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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Paying to purchase the admissions test, paying to grade the test, paying custodians/other support staff for when the test is administered on a Saturday, paying proctors to administer the test, paying second round admission readers (either they get paid, or a sub has to be paid to teach their classes while they're reading applications), etc.  Lots of costs associated with the admissions process.[/quote]

This. The TJ test is very time and labor intensive. They buy tests from the ACT and a private company, proctor them, run the portal, administer the second round, read essays and teacher recs.  It probably costs more to administer than a college application, because Taj administers the standardiEd tests, rather than just getting scores from SAT/ ACT.

The could make it free. But then they would have to take money from elsewhere in the budget. And people should whine about how GE programs shouldn’t lose money to TJ should cover its own costs..

They do cover free lunch, and reduced lunch at a reduced share, which is something like 150-200% of poverty.

How do you want them to handle it OP— given the reality that the test is labor intensive and it just costs money to license the tests and administer the process?[/quote]

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