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Which school did your son get waitlisted for? For SEHS, there is no waitlist number, but there typically is for Non Selective (Choice) schools. The Choice waitlists are per Tier for the first several rounds of selections and therefore does not require the other Tiers to be exhausted before getting to yours. CPS has some helpful videos at https://go.cps.edu/high-school/selection
If you received your SEHS & Choice high school offers, please feel free to post results to share. If you are commenting about SEHS offers, please include your Tier and 900 pt total. Good luck! Cutoffs are usually posted later in the day.
Most schools (public & private), tend to “overaccept” applicants in the hopes that their yield is fairly close to what they predict year in and year out. For example, if a school has 300 freshman spots, it may accept 330 students expecting about 10% to turn down an offer. Schools also may lose students over the summer for various reasons (some kids take their time deciding between public & private or they end up moving, etc) and that estimate is also built in to the initial offers. Because top SEHS tend to have predictable yield rates, those schools do not go to a second round because the numbers even out by the start of school. They are some instances, however, whereby schools have had a “larger than anticipated” class size due to fewer than expected declines, so sometimes the following year a school may accept a smaller incoming class, etc.
Principal’s Discretion is a process by which 5% of a SEHS freshman class is accepted via a more “holistic” process of essays, recommendations, evidence of hardship, talent, extenuating circumstances, etc. That process starts immediately after 1st round acceptances and is built in to the expected freshman class size. All 11 SEHS have the Principal Discretion process but only a few of the SEHS have second rounds such as South Shore, King, etc.
CPS’s Office of Access & Enrollment (CPSOAE) is usually pretty responsive, so either call 773-553-2060 or email [email protected] if you want to inquire about your child’s test date.
In the past, CPS has tested into March, so it is not surprising that they haven’t contacted you yet. It sounds like you used the paper application to apply for your child? Those who applied online could schedule their own test dates but paper applications must wait for CPS to send a test date. Also, typically they test kindergarteners starting in November, and sometimes middle schoolers don’t get tested until later in the process, so your child’s age/grade will also impact test scheduling.
For the first round, typically it is about 2 weeks, which gives families time to visit schools prior to making a decision. When waitlists start to move, CPS said they only give 48 hours and come the end of summer, it reduces to 2 hours or less.
Yes, IB programs only require MAP scores, final grades in 4 core subjects, and attendance at an info session. If you live within the attendance area of IB schools, you also get a boost of 50 points. Here is the IB HS Rubric.
So sorry to hear about the missed NWEA exam. Did calling and emailing GoCPS yield any more responses? CPS usually does robocalls and emails for reminders, not just the letter. Did you receive any of those? Unfortunately we have not heard of them budging for missed exams but please report back if you had any success.
If you would like to reschedule, be sure to check the GoCPS portal to see how to do so or contact the GoCPS folks directly. They can reschedule you but you may not have as many dates to choose from if a date you are interested in is already full. Good luck!
Student ID requests have averaged about a 2 week turnaround, unfortunately. Hopefully you have received it by now.
As for siblings wanting to go to the same magnet or open enrollment (neighborhood school that isn’t your neighborhood) as their first sibling, they do need to use the GoCPS application process and make sure to note their sibling’s school. Selective enrollment schools do NOT have any sibling preferences. Applications for the 2019-2020 school year are open until Dec. 14, 2018. Good luck!
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I’m getting conflicting information from two CPS maps on which tier my family lives in.
https://cps.edu/ScriptLibrary/Map-SchoolLocator/index.html says we live in Tier 2.
https://go.cps.edu/search says we live in Tier 3.
Any idea which is correct?
Great to hear how Bronzeville Classical is going and it sounds like they are doing wonderful things as a young school. Keep us posted on happenings at Bronzeville Classical!
CPS said that 8th graders who took the exam today can get scores back prior to Dec. 14, and in prior years, it was REALLY CLOSE to the deadline, unfortunately. Good luck!
Were these the scores from her CPS-administered test in September? These are very good scores, but for those testing into Gifted & Classical programs for 5th grade, the NWEA MAP test is only required to determine “eligibility” to take the test. (See below). Once they are “eligible” to take the Classical & Gifted tests, they will then sit for the entrance exam(s) down at IIT and their score on those tests will determine if they get in to their desired program. For 5th grade, one is testing for any “attrition spots”, which means you may not hear until later in the summer if you are applying for a non-entry year since a student may not notify a school they are leaving a program until the end of a school year.
From https://cps.edu/AccessAndEnrollment/Pages/SEES.aspx
“Grades 5-8: Testing eligibility for students applying for grades 5-8 (except for the RGC-ELs) will be based on the student’s NWEA MAP scores in reading and math.
Students with an IEP applying for grades 5-8 must score at or above the 50th percentile in one subject (reading or math), and at or above the 40th percentile in the other subject (reading or math) in order to be eligible for testing.
Regional Gifted Centers
In order to be eligible for testing, general education students and students with a 504 Plan applying for grades 5-8 must score at or above the 60th percentile in both reading and math.
Classical Schools
In order to be eligible for testing, general education students and students with a 504 Plan applying for grades 5-8 must score at or above the 60th percentile in both reading and math.”
