tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881931749386953697.post3560370554384282155..comments2023-09-24T09:21:41.685-04:00Comments on Deep In the Heart of Brooklyn: Theater of the Absurd or Dans Macabre: Deep in the Heart of the High School Application ProcessBrooklyn Beathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02765441867776930279noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881931749386953697.post-77698622595840468492008-11-08T14:15:00.000-05:002008-11-08T14:15:00.000-05:00Actually we have experienced and come through the ...Actually we have experienced and come through the worst case scenario.<BR/>When my daughter entered middle school she set a goal for herself of making the honor roll each marking quarter - and she achieved her goal!<BR/><BR/>And so she (and we) hopefully marched through balloon arches at HS fairs, made online appointments for interviews at 8:01am when they opened, wrote essays, sang songs, memorized monologues, met with the guidance counselor 5 or 6 times, read Hemphill late at night, toured numerous schools in Brooklyn & Manhattan, and poured over the inch and a half thick HS catalog - which was riddled with colorful post its - till we filled out the HS application form.<BR/><BR/>When our daughter was called into the Assistant Principal's office at New Voices last May she never expected her to say "You haven't been matched to any of your 12 choices, here's a list of schools that still have seats, we recommend you cross off the SURR schools (50%) - you have 10 days to make 8 more choices. Do you want to go back to class now?"<BR/><BR/>For 3 days after that my daughter sat on the couch in a stupor of disbelief, crushed hopes and fear. For 4 weeks after that she had to sit in school while all the other students spoke excitedly about the high schools they were going to.<BR/><BR/>We dutifully participated in the supplementary round and my daughter was assigned to a school that had to use stock photos on its website and had no teachers or classrooms as of June. She was assigned to this school even though she did not fill out its required online application.<BR/><BR/>I can only admire my daughter's resilience. Her high school interim report last week was glowing.<BR/>Luckily in late June we found a private school who accepted her on her academic and arts merits - and an incredibly huge check.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com