SEHS / Choice high school – result dates announced

[Thirdtimer]

From my school’s guidance counselor:

Round 1 results 3/18

Principal discretion opens 3/21

Round 1 accept/decline deadline 4/1

Principal discretion closes 4/1

Round 1 waitlist process opens 4/6

Round 2 application opens 4/20

Round 2 application closes 4/27

[chicagoschooloptions]

Live parent training sessions ahead of the results will be offered:

The Office of Access and Enrollment will offer training sessions for high school applicants on how to navigate the offer/waitlist process ahead of results being posted on March 18th. If you are interested in attending, you can sign up using the form below:

Family Training sessions on Accepting/Declining Offers and the Waitlist for HS will be offered:
March 16th, 2022	English and Spanish	2 – 3 pm
March 17th, 2022	English and Spanish	10 – 11 am

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc5pMgH5nTsMC_avfWhjG6O6-jQtwHvp3xB0onE2oJvVraa7g/viewform

[Confused_human]

Can anyone explain how the waitlist works for selective enrollment HS? The cps website says that there is none, but, even if it is not official, there seems to be one. How does it work exactly? I seem to remember that you can’t accept a selective enrollment offer if you want to stay on the waitlist. So how does it work? And do people make educated guesses and if so, how? (= do we know any cutoff scores before April 1?).  Many thanks for any insights.

[cps_life]

I am also confused by how it works. In principle, a student can be wait-listed in any of the schools that the student has applied but not offered a seat in the schools ranked higher than the school to which the student has been offered a seat.

If the student accepts a seat, then he/she take themselves out of the waitlists the student is in before the student finds out whether the waitlist has any openings. So practically speaking, yes, the student has to reject the seat that is offered to have a shot at the waitlist.

This year I expect massive confusion since there will be a lot of tie-breaks so that many students that match the cut-off might not be offered seats.

[Lsmom]

For Lane/Jones/Payton/Northside/Whitney, there’s no wait list and no second round, or at least there hasn’t been one in at least six or seven years. You’ll get a single offer, and can accept or decline, but if you decline you won’t get another offer. The only way to get an offer at a different school would be to apply for principal discretion.

[Confused_human]

Thanks so much! That sounds like a nightmare. As if those choices were vanity ones and needed to be prevented (as in, “nah, Lane is not good enough for my kid, I want Jones”). For us, the difference would be 15 minutes versus 1 hour 20 in terms of commuting…. Just saying. Sigh. Let’s wait and see.

 

[CPSMom2]

Sigh, yes… the wait is so hard…

[nervous_mom]

Hi,

How does Principal discretion work , this is what I found on CPS –  “Principal Discretion is the process that allows Selective Enrollment High School principals to fill a designated number of seats, outside of the regular selection process, based on information provided through Application Packages submitted by students”

Do Principals have a criteria/checklist/preference for choosing a child.

[Lsmom]

I think it can vary by school/principal. Whitney Young is known for weighing athletics heavily. I’ve heard that principals will be trying to use the slots to help address equity concerns this year. I do know that they can see your original ranking, and generally would have the best shot shot at the school you ranked first.

[Petra]

Whitney Young is known for weighing athletics heavily.

Just to add some anecdotal support to this, I’ve only had one student ever get into a school via Principal discretion, and 1) the school he got into was Whitney Young, 2) he played Varsity football for them as a freshman this year, 3) his brother also attended Whitney Young and was a star athlete there. Tbh, I think the legacy thing definitely worked in his favor, too.

[CPSMom2]

Good luck today everyone! I anticipate this to be very interesting, especially the new process cut off scores…

[nervous_mom]

Thanks for the response. Good luck everyone, hoping every child gets selected for the school of their choice !!

[chicagoschooloptions]

Post Spring 2022 results on this thread: https://chicagoschooloptions.com/forums/topic/spring-2022-cps-hs-results/

Good luck to 8th grade families!

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