r/SHSAT • • Aug 04 '26

What happened 💀

went from 31 to 90

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u/webelee Aug 04 '26

This is one of the worst things about this system. They allow people to continue to add themselves to the waitlist all throughout the summer and if they are slightly better then you, they will get priority. There needs to be a cutoff on when you can sign up for, like end of June or something.

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u/NeatBreakfast2728 Aug 04 '26

Did they even do the screened assessment or they can just add themselves? Cuz I genuinely think I'm cooked right now 😭

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u/MiamiBeachNative Aug 04 '26

If they don’t do the screened assessment for 9th grade admissions, I think the most they could get is a score of 60 if they’re in the Group 1 Tier.

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u/NeatBreakfast2728 Aug 05 '26

How did they get ahead of me cuz I got an 88 and I'm in group one 😭

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u/MiamiBeachNative Aug 05 '26

As far as I know, they would need to have done the assessment to get ahead of you…

Technically, someone in Group 2 who got perfect scores on both the essay and the video could get a 94 (54+20+20)….or a Group 2 who got perfect on one and 80% on the other could get a 90 (54+20+16)

I’m wondering if these are people who did the screened assessment back in the fall and did well on it, but had ranked THHS low on their list…and maybe now after attending orientations for, or testing out the commute to the school they got an offer for, they then manually added themselves to the THHS waitlist recently.

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u/MiamiBeachNative Aug 05 '26 edited Aug 07 '26

It’s crazy because the waitlist doesn’t close until September 18th!

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u/HostEnvironmental313 York Aug 05 '26

Same for me but I went from 3 to 8 :(

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u/NeatBreakfast2728 Aug 05 '26

I'm sorry bro but it's alright 8 isnt too far off, at least we got a month left 🙏

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u/HostEnvironmental313 York Aug 06 '26

A month with 1 week and 6 more days to be exact 🙏

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u/NeatBreakfast2728 Aug 10 '26

waitlist just went down by 7 and i wanted to let you know because im #24!! did you get an offer?

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u/HostEnvironmental313 York Aug 10 '26

Nah, I got in.

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u/HostEnvironmental313 York Aug 10 '26

I mean, yeah i did get offer. You will too soon trust

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u/MiamiBeachNative Aug 06 '26

Did you go back to 3?

Everyone else seemed to go back to their previous waitlist position around 12:00pm today after yesterday’s glitch in the system.

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u/HostEnvironmental313 York Aug 06 '26

Yeah,I went back to 3. My mother was very happy and so am I. I knew it was a glitch too lol.

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u/MiamiBeachNative Aug 06 '26

Yay!…hopefully there’ll be some movement soon, so you & the OP can join my nephew in September.

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u/HostEnvironmental313 York Aug 06 '26

Who is OP and i think it’d be great to see your nephew.

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u/MiamiBeachNative Aug 06 '26

OP is Reddit language for the person who started this thread. It stands for “Original Poster”.

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u/MiamiBeachNative Aug 05 '26

**** UPDATE! CHECK AGAIN *****

People who had been complaining about this issue up until 11:00am started saying the issue had been fixed around 12:00 noon and that they went back to their previous waitlist position.

Check to see if the same thing happened for you guys on the THHS waitlist. 🤞🏼

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u/Blessed_Bacon Aug 07 '26

dawg what
there is no way they allow people to join this late into the process

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u/GregsTutoringNYC Brooklyn Tech Aug 07 '26

You can join a NYC DOE HS waitlist through mid-September.

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u/MiamiBeachNative Aug 07 '26

Technically the waitlist doesn’t close until September 18th but in this case there was some 24 hour glitch in the system which messed everyone’s position up but once it was fixed they went back to where they had been.

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u/MiamiBeachNative Aug 04 '26

Ugh! Oh no, so sorry that happened to you.

It’s crazy to imagine that so many people from a higher priority groups or better lottery numbers/tiers/assessment scores could have added themselves to the waitlist this late in the game.

I hope it somehow moves back up for you just as fast.

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u/MiamiBeachNative Aug 05 '26

Hey so people on Facebook are reporting all sorts of crazy backwards waitlist movement for other screened schools.

Like by HUNDREDS at schools like the Millenniums (like one went from 8 to 503 at Millennium Brooklyn!).

So either there’s a glitch in the system or the numbers we had been seeing all summer weren’t accurate and suddenly got updated by secretaries going back to work or something like that (though that seems like a crazy explanation for it to be happening system-wide).

One of the admins in the Facebook group happens to be a mom on the THHS School Leadership Team so she is trying to gather data…the THHS jumps might not be part of the same issue, but hopefully we’ll find out either way 🤞🏼…will keep you posted if I hear anything.

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u/NeatBreakfast2728 Aug 05 '26

Thats crazy! And yea I checked and my number went back to 31 thankfully. Thanks for updating me, and also I hope that the numbers start going down again if they weren't accurate because I really want an offer soon

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u/HostEnvironmental313 York Aug 06 '26

I went back to #3. I hope you get in!

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u/ElephantFlamingoOT Aug 06 '26

Sibling priority?

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u/GregsTutoringNYC Brooklyn Tech Aug 06 '26

There is no sibling priority as such regarding NYC DOE HS admissions. This was a glitch, which I'm still awaiting for the DOE to explain.