Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think everyone above gpa cutoff (3.7-3.8) interviewed, right? The 170 admits are the top scorers (gpa plus interview score) right? Are all the rest put in pure lottery order on the waitlist?

During the School Without Walls Open House today, they said the GPA cutoffs were:

3.70 (2021)
3.73 (2022)

How does that translate for schools that use a different system?

For example, if a school uses a grading system that goes up to 100%, then 90-92% translates to 3.7 and 93%+ translates to 4.0. Does that mean that last year no one (from a school using the 100% system) was considered who wasn't at least at 93%?

https://enrolldcps.dc.gov/sites/dcpsenrollment/files/page_content/attachments/SWW%20GPA%20Scale_SY%2022-23%20Admissions%20Update%20FINAL.pdf

I don't understand the lottery part? They said at the online open house on Thursday they interview the top 500 GPAs and then select from there and there was no mention of a lottery as part of the process.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They drew the line at 500, though, not 381. (Or at least that’s what they said they were doing.) What happened to the other 119 students?

I know a few students who chose not to interview after making “the cut”. Private school admissions are happing simultaneously so there is drop off after the first round.

Also, met a few that decided to just do JR/Wilson because they wanted to stay with their friends and another whose family was sent abroad (foreign service).

That open house was such a mess. And no in person option even tho other application DCPS high schools are doing them.

Anonymous wrote:I think everyone above gpa cutoff (3.7-3.8) interviewed, right? The 170 admits are the top scorers (gpa plus interview score) right? Are all the rest put in pure lottery order on the waitlist?

Is this true? If you’re above the GPA cutoff and do a great job in the interview, you’re essentially guaranteed admission and your lottery number doesn’t matter?

Anonymous wrote:I think everyone above gpa cutoff (3.7-3.8) interviewed, right? The 170 admits are the top scorers (gpa plus interview score) right? Are all the rest put in pure lottery order on the waitlist?

During the School Without Walls Open House today, they said the GPA cutoffs were:

3.70 (2021)
3.73 (2022)

I think everyone above gpa cutoff (3.7-3.8) interviewed, right? The 170 admits are the top scorers (gpa plus interview score) right? Are all the rest put in pure lottery order on the waitlist?

Was everyone who interviewed put in the lottery? Was everyone who applied interviewed?

238 is not very many students when you compare that to how many 9th graders exist citywide.

Anonymous wrote:They drew the line at 500, though, not 381. (Or at least that’s what they said they were doing.) What happened to the other 119 students?

I know a few students who chose not to interview after making “the cut”. Private school admissions are happing simultaneously so there is drop off after the first round.

They drew the line at 500, though, not 381. (Or at least that’s what they said they were doing.) What happened to the other 119 students?

All 381 "met the standards" and were then ranked by some secret Walls process based mostly on the interview.

Is there any way to know how many of those 142 did not meet Walls’ standards vs. just had a bad lottery number?

I don’t understand how the lottery and application process interact.

ARGH. op here.
WALLS.
Sorry for the typo.

So for 9th grade, 381 kids interviewed and were put into the lottery. When it was it was all said and done, 238/381 were given offers and 142/381 were left on the waitlist.
So a 63% admission rate for kids who interviewed for 9th grade.