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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’ve read so many negative things about TJ on this forum, it’s starting to sound like the worst school around here. Some comments even make it seem like 90% of the students struggle to get into good universities. 
I’m honestly curious- why do so many parents still want their kids to go there? Are they not doing enough research before applying?[/quote]

TJ is a political football.  It is a proxy for what is left of the affirmative action debate.

To what extent can you stack the cards to achieve racial outcomes?

The pro affirmative action crowd will pretend like there is no racial component to the admissions process and everyone is imagining things

The anti affirmative action crowd is somehow certain that facially neutral processes are illegal as long as there is a racist intent despite the fact that we needed legislation and a constitutional amendment to get rid of things like literacy exams and poll taxes.  Voter ID law with evidence of racist intent were upheld because they were facially neutral. The Texas 10% system seemed to pass constitutional muster.

OTOH scotus has rolled some facility neutral laws as violating equal protection so until scotus reviews this case we will not actually know.

A lot of negative about TJ stems from this policy battle. 
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This is a v good, balanced capture of situation[/quote]

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