Va. committee passes bill banning admissions discrimination

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“The bottom line is the (TJ) policy was adopted in order to, frankly, reduce the number of Asian Americans that were attending Thomas Jefferson,” Sen. Chap Petersen said. “And all you have to do is look at all the public comments that were being made at the time.”

You do realize this was already illegal? And nobody used race as a factor.

Try to understand proxy discrimination, you racist dumbass!

Providing access to kids who don't go to wealthy middle schools is really horrible.

Except that you didn’t.

That is exactly what the new plan does.

No. What the new plan did was to discriminate Asian Americans as ruled by the federal court. This is also confirmed by the VA house bill that was just passed.

The new process opened seats to unqualified kids across FCPS -- even low-income middle schools. TJ is a governor school - it wasn't set aside for racial discriminations.

The admitted applicants are qualified. GPA was higher than previous classes.

The process shouldn't support discrimination against race or income. When only 0.6% of a class is economically-disadvantaged you know there is a problem.

Your lies have been debunked numerous times in this forum. Repeating lies won't make them true.

Sorry you have trouble with basic facts:
"The average GPA for applicants (3.9074) is slightly higher this year than it has been in the past five years. "
"Economically disadvantaged students increased from 0.62% (2020-21) to 25.09%."
"Students from historically underrepresented schools increased from 5.56% (2020-21) to 30.73%."
"In the last 10 years, this is the first time all FCPS middle schools had students who were accepted into TJ. "

https://www.fcps.edu/news/tjhsst-offers-admission-550-students-broadens-access-students-who-have-aptitude-stem

As I said, people have debunked this many times. Are you dumb or blind? I guess both.
The watered-down GPAs can never distinguish the students that TJ truly needs. The TJ reform intentionally eliminated the TJ entrance exam and teacher's recommendations, the top 2 measures for one's potential and suitability for TJ.

You may disagree on interpretation, but these are FACTS.

MORE kids from low-income middle schools.
MORE kids from low-income families.

And they were all "qualified".

That's false!
As a matter of fact, many of them are unqualified and lots of kids way more deserving were denied due to the racist change.
And it doesn't matter they're low income if they're unqualified.

Why do you think they are "unqualified"? Please try to answer without sounding like an entitled elitist.

Because they needed a favor from a racist policy to get in and they're replacing the academically more deserving kids. That's a shame!

Just because there are other qualified students doesn't make them unqualified.

No one "deserves" to be at TJ.

Yes they're unqualified. If they were qualified, they would have been able to get in before the racist change.

There are tons of qualified students who are NOT admitted. You think there are only 550 "qualified" students in the area?

"qualified" to be among the top 550 or whatever that number is. dumbass!

There could be a 1000+ students "qualified" to be at TJ. Just because some kids were more prepped than others doesn't mean they are more "qualified". It just means they were more "prepped".

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Anonymous wrote:White families really don’t care if their kids attend TJ. They send their kids to privates and to the sought-after FCPS pyramids.

Some care about getting URMs to think well of them and are happy to throw Asians under the bus to serve that goal.

I know you don't mean to be racist but it is implied in your statement unfortunately.. You are assuming that ALL white families with smart kids are rich enough to either send their kids to expensive private schools or can afford to buy homes in expensive zip codes.. Why don't you make the same assumptions about Asians, who at a national level have more income than Whites?

Also, I don't really think these peddlers want the URMs to think well of them necessarily. It makes them feel good.. like giving to charity.

Yes, giving to charity using money robbed from other people! Those a-holes!

Nobody "owns" those seats at TJ.

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“The bottom line is the (TJ) policy was adopted in order to, frankly, reduce the number of Asian Americans that were attending Thomas Jefferson,” Sen. Chap Petersen said. “And all you have to do is look at all the public comments that were being made at the time.”

You do realize this was already illegal? And nobody used race as a factor.

Try to understand proxy discrimination, you racist dumbass!

Providing access to kids who don't go to wealthy middle schools is really horrible.

Except that you didn’t.

That is exactly what the new plan does.

No. What the new plan did was to discriminate Asian Americans as ruled by the federal court. This is also confirmed by the VA house bill that was just passed.

