HOW IT WORKS: THE GOCPS HIGH SCHOOL APPLICATION PROCESS - 2021-2022 SCHOOL YEAR - MOZART ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
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HOW IT WORKS:
The GoCPS High School Application Process
2021-2022 School Year
Application Process Opens: October 12, 2020
Application Deadline: December 11, 2020
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OPENING AN ONLINE ACCOUNT
Opening an Online Account
The first step in the application process is to open an online account.* Go to go.cps.edu and click ‘Sign
Up.’ After you create your username and password, you will enter the Parent/Guardian information.
• No matter who is completing the form, be sure to enter the name and
Create Family Profile address of the parent/guardian with whom the student resides.
• This is extremely important because the address provided here will be
used for determining tiers, proximity boundaries, and attendance and
overlay boundaries.
• You can only enter the name of one parent as the primary
parent/guardian. There will be an option on a later screen to provide
the names of additional parents/guardians or others that you want
included as contacts.
• Students in temporary living situations can enter the address where
they sleep at night or the address of their current school.
* The online process is highly recommended. However, if you prefer to submit a
paper application, you can visit go.cps.edu. Click ‘High School’ and ‘Apply,’
beginning October 12th, to download and print the paper application.
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Opening an Online Account
After you complete the
Parent/Guardian screen,
you will see pages that ask
two questions:
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1. Is your child new to the Chicago Public Schools?
AND
2. Is your child a CPS public, charter or contract student,
OR a non-CPS student applying to grades 5-9 to
schools/programs with minimum academic requirements
for the 2021-2022 school year?
CPS students will answer ‘NO’ to the first question
and ‘YES’ to the second.
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Opening an Online Account
• Once you correctly answer these two questions, you will be
prompted to enter your child’s Activation Code. (Families will
receive the Activation Codes before the application period
opens in October. They will be mailed to the student’s home
address and emailed to the student’s CPS email address.
Counselors will be able to access the codes on Dashboard.)
• After you successfully open your account, you will be able to
view your child’s NWEA MAP scores and 7th grade grades.
• You will also be able to see the programs to which your child
is eligible to apply.
• Beginning October 12th, you can submit your application to
programs for which your child is eligible.
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NWEA MAP, GRADES and ATTENDANCE
Changes to NWEA MAP, Grades, and
Attendance
Criteria for 2021-2022
Previous Criteria
Application Process
NWEA MAP scores from:
7th grade spring
Spring 2019 (2018-2019 school year)
NWEA MAP scores
Fall 2019 (2019-2020 school year)
Winter 2019 (2019-2020 school year)
NWEA MAP Scores
If your child has NWEA MAP scores from a test administered by CPS in spring 2019, fall 2019, or winter
2019:
• CPS will use the highest of the math and reading scores from these exams for the eligibility process.
• Your child will not take the NWEA MAP in fall 2020 for the purposes of the 2021-2022 application
process.
• If your child meets minimum eligibility requirements (24 in reading and math for general education
students, or combo score of 48 for students with an IEP), they can take the NWEA MAP in winter 2020,
and the highest of the reading score and the highest math scores from all of the exams will be used for
the selection process.
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Changes to NWEA MAP, Grades, and
Attendance
If your child does NOT have NWEA MAP scores from spring, fall or winter 2019:
• Your child will take the NWEA MAP in October 2020 at one of the designated testing sites:
Curie, Lane, Lindblom, or Westinghouse High School. These scores will be used for the
eligibility process.
• If your child meets minimum eligibility requirements, they can take the NWEA MAP again in
winter 2020, and the highest reading score and the highest math score from these exams will
be used for the selection process.
• If your child did not register for the fall 2020 NWEA MAP, and does not have scores from a
NWEA MAP Scores previous test, contact the Office of Access and Enrollment for next steps.
9Changes to NWEA MAP, Grades, and
Attendance
Subject Spring 2019 Fall 2019 Winter 2019 Score used
Area for eligibility
Reading 70 65 80 80
Math 85 50 75 85
NWEA MAP Scores
(Example) CPS will use the highest scores, even if they are from different testing windows.
In this example, the student’s highest scores were from winter 2019 for reading, and
spring 2019 for math. The scores that will be used for the eligibility process are 80 for
reading and 85 for math.
10Changes to NWEA MAP, Grades, and
Attendance
Criteria for 2021-2022
Previous Criteria
Application Process
7th grade final (cumulative) grades for the
7th grade final entire seventh grade year
(cumulative) grades in or
reading, math, science, the average of the first and second quarter
Grades and and social studies grades -- whichever is higher.
Attendance
Because attendance was not tracked during the remote learning session
in the spring, attendance will not be used for eligibility or selections for
any programs.
11ELIGIBILITY
Eligibility
You will see all the programs to which your child is eligible to apply, based (in most cases) on
NWEA MAP scores and/or 7th grade grades.
Eligible Not Eligible
Programs to which a student is not eligible to apply will appear with a gray background. Under the “Eligible to
Apply” column, hover your cursor over the lowercase “i” to see the program’s eligibility requirements.
13SELECTIVE ENROLLMENT PROGRAMS AND CHOICE PROGRAMS
Selective Enrollment Programs and Choice Programs
The programs to which students can apply are grouped into two major categories:
Selective Enrollment Programs and Choice Programs.
Selective Enrollment Programs Choice Programs
These are the 11 Selective Enrollment High Schools All other programs are in the Choice Programs
that offer Selective Enrollment Programs: category.
