Federal officials recently subpoenaed the CPS seeking information on the Selective Enrollment Admissions policy, August 2, 2009 Just one week after the Chicago Public School (CPS) system announced an internal investigation into admissions practices at all application-based Chicago area schools (e.g., selective enrollment, gifted, classical, magnet, etc.), it has been revealed that the federal government […]

CPS is launching an investigation into the District’s Selective Enrollment admissions process Currently students are admitted to one of the nine Selective Enrollment high schools on the basis of their score on a 1,000 point system. Students can receive a potential 300 points for 7th grade grades, 100 points for 7th grade attendance, 300 points […]

Jones College Prep continues to consider various architectural and enrollment plans including the addition of up to 300 neighborhood students, which would move total enrollment to 1,200. Click here for more information.

The scores needed to attend one of Chicago’s nine Selective Enrollment High Schools rose yet again this year, with the average score of an admitted student increasing by 10 points.

The scores needed to attend one of Chicago’s nine Selective Enrollment High Schools rose yet again this year, with the average score of an admitted student increasing by 10 points. According to Matthew Greenberg, partner of educational services firm SelectivePrep, “Average admissions scores at the top Selective Enrollment High Schools have reached record levels. Straight […]

A recent Chicago Sun-Times article, Too much power to principals?, (February 24, 2009) discusses how many parents are uninformed about this new procedure and unhappy over its apparent lack of objectivity. In March 2009, SelectivePrep asked parents for their opinions and experience with the new principal discretion guidelines. To read more, click here.129.88 KB

Selective Enrollment High Schools have recently changed their admissions policy to allow up to three excused 7th grade absences without penalty. To read more, click the link below.  http://www.selectiveenrollment.org/apps/news/show_news.jsp?REC_ID=79374&id=0

Principals can now choose up to 5% of the incoming Selective Enrollment freshman class. For information about how the principal discretion process works, please click on the link below.  http://www.cps.edu/News/Announcements/2009/Pages/highschoolprincipaldiscretionprocess.aspx

A University of Chicago study finds that many academically advanced Chicago students are not applying to the best possible universities and that some choose not to attend college altogether.  To read more, click the link below.  http://ccsr.uchicago.edu/content/publications.php?pub_id=133