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Those HS letters are either arriving this Friday or next Friday... at least in the schools. Who knows when they'll show up at our door!?

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From:

monanotlisa

HS letters??

From:

conuly

Oh, you missed all the drama. Let me explain.

No, it's too much. Let me sum up: The NYC high school admission process is brutal. There are people who put less effort into getting into college. High school admissions ate my brain between September and December 1st, when Ana's application was hand-delivered to the homeschool office. Seriously, my mother's cancer was about 20% of my attention, and high school admissions was the remaining 97%.

The school Ana wants most is a total long shot - first priority group is residents of Manhattan, and they also give preference to students who receive free lunch. Which we don't. (I told Jenn to get temporarily fired, but apparently she thought I was joking.) And at 15 applicants per seat... it's actually more likely than some other schools on her list.

Anyway, applications for Round One admissions are due in December 1st, and then they make you wait until "sometime in March" before they tell you which school your child received an offer to.

On the unlikely chance that your child did not receive an offer, or if you prefer a different school that has round 2 slots, you can try again in March for a round 2 spot. Every student gets an offer in round 2, but mostly those programs are either brand new or sucky.

If you really hate your assigned school, there's an appeals process, but the DoE is going to say "If you don't like that school, why did you put it on your application?" unless you have a documented hardship. (At this stage of the game, a documented hardship is a longer than 75 minute commute, a disability that makes the school inaccessible to either the student or their parents, or a safety issue.) But people do win appeals sometimes, and if worse comes to absolute worst you can try registering at a family welcome center during the summer with all the students new to NYC.

Edited Date: 2017-03-02 06:17 am (UTC)

From:

gingicat

I went to LaGuardia Arts 1984-1988, the first year in that building, when it was still called Music & Art or Performing Arts depending on your major. I very much did NOT want to go to Bronx Science, though I got in. Another friend went to Stuyvesant, but I think that was only possible because he changed residence to his father's place in Manhattan.

My niece is at Bronx Science. She finally has friends. :)

From:

conuly

There's no zoning for the specialized high schools today, though I wouldn't want to go to Stuy from the Bronx.

Ana had no interest in the specialized high schools, which is probably just as well :)

Edited Date: 2017-03-02 04:38 pm (UTC)

From:

gingicat

Good luck to Eva on her first choice, and wishing her success there!

From:

conuly

Eva's the one in 6th. Ana's the one going into high school - and yeah, my fingers are completely cramped from being crossed. DO YOU KNOW HOW HARD IT IS TO TYPE LIKE THIS!?

:)

From:

conuly

But thank you :)

From:

monanotlisa

Oh my God, that sounds like hell -- just for high school?

told Jenn to get temporarily fired, but apparently she thought I was joking.

Okay, I snickered.

It sounds incredibly rough. I took my simple, no-muss-no-fuss schooling for granted (but it was also a different time, not just a different country). Sending good vibes to y'all.