Results Checklist
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Review Results
When initial selection results are released in the spring, all families who completed a GoCPS application will receive a notification email. Parents and guardians can access results through their GoCPS online account. K-8 applicants can receive a single best offer in each of the following categories:
- Choice
- Academic Center (7 & 8 grade only)
- Classical or Regional Gifted Center
- Regional Gifted Center for English Learners
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Accept or Decline Offers
Applicants who receive an offer will need to make a decision to accept or decline their offer through the GoCPS online account by the posted deadline. Offers will expire after this date. Only one offer can be accepted. Accepting an offer will automatically decline all other offers that are open or previously accepted. Learn more about how to accept or decline offers.
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View the Rolling Waitlist
After the initial round of offers are released in the spring, the rolling waitlists for all programs will open. At this time, schools start to make offers to those already on the waitlist and students who did not submit an application in the fall can submit a new application. Students can also add additional programs to their application. Offers will be sent out to students on the waitlist until all seats are filled/the program reaches capacity. Because schools extend waitlist offers based on capacity, receiving a waitlist offer is not guaranteed. Learn more about the rolling waitlist.
Managing Your Results
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Accepting and Declining Offers
For offers extended during the initial selections round, applicants will need to make a decision to accept or decline their offer through the GoCPS online account by the posted deadline known as the Accept/Decline Deadline. Offers will expire after this date.
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Rolling Waitlist
The GoCPS rolling waitlist gives applicants who have not received any offers or who are waitlisted for higher ranked programs than the offer received during the initial selection window another chance at an open seat. It also lets families who did not originally apply in the fall application window or who want to add additional programs to their application the opportunity to be considered.
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Choice Program Selection Process
When applying to Choice Programs on your GoCPS application, your student(s) will be included in the selection processes. The selection process is designed to match each student with an open seat in their highest-ranked program.
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Selective Enrollment Programs Selection Process
When applying to Selective Enrollment Elementary School (SEES) programs on your GoCPS application, your student(s) will be included in the selection process. The selection process is designed to match each student with an open seat in their highest-ranked program.
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Appeals
The appeals process is designed to remedy cases where a process within the application system was not implemented according to CPS policy, or where a decision-maker failed to follow CPS policy. The appeals process opens after results are released.