The new process opened seats to unqualified kids across FCPS -- even low-income middle schools. TJ is a governor school - it wasn't set aside for racial discriminations.

The admitted applicants are qualified. GPA was higher than previous classes.

The process shouldn't support discrimination against race or income. When only 0.6% of a class is economically-disadvantaged you know there is a problem.

Your lies have been debunked numerous times in this forum. Repeating lies won't make them true.

Sorry you have trouble with basic facts:
"The average GPA for applicants (3.9074) is slightly higher this year than it has been in the past five years. "
"Economically disadvantaged students increased from 0.62% (2020-21) to 25.09%."
"Students from historically underrepresented schools increased from 5.56% (2020-21) to 30.73%."
"In the last 10 years, this is the first time all FCPS middle schools had students who were accepted into TJ. "

https://www.fcps.edu/news/tjhsst-offers-admission-550-students-broadens-access-students-who-have-aptitude-stem

As I said, people have debunked this many times. Are you dumb or blind? I guess both.
The watered-down GPAs can never distinguish the students that TJ truly needs. The TJ reform intentionally eliminated the TJ entrance exam and teacher's recommendations, the top 2 measures for one's potential and suitability for TJ.

You may disagree on interpretation, but these are FACTS.

MORE kids from low-income middle schools.
MORE kids from low-income families.

And they were all "qualified".

That's false!
As a matter of fact, many of them are unqualified and lots of kids way more deserving were denied due to the racist change.
And it doesn't matter they're low income if they're unqualified.

Why do you think they are "unqualified"? Please try to answer without sounding like an entitled elitist.

Because they needed a favor from a racist policy to get in and they're replacing the academically more deserving kids. That's a shame!

Just because there are other qualified students doesn't make them unqualified.

No one "deserves" to be at TJ.

Yes they're unqualified. If they were qualified, they would have been able to get in before the racist change.

There are tons of qualified students who are NOT admitted. You think there are only 550 "qualified" students in the area?

"qualified" to be among the top 550 or whatever that number is. dumbass!

There could be a 1000+ students "qualified" to be at TJ. Just because some kids were more prepped than others doesn't mean they are more "qualified". It just means they were more "prepped".

nah, the burden of proof is on you to provide evidence: 1) they're more prepared and 2) they're less qualified because they're more prepped.

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Anonymous wrote:White families really don’t care if their kids attend TJ. They send their kids to privates and to the sought-after FCPS pyramids.

Some care about getting URMs to think well of them and are happy to throw Asians under the bus to serve that goal.

I know you don't mean to be racist but it is implied in your statement unfortunately.. You are assuming that ALL white families with smart kids are rich enough to either send their kids to expensive private schools or can afford to buy homes in expensive zip codes.. Why don't you make the same assumptions about Asians, who at a national level have more income than Whites?

Also, I don't really think these peddlers want the URMs to think well of them necessarily. It makes them feel good.. like giving to charity.

Yes, giving to charity using money robbed from other people! Those a-holes!

Nobody "owns" those seats at TJ.

Exactly. Then why did you steal them with a racist change?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:White families really don’t care if their kids attend TJ. They send their kids to privates and to the sought-after FCPS pyramids.

Some care about getting URMs to think well of them and are happy to throw Asians under the bus to serve that goal.

I know you don't mean to be racist but it is implied in your statement unfortunately.. You are assuming that ALL white families with smart kids are rich enough to either send their kids to expensive private schools or can afford to buy homes in expensive zip codes.. Why don't you make the same assumptions about Asians, who at a national level have more income than Whites?

Also, I don't really think these peddlers want the URMs to think well of them necessarily. It makes them feel good.. like giving to charity.

Yes, giving to charity using money robbed from other people! Those a-holes!

Nobody "owns" those seats at TJ.

Exactly. Then why did you steal them with a racist change?

That which is not owned can’t be stolen.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:White families really don’t care if their kids attend TJ. They send their kids to privates and to the sought-after FCPS pyramids.

Some care about getting URMs to think well of them and are happy to throw Asians under the bus to serve that goal.

