Comments on: Student-made guide aims to simplify high school admissions http://gothamschools.org/2012/07/25/student-made-guide-aims-to-simplify-high-school-admissions/ Tue, 21 May 2013 03:28:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Advice http://gothamschools.org/2012/07/25/student-made-guide-aims-to-simplify-high-school-admissions/comment-page-1/#comment-376041 Advice Mon, 06 Aug 2012 07:59:00 +0000 http://gothamschools.org/?p=88350#comment-376041 @guest  

No. If they apply to the Zoned Program, and they do live in that area, they will get in 100%; ZONED only, however.

Other specialized programs that are NOT zoned at Midwood, however, do not guarantee a position. A solution is to apply to both, and put zoned last, as the other programs are better.

]]> By: guest http://gothamschools.org/2012/07/25/student-made-guide-aims-to-simplify-high-school-admissions/comment-page-1/#comment-375555 guest Thu, 26 Jul 2012 13:41:00 +0000 http://gothamschools.org/?p=88350#comment-375555 Let me get this straight.  If I live across the street from Midwood High School and for my child put down Midwood High School as my only choice, if Midwood chooses not to take me, I may have to go miles across the borough to find a school where others haven’t taken up all the positions.  And they call this a sane system?

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