Anonymous
Post 11/19/2024 18:29     Subject: Ranking of Selective HS
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Does Walls look at the feeder school?

Having no Bs at BASIS, Latin, or Deal is much more impressive than no Bs at Cardozo, Mundo Verde or Two Rivers.


Nope.

That is one reason the admissions process at Walls is so dumb.


How would the school quantify a B at BASIS versus a B at Two Rivers?
Anonymous
Post 11/19/2024 14:37     Subject: Ranking of Selective HS
Anonymous wrote:The only downside to applying is wasting two teachers' time for recommendations.


I think applying could be good practice but I do feel bad about that.
Anonymous
Post 11/19/2024 11:20     Subject: Ranking of Selective HS
Let me make sure to add "is much more impressive" to our totally objective admissions process. Sure it will 'improve' it for you.
Anonymous
Post 11/19/2024 11:11     Subject: Ranking of Selective HS
Anonymous wrote:Does Walls look at the feeder school?

Having no Bs at BASIS, Latin, or Deal is much more impressive than no Bs at Cardozo, Mundo Verde or Two Rivers.


Nope.

That is one reason the admissions process at Walls is so dumb.
Anonymous
Post 11/18/2024 19:00     Subject: Ranking of Selective HS
Anonymous wrote:Does Walls look at the feeder school?

Having no Bs at BASIS, Latin, or Deal is much more impressive than no Bs at Cardozo, Mundo Verde or Two Rivers.


Absolutely not. You can look up the grading rubric.
Anonymous
Post 11/18/2024 18:51     Subject: Ranking of Selective HS
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Does Walls look at the feeder school?

Having no Bs at BASIS, Latin, or Deal is much more impressive than no Bs at Cardozo, Mundo Verde or Two Rivers.


Yes, to make sure they have variety, but they won't admit it.

Mundo Verde doesn't have a middle school btw. They feed to DCI.


They don’t look at middle schools. Something like 60-70% of the freshman class is from Deal and Hardy. That doesn’t seem like much variety to me!
Anonymous
Post 11/18/2024 14:49     Subject: Ranking of Selective HS
The only downside to applying is wasting two teachers' time for recommendations.
Anonymous
Post 11/18/2024 14:34     Subject: Ranking of Selective HS
Anonymous wrote:Does Walls look at the feeder school?

Having no Bs at BASIS, Latin, or Deal is much more impressive than no Bs at Cardozo, Mundo Verde or Two Rivers.


Deal doesn't grade hard. Lots of 4.0s there.
Anonymous
Post 11/18/2024 14:34     Subject: Ranking of Selective HS
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:There aren't enough choices to eliminate Walls from the list. There's no downside to including it.

My kid didn't get an interview, by the way.


I’m confused. The lottery hasn’t opened yet.


PP here. My kid is currently a 10th grader at Banneker, which was fortunately 1st choice anyway.
Anonymous
Post 11/18/2024 14:32     Subject: Ranking of Selective HS
Anonymous wrote:Does Walls look at the feeder school?

Having no Bs at BASIS, Latin, or Deal is much more impressive than no Bs at Cardozo, Mundo Verde or Two Rivers.


Yes, to make sure they have variety, but they won't admit it.

Mundo Verde doesn't have a middle school btw. They feed to DCI.
Anonymous
Post 11/18/2024 14:14     Subject: Ranking of Selective HS
Does Walls look at the feeder school?

Having no Bs at BASIS, Latin, or Deal is much more impressive than no Bs at Cardozo, Mundo Verde or Two Rivers.