I know you don't mean to be racist but it is implied in your statement unfortunately.. You are assuming that ALL white families with smart kids are rich enough to either send their kids to expensive private schools or can afford to buy homes in expensive zip codes.. Why don't you make the same assumptions about Asians, who at a national level have more income than Whites?

Also, I don't really think these peddlers want the URMs to think well of them necessarily. It makes them feel good.. like giving to charity.

Yes, giving to charity using money robbed from other people! Those a-holes!

Nobody "owns" those seats at TJ.

Exactly. Then why did you steal them with a racist change?

That which is not owned can’t be stolen.

The "seats" would have been owned by some more deserving kids.

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Anonymous wrote:https://wtop.com/virginia/2022/03/va-senate-passes-bill-banning-admissions-discrimination/amp/
“The bottom line is the (TJ) policy was adopted in order to, frankly, reduce the number of Asian Americans that were attending Thomas Jefferson,” Sen. Chap Petersen said. “And all you have to do is look at all the public comments that were being made at the time.”

You do realize this was already illegal? And nobody used race as a factor.

Try to understand proxy discrimination, you racist dumbass!

Providing access to kids who don't go to wealthy middle schools is really horrible.

Except that you didn’t.

That is exactly what the new plan does.

No. What the new plan did was to discriminate Asian Americans as ruled by the federal court. This is also confirmed by the VA house bill that was just passed.

The new process opened seats to unqualified kids across FCPS -- even low-income middle schools. TJ is a governor school - it wasn't set aside for racial discriminations.

The admitted applicants are qualified. GPA was higher than previous classes.

The process shouldn't support discrimination against race or income. When only 0.6% of a class is economically-disadvantaged you know there is a problem.

Your lies have been debunked numerous times in this forum. Repeating lies won't make them true.

Sorry you have trouble with basic facts:
"The average GPA for applicants (3.9074) is slightly higher this year than it has been in the past five years. "
"Economically disadvantaged students increased from 0.62% (2020-21) to 25.09%."
"Students from historically underrepresented schools increased from 5.56% (2020-21) to 30.73%."
"In the last 10 years, this is the first time all FCPS middle schools had students who were accepted into TJ. "

https://www.fcps.edu/news/tjhsst-offers-admission-550-students-broadens-access-students-who-have-aptitude-stem

As I said, people have debunked this many times. Are you dumb or blind? I guess both.
The watered-down GPAs can never distinguish the students that TJ truly needs. The TJ reform intentionally eliminated the TJ entrance exam and teacher's recommendations, the top 2 measures for one's potential and suitability for TJ.

You may disagree on interpretation, but these are FACTS.

MORE kids from low-income middle schools.
MORE kids from low-income families.

And they were all "qualified".

That's false!
As a matter of fact, many of them are unqualified and lots of kids way more deserving were denied due to the racist change.
And it doesn't matter they're low income if they're unqualified.

Why do you think they are "unqualified"? Please try to answer without sounding like an entitled elitist.

Because they needed a favor from a racist policy to get in and they're replacing the academically more deserving kids. That's a shame!

Just because there are other qualified students doesn't make them unqualified.

No one "deserves" to be at TJ.

Yes they're unqualified. If they were qualified, they would have been able to get in before the racist change.

There are tons of qualified students who are NOT admitted. You think there are only 550 "qualified" students in the area?

"qualified" to be among the top 550 or whatever that number is. dumbass!

There could be a 1000+ students "qualified" to be at TJ. Just because some kids were more prepped than others doesn't mean they are more "qualified". It just means they were more "prepped".

nah, the burden of proof is on you to provide evidence: 1) they're more prepared and 2) they're less qualified because they're more prepped.

In 2010, there were 1,450 8th FCPS graders in Geometry Honors or above. You really think the majority of them (and similar kids from LCPS, APS, FCC, and PWC) couldn't hack it at TJ?

There are tons of "qualified" applicants. Some may rank higher in arbitrary admissions scoring than others because of planning/prepping. That does not make them any more "deserving". No one is entitled to a spot.

