NYC extends high school application deadline after tech glitch

New York City is extending the high school application deadline to Dec. 9, after officials discovered a glitch in a new tool that tells students their admissions chances, an Education Department spokesperson said Wednesday.

The glitch only affected two schools, but families said that could have had ripple effects on their rankings.

The extension came hours before applications were set to close for the city’s eighth graders, who rank 12 or more top choices from an array of over 400 schools.

In an added layer of complexity, the deadline will be extended even further, to Jan. 10, for roughly 1,500 students who officials said may have acted on incorrect information about their odds of getting into two popular Manhattan high schools.

Officials said they would still release admissions results for all families on March 6 as originally planned.

Education officials debuted the new prediction tool — developed by researchers affiliated with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology — this year to give families a more realistic sense of their odds of getting into a given school and help them assemble more balanced applications. It gives students a “high,” “medium,” or “low” chance based on the school’s selection criteria and competitiveness, along with the student’s lottery number.

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