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Is there a waitlist for G&T this year? At first i thought there wasn't, like last year, but an aquaintance told me that there is a waitlist this year... YES or No? TIA
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06.22.09, 07:59 AM Flag ]
- all the shutouts are on the waitlist
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  06.22.09, 07:59 AM Flag
  - which is kind of a strange move since it violates the "you have to rank all schools in order to be guaranteed a spot" rule. But then even now it is not guaranteed if shut-outs will get a second offer.
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    06.22.09, 08:04 AM Flag
    - yeah, the whole thing is weird
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      06.22.09, 08:05 AM Flag
    - i am hoping it is a just another opportunity to get a spot if things do open up somewhere.
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      06.22.09, 08:07 AM Flag
- OP: In other words it is not a true waitlist where, let's say little Johnny was placed at his 3rd choice, he could not go on the waitlist for his second or first choice... the waitlist is for people who didn't receive any of the schools they ranked.
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  06.22.09, 10:08 AM Flag
  - exactly.
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    06.22.09, 10:31 AM Flag
    - OP again: I understand this policy but it makes no sense... so little Johnny who scored, let's say, a 99 and ranks only A and N and gets shut out. He can then move on to the waitlist and possibly get a spot at A or N or a district G&T due to attrition and folks turning down their spots?? Is this correct?
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      06.22.09, 10:37 AM Flag
      - NP: I know they will never be this transparent as to actually disclose how they administer this wait list, but I wonder if they resort to the wait list only after the summer testing students have been placed. Or before?
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        06.22.09, 10:39 AM Flag
      - no, according to my letter, it is only in effect for district programs, not for citywides.
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        06.22.09, 10:39 AM Flag
        
        ok. that seems more fair
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        06.22.09, 10:41 AM Flag
        
        ^^^and my guess is that you had to have ranked the district program to be considered for it later on should spots open up.
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        06.22.09, 10:41 AM Flag
        
        makes a lot of sense
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        06.22.09, 10:46 AM Flag
        
        OP: OK, so you're saying that if little Johnny ranked A, N, and 3 district G&T's and got shut out he would then go on the waitlist for the district ones only and only the ones he listed as a choice on his original placement form. YES?
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        06.22.09, 10:48 AM Flag
        
        no, not necessarily the ones that were ranked. Any open spot in that district may be offered.
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        06.22.09, 10:51 AM Flag
        
        that is how i understood the letter.
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        06.22.09, 10:52 AM Flag
        
        ^^^however, i am skeptical as to whether this will actually take place in reality. hopefully ubers will post in july and august if they hear anything.
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        06.22.09, 10:54 AM Flag
        
        I think that is what the poster is saying and it makes sense to me
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        06.22.09, 10:53 AM Flag
      - Kind of. Chances to get into a highly popular program, though, will be very slim.
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        06.22.09, 10:44 AM Flag
      - if this the case, i should have put only citywide
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        06.22.09, 11:55 AM Flag
        
        this doesn't apply to citywides, letter specifically states that. if i have time, i will come back here and post the exact words.
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        06.22.09, 11:57 AM Flag
  - yes, exactly
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    06.22.09, 10:37 AM Flag
- they did this last year. If you only listed a few choices and didn't get placed, after the initial matching was done, you got a phone call asking if you would consider some other schools. No one got calls for the good programs, only the ones that were undersubscribed.
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  06.22.09, 12:03 PM Flag

Is there a waitlist for G&T this year? At first i thought there wasn't, like last year, but an aquaintance told me that there is a waitlist this year... YES or No? TIA

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Is there a waitlist for G&T this year? At first i thought there wasn't, like last year, but an aquaintance told me that there is a waitlist this year... YES or No? TIA

all the shutouts are on the waitlist

which is kind of a strange move since it violates the "you have to rank all schools in order to be guaranteed a spot" rule. But then even now it is not guaranteed if shut-outs will get a second offer.

yeah, the whole thing is weird

i am hoping it is a just another opportunity to get a spot if things do open up somewhere.

OP: In other words it is not a true waitlist where, let's say little Johnny was placed at his 3rd choice, he could not go on the waitlist for his second or first choice... the waitlist is for people who didn't receive any of the schools they ranked.

exactly.

NP: I know they will never be this transparent as to actually disclose how they administer this wait list, but I wonder if they resort to the wait list only after the summer testing students have been placed. Or before?

no, according to my letter, it is only in effect for district programs, not for citywides.

ok. that seems more fair

^^^and my guess is that you had to have ranked the district program to be considered for it later on should spots open up.

makes a lot of sense

OP: OK, so you're saying that if little Johnny ranked A, N, and 3 district G&T's and got shut out he would then go on the waitlist for the district ones only and only the ones he listed as a choice on his original placement form. YES?

no, not necessarily the ones that were ranked. Any open spot in that district may be offered.

that is how i understood the letter.

^^^however, i am skeptical as to whether this will actually take place in reality. hopefully ubers will post in july and august if they hear anything.

I think that is what the poster is saying and it makes sense to me

Kind of. Chances to get into a highly popular program, though, will be very slim.

if this the case, i should have put only citywide

this doesn't apply to citywides, letter specifically states that. if i have time, i will come back here and post the exact words.

yes, exactly

they did this last year. If you only listed a few choices and didn't get placed, after the initial matching was done, you got a phone call asking if you would consider some other schools. No one got calls for the good programs, only the ones that were undersubscribed.