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Hi all,
We declined the RGC we were offered. Would someone be able to tell me how round 2 works for selective enrollment schools?
Mostly I’m wondering if I need to do anything to be considered for the other sees we ranked???
Also, when might we hear about round 2 offers? If we did get selected for one, how do they contact us- Do I have to continuously search the GoCPS website or do they email?
Thanks so much for any insight!!
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Last year I think the next batch of SEES offers came out on the Round 2 date. I think that as it gets later in the summer, offers may be more likely to be given via phone. You don’t have to do anything extra to be the the running for any of the other SEES that you ranked. If any SEES you didn’t initially apply to are unable to fill their seats, a supplemental application for those programs may become available at a later date.
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My son got the offer in July via email last year. Later the school called us about registration. You don’t need to anything except waiting. Good luck!
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Adding our experience: my son did not receive any Round 1 offers last year. We received an email on 7/23/21 inviting us to submit a ‘supplemental’ SEES application for a few schools that he was eligible to apply for (that we hadn’t previously in Round 1 or Round 2) — these were Beasley, Carnegie, McPherson, and Morton. They gave us a week to apply. He then received offers from the two we selected and applied to, and both schools contacted us with offer/program information. I believe the timing was in early August. (We ended up turning both down and stayed private. )
My understanding is this happened because there were seats available after Round 1 and Round 2 — may have been an anomaly. But, thought I’d share!
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Clarifying CPS application “Round 1” or “Round 2” vs. waitlist cycles:
CPS opens a “Round 1 Application” yearly in early October to mid-December that allows families to apply (and test if interested in selective enrollment) for all the schools in its system. Notifications for Round 1 Applications comes in late Spring and after a 2 week “tour” period to return a decision to attend or turn down initial offers, the waitlist for Round 1 will open. Families will then have 2 business days to answer any offers they hear from Round 1 schools they are waitlisted for and that cycles through until Jan/Feb of the coming school year.
CPS also runs a “Round 2 Application” at the beginning of summer for any programs that have no more people waiting on waitlists from Round 1 but the school still has unfilled open seats. This “Round 2” application is only for families who completely missed Round 1 and need to choose from schools with unfilled seats or those who did Round 1 but want to add Round 2 schools while they wait for any waitlist offers from the still active Round 1 Application. Families never have to enter into a Round 2 Application if they are simply waiting to hear from their Round 1 waitlists.
Hope this clarifies that Round 1 (i.e. initial) & Round 2 (i.e. late) refer to when applications are open, with Round 2 having only schools that did not fill or have anyone waiting from Round 1. Waitlists can churn through “cycles” so it would avoid confusion to use the terms “waitlist cycles” and “application rounds”. This is from GoCPS: https://go.cps.edu/about-gocps/faq/elementary#asd1051
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