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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is what I understood but I am still confused. Does this sound right?

1. Complete the application through myschooldc by Feb 1
  - include seventh grade transcript
  - must show 7th grade GPA 3.0 or above
    - if from DCPS, it will be sent from MS
    - if outside DCPS must be official school transcript (school letterhead)
  - no essays, no teacher recs, no test scores

2. Of those who applied, the students with the top 500 GPAs will be invited for an interview

3. Interviews will be conducted after Feb 1 - mid-March
  - virtual, not in-person
  - student interview first, then parents join (parent interview will not be held against the student ; )
  - interview will be scored - 31 possible points

4. Walls will assign each student a score - interview can be scored up to 31, GPA can be scored up to 5 for a total possible score of 36.

5. Students with the top 250 scores (GPA + interview) will be eligible and be placed in a lottery

6. Approx 140 students of the 250 eligible will be matched to Walls through a lottery and the rest will be waitlisted.

6. Students will be notified of a match and have to indicate acceptance

7.  Students will be pulled from the WL when a matched student declines the offered spot. 
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Hi- this is the first time I'm seeing this weighting scheme.  Our child had their Walls interview this week. The whole interview took about 7 minutes total (fewer than 5 minutes with our child and about 2 minutes with us)...I cannot understand how they would get enough valuable information from this amount of time to weight the interview 6 times more than GPA...anyone else have any insight into this?  Do folks think it will actually be just a lottery in the end (which may be the fairest thing to do given the state of the world)?[/quote]

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