Anonymous
Post 03/12/2023 13:10     Subject: Re:School Without Walls interview

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I wish we got our interview scores right away, just to know if they bombed it or not


If you think your kid's admission (or not) is an indication of a successful or bombed interview then I feel sorry for your kids.


That is how everyone's admission is determined


You miss the point. No one suggested that the interview wasn't how people were "scored" and admissions determined. The point is that the idea that your kid "bombed" it or could in any way have been judged based on a 5 minute interview when no one can explain what the standards are is silly. And you are a terrible parent if you tell your kid they didn't get in because they "interviewed poorly".


Cool your jets, I would never tell my kid that.
and clearly I meant bombed in the completely arbitrary nature of it all, as in how the school saw it...as that it what its all based on
Anonymous
Post 03/12/2023 13:06     Subject: Re:School Without Walls interview

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I wish we got our interview scores right away, just to know if they bombed it or not


If you think your kid's admission (or not) is an indication of a successful or bombed interview then I feel sorry for your kids.


That is how everyone's admission is determined


You miss the point. No one suggested that the interview wasn't how people were "scored" and admissions determined. The point is that the idea that your kid "bombed" it or could in any way have been judged based on a 5 minute interview when no one can explain what the standards are is silly. And you are a terrible parent if you tell your kid they didn't get in because they "interviewed poorly".
Anonymous
Post 03/12/2023 12:54     Subject: Re:School Without Walls interview

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I wish we got our interview scores right away, just to know if they bombed it or not


If you think your kid's admission (or not) is an indication of a successful or bombed interview then I feel sorry for your kids.


That is how everyone's admission is determined
Anonymous
Post 03/12/2023 11:50     Subject: Re:School Without Walls interview

Anonymous wrote:I wish we got our interview scores right away, just to know if they bombed it or not


If you think your kid's admission (or not) is an indication of a successful or bombed interview then I feel sorry for your kids.
Anonymous
Post 03/12/2023 11:48     Subject: Re:School Without Walls interview

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Yes. The process is totally absurd.

Just bring back the exam.


+10000
It won't happen, not under Bowser. She embraces low-cost short-cuts to promoting educational attainment for low SES minorities. Where was the free, intensive test prep for the Walls exams widely available to students of color? There was none. In my native New York, test prep for the SSAT, the entrance exam for the academic magnet high schools, has been widely available in all four boroughs for decades.


Was one voted out "Survivor" style and I missed the reporting on it?
Anonymous
Post 03/12/2023 11:40     Subject: Re:School Without Walls interview

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Yes. The process is totally absurd.

Just bring back the exam.


+10000
It won't happen, not under Bowser. She embraces low-cost short-cuts to promoting educational attainment for low SES minorities. Where was the free, intensive test prep for the Walls exams widely available to students of color? There was none. In my native New York, test prep for the SSAT, the entrance exam for the academic magnet high schools, has been widely available in all four boroughs for decades.


Maybe they weren’t counting Staten Island.
Anonymous
Post 03/12/2023 10:46     Subject: Re:School Without Walls interview

I wish we got our interview scores right away, just to know if they bombed it or not
Anonymous
Post 03/12/2023 07:58     Subject: Re:School Without Walls interview

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Yes. The process is totally absurd.

Just bring back the exam.


+10000
It won't happen, not under Bowser. She embraces low-cost short-cuts to promoting educational attainment for low SES minorities. Where was the free, intensive test prep for the Walls exams widely available to students of color? There was none. In my native New York, test prep for the SSAT, the entrance exam for the academic magnet high schools, has been widely available in all four boroughs for decades.


There are five boroughs in your “native New York.”
Anonymous
Post 03/12/2023 07:52     Subject: Re:School Without Walls interview

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Yes. The process is totally absurd.

Just bring back the exam.


+10000
It won't happen, not under Bowser. She embraces low-cost short-cuts to promoting educational attainment for low SES minorities. Where was the free, intensive test prep for the Walls exams widely available to students of color? There was none. In my native New York, test prep for the SSAT, the entrance exam for the academic magnet high schools, has been widely available in all four boroughs for decades.
Anonymous
Post 03/11/2023 23:51     Subject: Re:School Without Walls interview

Anonymous wrote:Why is a public school interviewing students? Too subjective


Yep. Particularly since good, fair interviewing requires training.
Anonymous
Post 03/11/2023 23:01     Subject: Re:School Without Walls interview

Wonder hot a chat bot would fare in the interview
Anonymous
Post 03/11/2023 21:45     Subject: Re:School Without Walls interview

Anonymous wrote:Yes. The process is totally absurd.

Just bring back the exam.


+10000
Anonymous
Post 03/11/2023 20:10     Subject: Re:School Without Walls interview

Anonymous wrote:DS's interview was really short, he said it was just 3 questions and he gave thoughtful but brief answers.
Is it a bad sign if the kids interview is only like 4-5 minutes?


No..Don't overthink any of it. Ours was short and we were admitted. After so many interviews there are only so many answers.
Anonymous
Post 03/11/2023 20:06     Subject: Re:School Without Walls interview

Yes. The process is totally absurd.

Just bring back the exam.
Anonymous
Post 03/11/2023 20:06     Subject: Re:School Without Walls interview

DS's interview was really short, he said it was just 3 questions and he gave thoughtful but brief answers.
Is it a bad sign if the kids interview is only like 4-5 minutes?