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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Also, I don’t want to be misunderstood as not wanting to help kids from poor families.  I totally support giving them scholarships, fellowships, financial aid, or just waive the tuition and even living expenses if their families can’t afford it.  But that’s a totally separate issue from college admissions.  [b]First they have to be academically qualified.  They shouldn’t be held to a lower academic standard than kids from “rich” families.[/b] [/quote]

But you understand the problem boils down to finances, right? Nature might have provided two kids with the same potential, but ultimately the rich kid has a MUCH higher likelihood of outperforming the poor kid. It is why I have a hard time with TJ wannabes crying foul when the majority of the complainers have been privately supplementing their children's education and the kid has never taking a standardized test he/she hasn't prepped for. And if the follow up complaint is that the poor parents should demand more of their local schools, that's sort of a red herring because it doesn't address the supplementing. Kids at Longfellow, whose AAP program is arguably one of the best in the county, still supplement and test prep. [/quote]

You are trying to reward potential over hard earned ability by randomizing the selection process?
Why not use a merit based exam but still take the top 1/5% from each school?
Well, the FCPS board considered this (or at least the information was presented to them in the study that was conducted for this change) and the problem is that you would just get a bunch of poor asians at TJ at the expense of mostly white students[/quote]

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