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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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  - 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 | link to this post ]
    - yeah, the whole thing is weird
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      06.22.09, 08:05 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
    - 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 | link to this post ]
- 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 | link to this post ]
  - exactly.
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    06.22.09, 10:31 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
    - 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 | link to this post ]
      - 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 | link to this post ]
      - 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 | link to this post ]
        
        ok. that seems more fair
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        06.22.09, 10:41 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        ^^^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 | link to this post ]
        
        makes a lot of sense
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        06.22.09, 10:46 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        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 | link to this post ]
        
        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 | link to this post ]
        
        that is how i understood the letter.
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        06.22.09, 10:52 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        ^^^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 | link to this post ]
        
        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 | link to this post ]
      - 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 | link to this post ]
      - if this the case, i should have put only citywide
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        06.22.09, 11:55 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        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 | link to this post ]
  - yes, exactly
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    06.22.09, 10:37 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- 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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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.

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