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Check out the reply regarding AC 2nd Rounds at https://chicagoschooloptions.com/forums/topic/spring-2019-academic-center-cutoff-scores/
There are usually no Round 2 offers for the most selective Academic Centers such as Whitney Young & Lane. In the past, a few of the others may have offered 2nd rounds but those two typically do not, and sometimes depending on yield rates, Kenwood, Lindblom & Taft do not.
It’s definitely worth a visit as Bennett is putting some great resources in to their new upper school. Their head of upper school came from Parker and has a strong vision for the curriculum and is well supported in executing it from administration. They have planned partnerships with both corporate and academic partners for outside resources, internships and mentoring. The build-out is finishing up so you can see the facilities soon but it will take a few years to grow in to a full high school so first families will be helping to influence the program as it matures.
You will have a chance to visit the school before you need to accept or decline your offer. Definitely visit and ask any questions there. LaSalle is a language academy magnet school, so they offer 4 languages taught 4-5 days/week and your child should be able to pass out of at least first year HS level (if not higher) for that language. Lincoln Elementary offers a foreign language but does not teach it as many times per week.
For preschool to early elementary parents interested in learning more about the Selective Enrollment Elementary School (SEES) testing & admissions, there are two upcoming seminars to consider attending:
4/27/19 @ 10am-12pm at IIT by The Critical Thinking Child & Chicago School GPS: RSVP here.
5/2/19 @ 7-8:30pm at Bubbles Academy by NPN & Chicago School GPS: RSVP here.
What school are you waitlisted for? For SEHS, there is the Principal’s Discretion process that is still very competitive but may be worth a shot. For Choice schools, you may see if there is availability in a subsequent round. For all types, there may be an opportunity to transfer in 10th grade.
Congrats and Northside has their admitted student evening on April 8 at 6:30pm. Each high school will have welcome events prior to the deadline so parents & students can some info before confirming their acceptance.
SEHS 2019-2020 Cutoff scores: https://cps.edu/SiteCollectionDocuments/gocps/GoCPS_Cutoff_SEHS_2019.pdf
Non-Selective (Choice) 2019-2020 Cutoff scores: https://cps.edu/SiteCollectionDocuments/gocps/GoCPS_Cutoff_Choice_2019.pdf
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 gocps@cps.edu 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.