• Brooks
• Hancock
• Jones
• Lane
• Lindblom
• King
• Northside
• Payton
• South Shore
• Westinghouse
• Whitney Young
15RESEARCH
SEARCH FUNCTION - FILTER
To help you decide where you want to apply, visit go.cps.edu and click ‘Search.’ You can filter your
schools by program type and group, and how far the school is from your home.
17SEARCH FUNCTION - COMPARE
You can also compare up to four schools at a time. Select schools by clicking the box to the left of the school name,
then click ‘Compare.’ This will show you information including available programs, school rating, and SAT score.
18OPEN HOUSES
Another way to learn more about a school is through Open Houses. For the 2021-2022 application process, all
Open House events will be virtual. Go to go.cps.edu and click ‘Dates and Events.’ You can see the list of Open
Houses scheduled for each day, or you can search by school or program.
Events will be added
as schools submit
their information, so
check the site
periodically.
19SELECT AND RANK
Select Your Programs
Once you decide the schools/programs where you want to apply, you will select them on this screen.
You will select both Choice Programs and Selective Enrollment Programs here,
by clicking the circle next to the name of the program.
21Rank Your Programs
After you decide where you want to apply, you will rank the schools/programs in the order of your preference. This
is VERY IMPORTANT, as this is the order in which your child will be considered for the schools/programs on
your application. Put the school/program you want MOST as your first choice, the school/program you want NEXT
as your second choice, and so on.
22ADMISSIONS SCREENINGS
Admissions Screenings
Some programs have additional requirements – admissions exams, auditions, essays, information sessions,
interviews, or teacher recommendations – that the student has to fulfill in order to be considered. These are called
“admission screenings.” For the 2021-2022 school year, admissions screenings will be offered remotely, with the exception of
the in-person Selective Enrollment admissions exam.
Online applicants:
• Use the GoCPS account to schedule appointments for auditions, interviews, and the Selective Enrollment
admissions exam.
For paper applicants :
• The schools will contact the family to schedule auditions or interviews.
• Selective Enrollment High School admissions exams will be scheduled by the Office of Access and Enrollment,
which will then inform the family of the exam’s date, time and location.
For all applicants:
• Service Leadership Academies will email the student a link for the Information Session.
• The student will contact schools with programs requiring essays or teacher recommendations.
NOTE: Information Sessions will not be required by the IB Program for the 2021-2022 application process.
24SELECTIONS
Selection
The selection process is designed to offer the student the highest-ranked program on their
application for which they qualify and where there are seats available. You will be considered for
programs in the order in which you rank the schools/programs on your application, based on a
combination of the following factors:
Rank Order Available Seats Admissions Process Priority Preferences
of each program applied to. in each program. for each program. of the school.
Lottery, testing, point system. Sibling at school,
proximity to the school, etc.
26Single-Offer Model
Choice Programs are considered separately from Selective Enrollment Programs. Your child can
receive one Choice Program and/or one Selective Enrollment Program – OR no offers from
either. Your child is guaranteed a seat in the general education program of your neighborhood
school. Also, if your child currently attends eighth grade in a school that serves grades 9-12, they
will also receive an offer from this school. (This is called a “continuing school.”)
If your child plans to attend the neighborhood school for your home address, you
must still live at that address when your child enrolls in the school, and provide
valid proof of residency. If your family changes your home address before you
enroll, your child will forfeit the seat.
If you change your address after the application deadline, and your child
accepts an offer where your address was a selection factor (such as tiers or
proximity boundaries), you will be required to provide proof of both the address
on the application, and the new address, at the time of your registration.
27RESULTS AND SECOND ROUND
Results and Second Round
First-round results will be released in spring 2021. If you apply online, your child’s results will be posted to your GoCPS account. If you
apply using a paper application, your child’s results will be posted to the online account that will be opened by the Office of Access and
Enrollment, and a letter will be sent via U.S. mail to your home address.
If you apply online, you can accept or decline offers using your online account. If you submit a paper application, you can accept or
decline your offer via your online account or by calling the Office of Access and Enrollment from a phone number on your account.
After the first round, a second-round application process will be offered. This process will consist only of schools and programs that
still have seats available after the first round.
Students who receive a first-round offer have several options. They can:
• Accept a first-round offer and enroll in the school.
• Decline a first-round offer and apply for different programs in the second round.
• Accept a first-round offer and, if they choose, apply for different schools/programs in the second round. Be sure to note – and
this is VERY IMPORTANT – if a student accepts a first-round offer, and receives a second-round offer, the first-round offer will
be automatically forfeited. Therefore, a student who has accepted a first-round offer should ONLY apply in the second round if
they are applying for programs they want MORE than the offer they accepted.
29WAITLISTS
Waitlists After First Round
Students will be placed on a waitlist for any programs they ranked higher than the one they were
offered in the first round, and for which they are eligible. Students will remain on waitlists whether
or not they accept a first-round offer. Waitlists are open until February of the ninth grade year.
Program A Program B Program C Program D
Rank Order Rank Order Rank Order Rank Order
#1 #2 #3 - OFFER #4
Added to Waitlist Added to Waitlist No Offer
31TRANSFERS
Transfers
With the exception of Selective Enrollment schools, students can transfer in ninth grade between
July 1 and the 20th day of school, or during fixed transfer windows at the end of each quarter. In
order to transfer, students will need to contact the school(s) in which they are interested, and
meet any admissions requirements for those schools.
A list of schools with available programs will be posted on GoCPS.
Program A Program B
33QUESTIONS?
34Contact Us
The CPS Office of Access and Enrollment is your central resource
for support through the entire application process.
If you have questions, call or email the Office of Access and Enrollment.
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