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Anonymous wrote:https://wtop.com/virginia/2022/03/va-senate-passes-bill-banning-admissions-discrimination/amp/
“The bottom line is the (TJ) policy was adopted in order to, frankly, reduce the number of Asian Americans that were attending Thomas Jefferson,” Sen. Chap Petersen said. “And all you have to do is look at all the public comments that were being made at the time.”

You do realize this was already illegal? And nobody used race as a factor.

Try to understand proxy discrimination, you racist dumbass!

Providing access to kids who don't go to wealthy middle schools is really horrible.

Except that you didn’t.

That is exactly what the new plan does.

No. What the new plan did was to discriminate Asian Americans as ruled by the federal court. This is also confirmed by the VA house bill that was just passed.

The new process opened seats to unqualified kids across FCPS -- even low-income middle schools. TJ is a governor school - it wasn't set aside for racial discriminations.

The admitted applicants are qualified. GPA was higher than previous classes.

The process shouldn't support discrimination against race or income. When only 0.6% of a class is economically-disadvantaged you know there is a problem.

Your lies have been debunked numerous times in this forum. Repeating lies won't make them true.

Sorry you have trouble with basic facts:
"The average GPA for applicants (3.9074) is slightly higher this year than it has been in the past five years. "
"Economically disadvantaged students increased from 0.62% (2020-21) to 25.09%."
"Students from historically underrepresented schools increased from 5.56% (2020-21) to 30.73%."
"In the last 10 years, this is the first time all FCPS middle schools had students who were accepted into TJ. "

https://www.fcps.edu/news/tjhsst-offers-admission-550-students-broadens-access-students-who-have-aptitude-stem

As I said, people have debunked this many times. Are you dumb or blind? I guess both.
The watered-down GPAs can never distinguish the students that TJ truly needs. The TJ reform intentionally eliminated the TJ entrance exam and teacher's recommendations, the top 2 measures for one's potential and suitability for TJ.

You may disagree on interpretation, but these are FACTS.

MORE kids from low-income middle schools.
MORE kids from low-income families.

And they were all "qualified".

That's false!
As a matter of fact, many of them are unqualified and lots of kids way more deserving were denied due to the racist change.
And it doesn't matter they're low income if they're unqualified.

Why do you think they are "unqualified"? Please try to answer without sounding like an entitled elitist.

Because they needed a favor from a racist policy to get in and they're replacing the academically more deserving kids. That's a shame!

Just because there are other qualified students doesn't make them unqualified.

No one "deserves" to be at TJ.

Yes they're unqualified. If they were qualified, they would have been able to get in before the racist change.

There are tons of qualified students who are NOT admitted. You think there are only 550 "qualified" students in the area?

"qualified" to be among the top 550 or whatever that number is. dumbass!

There could be a 1000+ students "qualified" to be at TJ. Just because some kids were more prepped than others doesn't mean they are more "qualified". It just means they were more "prepped".

nah, the burden of proof is on you to provide evidence: 1) they're more prepared and 2) they're less qualified because they're more prepped.

In 2010, there were 1,450 8th FCPS graders in Geometry Honors or above. You really think the majority of them (and similar kids from LCPS, APS, FCC, and PWC) couldn't hack it at TJ?

There are tons of "qualified" applicants. Some may rank higher in arbitrary admissions scoring than others because of planning/prepping. That does not make them any more "deserving". No one is entitled to a spot.

Right, I think majority of them couldn't.
A racist policy based "proxy discrimination" certainly doesn't make them deserving regardless of their skin color or income.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:White families really don’t care if their kids attend TJ. They send their kids to privates and to the sought-after FCPS pyramids.

Some care about getting URMs to think well of them and are happy to throw Asians under the bus to serve that goal.

I know you don't mean to be racist but it is implied in your statement unfortunately.. You are assuming that ALL white families with smart kids are rich enough to either send their kids to expensive private schools or can afford to buy homes in expensive zip codes.. Why don't you make the same assumptions about Asians, who at a national level have more income than Whites?

Also, I don't really think these peddlers want the URMs to think well of them necessarily. It makes them feel good.. like giving to charity.

Yes, giving to charity using money robbed from other people! Those a-holes!

