntlet.

It's easy for each of us to atomize, to say [i]my[/I] kid deserves better, and then solve for that kid. Harder for all to say with one voice that all our kids deserve better when Walls, which knows damn well how to fix this, DGAF.[/quote]

We have also moved on but I have a very different outlook- I feel like it was such a blessing that we didn’t get in. Knowing what I know now, I would not have any of my younger children apply to Walls.[/quote]

Why?[/quote]

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