Anonymous
02/14/2023 13:34
Subject: When will Walls interview notices come out??
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Has anyone with an actual child who has applied this year gotten an invite yet?
not my kid, but another kid at their school, has an invite
I don't believe these he said/she saids...I think the kids are all just spreading rumors
Anonymous
02/14/2023 13:31
Subject: When will Walls interview notices come out??
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Some folks we know have already heard and gotten invites for interviews; a lot we know have not. What we heard for last year is that the invites go out in waves.
DD has a 4.0 at basis and we havent heard. They can't be going by GPA
My kid is also applying from basis. Do you know if the gpa from basis is somehow weighted? I know various friends that have 4.0 at other schools but haven’t been required to take physics, Chen, bio, etc…
Its not weighted, Basis has no incentive to make their middle schoolers look better to other high schools
Wait, the conspiracy theory of the day is that BASIS is intentionally keeping GPAs down to stop kids from going to other HS? You people have a lot of free time.
No, stop being dramatic. My point was, basis does not weight their GPAs - not that they are intentionally keeping GPAs down. Knock it off
Based on DCUM posts, it seems every kid at BASIS has a 4.0, so GPAs aren't being held down.
Our kid definitely doesn’t! She may or may not meet the Walls cutoff, depending on where exactly they draw the line.
The system isn’t ideal for kids like her, who would like to switch because Basis is a poor fit. She loves non-science classes but hates science. So she can’t force herself to study for the hated science classes, which brings her GPA down just enough that she might not make the cutoff to switch and escape the science. Either way, she’s at a good school so she’s not doomed if she misses the cutoff. (Doomed to several more years of heavy science, I guess!) She’s just frustrated by the catch-22 situation.
Anonymous
02/14/2023 11:26
Subject: When will Walls interview notices come out??
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Some folks we know have already heard and gotten invites for interviews; a lot we know have not. What we heard for last year is that the invites go out in waves.
DD has a 4.0 at basis and we havent heard. They can't be going by GPA
My kid is also applying from basis. Do you know if the gpa from basis is somehow weighted? I know various friends that have 4.0 at other schools but haven’t been required to take physics, Chen, bio, etc…
Its not weighted, Basis has no incentive to make their middle schoolers look better to other high schools
Wait, the conspiracy theory of the day is that BASIS is intentionally keeping GPAs down to stop kids from going to other HS? You people have a lot of free time.
No, stop being dramatic. My point was, basis does not weight their GPAs - not that they are intentionally keeping GPAs down. Knock it off
Based on DCUM posts, it seems every kid at BASIS has a 4.0, so GPAs aren't being held down.
Anonymous
02/14/2023 10:32
Subject: When will Walls interview notices come out??
Remember to check your spam/junk folders regularly the next few weeks. That’s where we found the interview invite last year.
Anonymous
02/14/2023 10:24
Subject: When will Walls interview notices come out??
Anonymous wrote:Has anyone with an actual child who has applied this year gotten an invite yet?
not my kid, but another kid at their school, has an invite
Anonymous
02/14/2023 10:18
Subject: When will Walls interview notices come out??
Anonymous wrote:Has anyone with an actual child who has applied this year gotten an invite yet?
NP here - my student was not heard back at this time.
Anonymous
02/14/2023 09:35
Subject: When will Walls interview notices come out??
Has anyone with an actual child who has applied this year gotten an invite yet?
Anonymous
02/14/2023 09:34
Subject: When will Walls interview notices come out??
Anonymous wrote:My kid also has a 4.0 and haven't heard anything, but we were late to submit our lottery list, so maybe it's by when they were notified, or completely random
Last year it seemed to us they were going alphabetically for interview invitations and they would go a week at a time - providing times for the following week
GL
Anonymous
02/13/2023 19:10
Subject: When will Walls interview notices come out??
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Some folks we know have already heard and gotten invites for interviews; a lot we know have not. What we heard for last year is that the invites go out in waves.
DD has a 4.0 at basis and we havent heard. They can't be going by GPA
My kid is also applying from basis. Do you know if the gpa from basis is somehow weighted? I know various friends that have 4.0 at other schools but haven’t been required to take physics, Chen, bio, etc…
Its not weighted, Basis has no incentive to make their middle schoolers look better to other high schools
Wait, the conspiracy theory of the day is that BASIS is intentionally keeping GPAs down to stop kids from going to other HS? You people have a lot of free time.
No, stop being dramatic. My point was, basis does not weight their GPAs - not that they are intentionally keeping GPAs down. Knock it off
Anonymous
02/13/2023 19:00
Subject: When will Walls interview notices come out??
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Some folks we know have already heard and gotten invites for interviews; a lot we know have not. What we heard for last year is that the invites go out in waves.
DD has a 4.0 at basis and we havent heard. They can't be going by GPA
My kid is also applying from basis. Do you know if the gpa from basis is somehow weighted? I know various friends that have 4.0 at other schools but haven’t been required to take physics, Chen, bio, etc…
Its not weighted, Basis has no incentive to make their middle schoolers look better to other high schools
Wait, the conspiracy theory of the day is that BASIS is intentionally keeping GPAs down to stop kids from going to other HS? You people have a lot of free time.
Anonymous
02/13/2023 18:20
Subject: When will Walls interview notices come out??
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Well I wasn’t asking if basis weighs their gpa…was asking if walls considers basis GPAs differently.
They do not.
https://enrolldcps.dc.gov/sites/dcpsenrollment/files/page_content/attachments/SWW%20GPA%20Scale_SY%2022-23%20Admissions%20Update%20FINAL.pdf
Anonymous
02/13/2023 18:15
Subject: When will Walls interview notices come out??
Anonymous wrote:Well I wasn’t asking if basis weighs their gpa…was asking if walls considers basis GPAs differently.
They do not.
Anonymous
02/13/2023 18:14
Subject: When will Walls interview notices come out??
Well I wasn’t asking if basis weighs their gpa…was asking if walls considers basis GPAs differently.
Anonymous
02/13/2023 18:13
Subject: When will Walls interview notices come out??
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Some folks we know have already heard and gotten invites for interviews; a lot we know have not. What we heard for last year is that the invites go out in waves.
DD has a 4.0 at basis and we havent heard. They can't be going by GPA
My kid is also applying from basis. Do you know if the gpa from basis is somehow weighted? I know various friends that have 4.0 at other schools but haven’t been required to take physics, Chen, bio, etc…
Its not weighted, Basis has no incentive to make their middle schoolers look better to other high schools
Anonymous
02/13/2023 18:11
Subject: When will Walls interview notices come out??
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Some folks we know have already heard and gotten invites for interviews; a lot we know have not. What we heard for last year is that the invites go out in waves.
DD has a 4.0 at basis and we havent heard. They can't be going by GPA
My kid is also applying from basis. Do you know if the gpa from basis is somehow weighted? I know various friends that have 4.0 at other schools but haven’t been required to take physics, Chen, bio, etc…