Nobody "owns" those seats at TJ.

Exactly. Then why did you steal them with a racist change?

That which is not owned can’t be stolen.

The "seats" would have been owned by some more deserving kids.

But they’re not.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:White families really don’t care if their kids attend TJ. They send their kids to privates and to the sought-after FCPS pyramids.

Some care about getting URMs to think well of them and are happy to throw Asians under the bus to serve that goal.

I know you don't mean to be racist but it is implied in your statement unfortunately.. You are assuming that ALL white families with smart kids are rich enough to either send their kids to expensive private schools or can afford to buy homes in expensive zip codes.. Why don't you make the same assumptions about Asians, who at a national level have more income than Whites?

Also, I don't really think these peddlers want the URMs to think well of them necessarily. It makes them feel good.. like giving to charity.

Yes, giving to charity using money robbed from other people! Those a-holes!

Nobody "owns" those seats at TJ.

Exactly. Then why did you steal them with a racist change?

That which is not owned can’t be stolen.

The "seats" would have been owned by some more deserving kids.

But they’re not.

Because you stole away from them using the racist proxy discrimination.

[Anonymous]

TJHSST was created for marketing purposes and now it’s been co-opted for overtly political ones. We could all do without this pork-barrel scam that sucks up way too much of the oxygen in the FCPS room.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:TJHSST was created for marketing purposes and now it’s been co-opted for overtly political ones. We could all do without this pork-barrel scam that sucks up way too much of the oxygen in the FCPS room.

Wait until you can make that decision. Until then you're nothing.

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“The bottom line is the (TJ) policy was adopted in order to, frankly, reduce the number of Asian Americans that were attending Thomas Jefferson,” Sen. Chap Petersen said. “And all you have to do is look at all the public comments that were being made at the time.”

You do realize this was already illegal? And nobody used race as a factor.

Try to understand proxy discrimination, you racist dumbass!

Providing access to kids who don't go to wealthy middle schools is really horrible.

Except that you didn’t.

That is exactly what the new plan does.

No. What the new plan did was to discriminate Asian Americans as ruled by the federal court. This is also confirmed by the VA house bill that was just passed.

The new process opened seats to unqualified kids across FCPS -- even low-income middle schools. TJ is a governor school - it wasn't set aside for racial discriminations.

The admitted applicants are qualified. GPA was higher than previous classes.

The process shouldn't support discrimination against race or income. When only 0.6% of a class is economically-disadvantaged you know there is a problem.

Your lies have been debunked numerous times in this forum. Repeating lies won't make them true.

Sorry you have trouble with basic facts:
"The average GPA for applicants (3.9074) is slightly higher this year than it has been in the past five years. "
"Economically disadvantaged students increased from 0.62% (2020-21) to 25.09%."
"Students from historically underrepresented schools increased from 5.56% (2020-21) to 30.73%."
"In the last 10 years, this is the first time all FCPS middle schools had students who were accepted into TJ. "

https://www.fcps.edu/news/tjhsst-offers-admission-550-students-broadens-access-students-who-have-aptitude-stem

As I said, people have debunked this many times. Are you dumb or blind? I guess both.
The watered-down GPAs can never distinguish the students that TJ truly needs. The TJ reform intentionally eliminated the TJ entrance exam and teacher's recommendations, the top 2 measures for one's potential and suitability for TJ.

GPA is a stronger indicator of success than exam scores. Every college in America knows this and it’s backed up by decades of research.

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Anonymous wrote:https://wtop.com/virginia/2022/03/va-senate-passes-bill-banning-admissions-discrimination/amp/
“The bottom line is the (TJ) policy was adopted in order to, frankly, reduce the number of Asian Americans that were attending Thomas Jefferson,” Sen. Chap Petersen said. “And all you have to do is look at all the public comments that were being made at the time.”

You do realize this was already illegal? And nobody used race as a factor.

Try to understand proxy discrimination, you racist dumbass!

Providing access to kids who don't go to wealthy middle schools is really horrible.

Except that you didn’t.

That is exactly what the new plan does.

No. What the new plan did was to discriminate Asian Americans as ruled by the federal court. This is also confirmed by the VA house bill that was just passed.

