Are you interested in any educational option (ed opt) programs this year? Read on to learn more about this admissions method.
Ed opt programs admit students across all academic levels, with the goal of promoting academic diversity at the school. Students are grouped into three, equal-sized categories - low, middle, and high - based on their final seventh-grade course grades. Applicants in each category will be prioritized for one-third of seats at each school.
Students are placed into an ed opt category using an average of their final core course seventh-grade core course grades:
Low category: This category includes students with a course grade average below 77.5 One third of students are in this group, and they will be prioritized for one third of seats.
Middle category: This category includes students with a course grade average from 77.5 to 88.33. One third of students are in this group, and they will be prioritized for one third of seats.
High category: This category includes students with a course grade average higher than 88.33. One third of students are in this group, and they will be prioritized for one third of seats.
Applicants can see which ed opt category they are in on their MySchools profile.
If there are more applicants from a category than prioritized seats for that category, applicants will be randomly selected for seats. The random number for each student’s application will be used for the random selection process.
If there are fewer applicants from a category than prioritized seats for that category, applicants from other categories may fill any available seats. For example, if there are fewer applicants from the middle category than seats prioritized for students in the middle category, students from the low and high categories will fill all remaining seats.
What if a student is missing academic data?
Students who are missing data will automatically be considered in the middle category.
What if the educational option program also has a Diversity in Admissions (DIA) initiative?
For educational option programs that also have a DIA, offers will be made in each category within each group. For example, if the program has a 65% Free Reduced Lunch (FRL) priority offers would be made in the following groups:
- General Education (GE) students eligible for FRL – 65% of GE seats = 1/3 High, 1/3 Middle, 1/3 Low
- General Education (GE) - 35% of GE seats = 1/3 High, 1/3 Middle, 1/3 Low
- Students with Disabilities (SWD) eligible for FRL – 65% of SWD seats = 1/3 High, 1/3 Middle, 1/3 Low
- Students with Disabilities (SWD) - 35% of SWD seats = 1/3 High, 1/3 Middle, 1/3 Low