According to DD, the PSE this year seemed like it was 5th/6th grade difficulty, which would mean that it would have been even harder to fairly decide who to waitlist this year.

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Anonymous wrote:Anybody with a sub 4.0 get accepted?

Or anybody with a 4.0 waitlisted?

Plenty. Most applicants are 4.0

If only there were a way to add in other merit-based factors that could be used to help differentiate people.

Yup. They need to do an interview. These days, kids need more than just the STEM. They need the confident communication to back it up…

Do you know how long ti would take to interview 2,762 candidates? The written essays are a way of judging communication skills.

Merit-based factors? I would give you a few ideas:
Should these include a math test, standardized scores (such as SOLs), or performance in competitions? As it stands, the evaluation process is very subjective and lacks meaningful, objective criteria.

Not equitable - more rich kids participate in that

Not true! Our middle school has an after school math club, and all students can participate.

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Anonymous wrote:Anybody with a sub 4.0 get accepted?

Or anybody with a 4.0 waitlisted?

Plenty. Most applicants are 4.0

If only there were a way to add in other merit-based factors that could be used to help differentiate people.

Yup. They need to do an interview. These days, kids need more than just the STEM. They need the confident communication to back it up…

Do you know how long ti would take to interview 2,762 candidates? The written essays are a way of judging communication skills.

Merit-based factors? I would give you a few ideas:
Should these include a math test, standardized scores (such as SOLs), or performance in competitions? As it stands, the evaluation process is very subjective and lacks meaningful, objective criteria.

Not equitable - more rich kids participate in that

So your solution to equity is to ignore measurable merit? That doesn’t fix the problem—it just lowers standards. Things like tests and performance may not be perfect, but they give a clear and consistent way to measure ability. If some students don’t have the same chances to prepare, we should work on giving them better support, not get rid of standards altogether.

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Anonymous wrote:Anybody with a sub 4.0 get accepted?

Or anybody with a 4.0 waitlisted?

Plenty. Most applicants are 4.0

If only there were a way to add in other merit-based factors that could be used to help differentiate people.

Yup. They need to do an interview. These days, kids need more than just the STEM. They need the confident communication to back it up…

Do you know how long ti would take to interview 2,762 candidates? The written essays are a way of judging communication skills.

Merit-based factors? I would give you a few ideas:
Should these include a math test, standardized scores (such as SOLs), or performance in competitions? As it stands, the evaluation process is very subjective and lacks meaningful, objective criteria.

Not equitable - more rich kids participate in that

More rich kids participate in standardized tests?

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Anonymous wrote:Anybody with a sub 4.0 get accepted?

Or anybody with a 4.0 waitlisted?

Plenty. Most applicants are 4.0

If only there were a way to add in other merit-based factors that could be used to help differentiate people.

Yup. They need to do an interview. These days, kids need more than just the STEM. They need the confident communication to back it up…

Do you know how long ti would take to interview 2,762 candidates? The written essays are a way of judging communication skills.

Merit-based factors? I would give you a few ideas:
Should these include a math test, standardized scores (such as SOLs), or performance in competitions? As it stands, the evaluation process is very subjective and lacks meaningful, objective criteria.

Not equitable - more rich kids participate in that

Are you saying that standardized measures like SOLs and grades are inherently inequitable? I get that access to resources can vary, but those metrics are still one of the more consistent ways to recognize students who have worked hard academically.

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Anonymous wrote:Anybody with a sub 4.0 get accepted?

Or anybody with a 4.0 waitlisted?

Plenty. Most applicants are 4.0

If only there were a way to add in other merit-based factors that could be used to help differentiate people.

Yup. They need to do an interview. These days, kids need more than just the STEM. They need the confident communication to back it up…

Do you know how long ti would take to interview 2,762 candidates? The written essays are a way of judging communication skills.

Merit-based factors? I would give you a few ideas:
Should these include a math test, standardized scores (such as SOLs), or performance in competitions? As it stands, the evaluation process is very subjective and lacks meaningful, objective criteria.

Not equitable - more rich kids participate in that

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Anonymous wrote:In from Arlington

4.0 intensified geometry, 2 years HS Language Credit

My APS kid has exact same stats and got in. Does anyone know when the preview day might be? Kid seems on the fence at the moment.

My APS kid same stats got waitlisted. Everyone he knows at his school was waitlisted which is "funny" because it is all the kids who participate in the science fair and STEM after school clubs all similar stats. So wonder who got in.

Which school?
My kid does not participate in any clubs at school but is an excellent writer which probably helps

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Anonymous wrote:In from Arlington

4.0 intensified geometry, 2 years HS Language Credit

My APS kid has exact same stats and got in. Does anyone know when the preview day might be? Kid seems on the fence at the moment.

My APS kid same stats got waitlisted. Everyone he knows at his school was waitlisted which is "funny" because it is all the kids who participate in the science fair and STEM after school clubs all similar stats. So wonder who got in.

Can you please share?

The welcome email just arrived. There is a bunch of information there.

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Anonymous wrote:Anybody with a sub 4.0 get accepted?

Or anybody with a 4.0 waitlisted?

Plenty. Most applicants are 4.0

If only there were a way to add in other merit-based factors that could be used to help differentiate people.

Yup. They need to do an interview. These days, kids need more than just the STEM. They need the confident communication to back it up…

Do you know how long ti would take to interview 2,762 candidates? The written essays are a way of judging communication skills.

I mean for the waitlisted kids!

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Anonymous wrote:In from Arlington

4.0 intensified geometry, 2 years HS Language Credit

My APS kid has exact same stats and got in. Does anyone know when the preview day might be? Kid seems on the fence at the moment.

April 30th. My APS kid is also on the fence

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Anonymous wrote:Anybody with a sub 4.0 get accepted?

Or anybody with a 4.0 waitlisted?

Plenty. Most applicants are 4.0

If only there were a way to add in other merit-based factors that could be used to help differentiate people.

Yup. They need to do an interview. These days, kids need more than just the STEM. They need the confident communication to back it up…

Do you know how long ti would take to interview 2,762 candidates? The written essays are a way of judging communication skills.

Merit-based factors? I would give you a few ideas:
Should these include a math test, standardized scores (such as SOLs), or performance in competitions? As it stands, the evaluation process is very subjective and lacks meaningful, objective criteria.

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Anonymous wrote:Anybody with a sub 4.0 get accepted?

Or anybody with a 4.0 waitlisted?

Plenty. Most applicants are 4.0

If only there were a way to add in other merit-based factors that could be used to help differentiate people.

Yup. They need to do an interview. These days, kids need more than just the STEM. They need the confident communication to back it up…

Do you know how long ti would take to interview 2,762 candidates? The written essays are a way of judging communication skills.

I thought TJ matrixulations were quite different last year after the new admissions process kicked in