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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This whole thread is bizarre, including OPs post. I don't know why a question about a school someone is considering would be juxtaposed by boosters v haters, when for most schools it's a lot of in between. DCUM is a place of extremes and not one I'd go to for actual feedback on a school.

These Walls posts are so predictable. You could play a drinking game off of them. Key phrases include: admissions are a lottery/crapshoot, the school is going downhill, crew team woes, and bonus points for the amazing kid who got into every selective private school but rejected from Walls. [/quote]

Meanwhile all these parents are upset their kid didn’t get into Walls.  If it’s going downhill and so on, why would you want your kid to go there?[/quote]

The rub is that Walls is going downhill. I know this because I have a kid who graduated pre-Covid and another who attends now, making me a rare Walls parent. The students being admitted without the exam and standardized test score just aren't as sharp overall as the current crop. The principal just isn't half as effective as the old one. And so on. Pretending that Walls isn't going downhill may make you feel good, but it's not reality.[/quote]

Please provide your evidence. Do you sit in on classes? Are you reviewing students' essays and tests?

I am genuinely curious as a current Walls parent too. I have no idea what anyone but my child is doing, nor should I. So what are you basing this on?

Also are you saying your younger child isn't as smart and capable because they didn't yet in via entrance exam? [/quote]

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