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I think most schools in the Moco can offer challenging coursework to most kids, and places like TPMS/Blair really make a difference [b]for people who are insanely brilliant OR people who *don't* have a good support system[/b]. So I'm actually all for introducing equity systems into the selection process like doing a lottery at 85%. Even back then, the selection sometimes chose a person from an atypical background like a friend of mine - poor, kid of a single mom, black - and what it can do for those kids is invaluable. My friend is now a hotshot academic at a very well known Ivy and I'm not sure it would have gone the same way without Blair because the staff gave the student a lot of encouragement and support.  [/quote]

I am sure there are people who fall under the categories of "insanely brilliant" as well as "people who *don't* have a good support system." But I find the blanket equating of the academic needs of the "insanely brilliant" with the needs of "people who *don't* have a good support system", pardon me, just completely bonkers.

(BTW, may be that person you are referring to was there at Blair with you all those many years ago because they were "insanely brilliant" as well? After all, they went through the same admissions process like you and others in your cohort, right?)
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