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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]ECs, Math level, and notable achievements should be considered when evaluating kids against other kids from the same school or any kids in high SES schools against other high SES schools.  At a school like Longfellow or Carson, the privileged kid who is winning science olympiad medals, qualifying for AIME, and taking Pre-Calc is much more qualified for TJ than the equally privileged kids who are in Algebra I and haven't accomplished much of anything.

If FCPS keeps the 1.5% seat allocation and only looks at ECs etc. relative to the other kids in the same school, then the playing field should be pretty even.  [/quote]

I'm the loudest pro-reform person on here and I think this is an eminently reasonable take.

The biggest thing that I honestly want to see go away is the scored rubric, which would of course eliminate things like "experience factors" as a hard boost for applicants. Admissions officers at schools all over the country both at universities and at private high schools look at the entire profile of an applicant, develop narratives with respect to their background, achievements, and grades, and make determinations about who would be the best fit for the educational community that they want to create.

And with the seat allotment that you have now, it would be fairly easy to do this for each individual school that you're looking at applicants for.[/quote]

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