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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Strawman. No one thinks affluence doesn’t affect GPA, activities, etc. 
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So you haven't read any of the TJ admissions threads, apparently?  People there are insisting that a test like PSAT absolutely couldn't and shouldn't be used for admissions, since it's too easily gamed by wealthy parents, but they're totally fine with using GPA and essays as the entire admissions process, since they're fair.  The premise of the OP is that this is backward, and that places like Stuyvesant use a sole admissions test for placement because it's the most fair way to do it for lower income, high ability kids.  [/quote]

NP.  No, I haven't seen people arguing against using the PSAT or another standardized test for admissions.  The reason that FCPS is not using it is obvious, I think, but DCUM does not subscribe to that reasoning.

As far as OP's argument against essays, I think she is misunderstanding the essays.  They are not about being "polished" or about talking about love for STEM and such or enrichment.  I think that they could change the essays from 4 POG essays and 1 math/science essay to 1-2 POG essays and 3-4 math/science essays, but students are having a hard time finishing in the allotted time, so that change might make the essays prohibitively difficult for too many students.  In any event, the lawsuits and acrimony about the admissions changes has effectively put off any changes to the admissions process for years and years.  So while we can opine all we want about how we would fix the admissions process, if we were in charge, it ain't changing any time soon.  [/quote]

The entire reason for the change in admissions at TJ was to get rid of the standardized test.

And the admissions process will change if there courts say they must change or if the state government says it must change.[/quote]

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