The new process opened seats to unqualified kids across FCPS -- even low-income middle schools. TJ is a governor school - it wasn't set aside for racial discriminations.

The admitted applicants are qualified. GPA was higher than previous classes.

The process shouldn't support discrimination against race or income. When only 0.6% of a class is economically-disadvantaged you know there is a problem.

Your lies have been debunked numerous times in this forum. Repeating lies won't make them true.

Sorry you have trouble with basic facts:
"The average GPA for applicants (3.9074) is slightly higher this year than it has been in the past five years. "
"Economically disadvantaged students increased from 0.62% (2020-21) to 25.09%."
"Students from historically underrepresented schools increased from 5.56% (2020-21) to 30.73%."
"In the last 10 years, this is the first time all FCPS middle schools had students who were accepted into TJ. "

https://www.fcps.edu/news/tjhsst-offers-admission-550-students-broadens-access-students-who-have-aptitude-stem

As I said, people have debunked this many times. Are you dumb or blind? I guess both.
The watered-down GPAs can never distinguish the students that TJ truly needs. The TJ reform intentionally eliminated the TJ entrance exam and teacher's recommendations, the top 2 measures for one's potential and suitability for TJ.

You may disagree on interpretation, but these are FACTS.

MORE kids from low-income middle schools.
MORE kids from low-income families.

And they were all "qualified".

That's false!
As a matter of fact, many of them are unqualified and lots of kids way more deserving were denied due to the racist change.
And it doesn't matter they're low income if they're unqualified.

Why do you think they are "unqualified"? Please try to answer without sounding like an entitled elitist.

Because they needed a favor from a racist policy to get in and they're replacing the academically more deserving kids. That's a shame!

Just because there are other qualified students doesn't make them unqualified.

No one "deserves" to be at TJ.

Yes they're unqualified. If they were qualified, they would have been able to get in before the racist change.

Admissions office has been saying for a decade that they could easily seat 3-4 full classes every year with highly qualified kids who would succeed at TJ.

Move on to your next uninformed garbage take.

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“The bottom line is the (TJ) policy was adopted in order to, frankly, reduce the number of Asian Americans that were attending Thomas Jefferson,” Sen. Chap Petersen said. “And all you have to do is look at all the public comments that were being made at the time.”

You do realize this was already illegal? And nobody used race as a factor.

Try to understand proxy discrimination, you racist dumbass!

Providing access to kids who don't go to wealthy middle schools is really horrible.

Except that you didn’t.

That is exactly what the new plan does.

No. What the new plan did was to discriminate Asian Americans as ruled by the federal court. This is also confirmed by the VA house bill that was just passed.

The new process opened seats to unqualified kids across FCPS -- even low-income middle schools. TJ is a governor school - it wasn't set aside for racial discriminations.

The admitted applicants are qualified. GPA was higher than previous classes.

The process shouldn't support discrimination against race or income. When only 0.6% of a class is economically-disadvantaged you know there is a problem.

Your lies have been debunked numerous times in this forum. Repeating lies won't make them true.

Sorry you have trouble with basic facts:
"The average GPA for applicants (3.9074) is slightly higher this year than it has been in the past five years. "
"Economically disadvantaged students increased from 0.62% (2020-21) to 25.09%."
"Students from historically underrepresented schools increased from 5.56% (2020-21) to 30.73%."
"In the last 10 years, this is the first time all FCPS middle schools had students who were accepted into TJ. "

https://www.fcps.edu/news/tjhsst-offers-admission-550-students-broadens-access-students-who-have-aptitude-stem

As I said, people have debunked this many times. Are you dumb or blind? I guess both.
The watered-down GPAs can never distinguish the students that TJ truly needs. The TJ reform intentionally eliminated the TJ entrance exam and teacher's recommendations, the top 2 measures for one's potential and suitability for TJ.

GPA is a stronger indicator of success than exam scores. Every college in America knows this and it’s backed up by decades of research.

Not the watered-down GPA. And GPA is not a better indicator than the TJ entrance exam in the context of TJ admissions. You cited the research in the wrong way.