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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
CPS’s terminology is super confusing. The first application period from October to December each year is called “Round 1”. After the first/initial release of notifications in Spring, the “Round 1 waitlist period” kicks in and there are many waitlist “cycles”, but some people called them “Rounds”, which creates the confusion.
For schools with seats to fill but have exhausted their waitlist from the Oct to Dec Round 1 application, they enter into a “Round 2 Application”. This “Round 2” only contains programs that have no waiting applicants and is open for both those who did Round 1 but find programs they want to “add” from the Round 2 listing, or families who missed Round 1 entirely. This later, “left-over spot” application used to be called the more aptly named “End of Year Citywide Application”, which usually opened in June.
More info at the middle of this page: https://go.cps.edu/elementary-school/selection
This is CPS’s listing of tours & open houses: https://go.cps.edu/about-gocps/dates-and-events
You can also check this for public & private listings: https://chischoolgps.com/csg-calendar/
FAQs for CPS are under 3 tabs:
https://go.cps.edu/about-gocps/faq/high-schoolYes, it is recommended you accept the school that offered you a spot as spaces at PD are limited. Here are some FAQ’s: https://go.cps.edu/about-gocps/faq/high-school#asd1091
If anyone is able to see the PD application, please post directions. So far it is not listed here yet: https://go.cps.edu/high-school/selection#principal-discretion
You are extremely wise @Chicagostudent_2026 and I suspect you will excel, be a leader and shine at Von Steuben. Any school would be lucky to have you but your maturity in understanding that school fit goes beyond the “selectivity” of a school is going to serve you well. A good school/life balance that includes a manageable commute will lead to more enthusiasm to engage in your school and take advantage of all the opportunities presented to you. No school is perfect, but having the right attitude and outlook will get you farther than riding on reputation. Great to know that at your age!
Last year King, Lindblom and South Shore were the only SEHS schools who did not fill their freshman class with acceptances in Round 1, so they were on a Round 2 application. If a student enters Round 2, they are acknowledging that should they get offered the Round 2 school, they will forfeit any acceptance they made in Round 1, so it should only be entered to if there is a school they want to attend more than a Round 1 offer.
This is from: https://go.cps.edu/high-school/selection
“Students may want to participate in the Second Round Application process if
- students are not satisfied with their first-round offer,
- students did not receive a first-round offer, or
- students did not participate in the first round
An application window will be opened after the Round 1 application acceptance deadline and will include only programs that still have remaining seats after Round 1 is complete. Students will complete the application through the GoCPS online portal just as they did in Round 1. When completing the application, students will also have the opportunity to sign up for the CPS High School Admissions Exam. If students had already taken the exam for Round 1, they will not need/be able to test again.
Families can accept a Round 1 offer and still participate in Round 2. However, if the student receives a second-round offer, they will automatically forfeit their Round 1 offer. Because of this, families are cautioned to only apply to programs in Round 2 that they would prefer more than the Round 1 offer they accepted.
Offers for Round 2 will be released in the same way as Round 1. See the homepage for the Round 2 timeline.”
Thanks for posting the historical data and here are SEHS cutoffs for 2022-2023: https://drive.google.com/file/d/17-oFoFfDOjegY2YA53K3K4Um9dDf7wsz/view
Some things to note for this year, the first year they tested ALL CPS 8th graders via the new High School Admissions Test (HSAT):
In addition to Payton, Northside, Young, Jones and Lane who have all had 900 pt scorers over several years, this year Lindblom and Hancock also have students who had 900 pts and made it their first choice.
Payton and Northside filled 30% of their freshman class with 900 point scorers (entire rank category is filled with 900 pt scores) and Payton had all of Tier 4 (17.5% of freshman class) also filled with 900 pt scorers.
Cutoff Scores for SEHS: https://drive.google.com/file/d/17-oFoFfDOjegY2YA53K3K4Um9dDf7wsz/view
Cutoff Scores for Choice: https://drive.google.com/file/d/13MxvMaXOr3PB_GBoi7jnm55Sas112cSD/view
Post Spring 2022 results on this thread: https://chicagoschooloptions.com/forums/topic/spring-2022-cps-hs-results/
Good luck to 8th grade families!
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
This is Jones’ Overlay Boundary Map for the Pre-Law and Pre-Engineering CTE spots. If you live within the boundary, you are given preference for admittance for the 75 spots in the CTE program (about 37 or 38 spots for each of those 2 CTE programs). https://drive.google.com/file/d/11AOnbz0lJYakCAg9XzVK9ogOHYVECZaF/view
Anyone interested in CPS programs should first start their application by creating an account at https://cps.schoolmint.com/login
If you have not ever had a CPS student, you will answer “No” to the “Do you have a CPS Student ID?” and the portal will walk you through the steps. There are helpful videos here: https://go.cps.edu/howtouse
Any non-CPS students will need their school to submit a letter grade for only 4 subjects (Reading, Math, Science and Social Studies) so the school will need to convert any other grading scale to a final letter grade. There is a drop down to choose your non-CPS school, and there may be a way to submit info for schools not listed. CPS is easy to reach at gocps@cps.edu if you have any questions.
