Anonymous wrote:

johnk wrote:Can anyone summarize what the current proposal is?

I think it is:

- no test
- problem solving essay
- 3.5 GPA (unweighted)
- application...
- lottery

Do we know if the test is definitely going away? Is this information posted anywhere, so confusing.

Thanks,
John

Short answer there is nothing concrete

I posted earlier the new proposed application is 3 basic components

Math and Science Problem Essay (Replaces the test)
A portfolio or how the applicant is 21st century citizen
Other factors (room for the admin committee to do plus-ups for Black, Latin X and FARMS

The only hard requirement so far is a 3.5 GPA

They are tinkering with everything else

How much will be a lottery, how much will each factor be weighted, will there be region and/or middle schools caps, will they take the top X amount and how do they figure out what is the "top"

In the background they are crunching numbers to try and find the optimal formula to get more Black, Latinx and FARMS folks