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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I notice a lot of TJ parents here on this forum are hostile to each other, but I have not yet met a single TJ parent or student in-person or communicated directly who hasn't been kind and helpful. [/quote]

Some people think tjhsst should be a meritocracy, other people think that the way we measure merit is racist.

I think the new admissions process is bad for the institution.  The last time we had a process like this, the school became dumber (as measured by sat scores), whiter and richer.  The new process took care of the wealth bias in holistic admissions with the 1.5% carveout.

Ultimately, they want to appropriate the reputation of a school that built its reputation and resources on meritocracy and give it to a random selection of kids that are reasonably bright but more racially diverse.  In the end the reputation will wither and maybe that's OK because most of the base schools in the area are pretty good and the really bright kid going to a crappy school still has a way out.  Perhaps it won't be the #1 high school in america but it will stilll be a very good high school, at least as good as the best base school in fairfax.

So we lower the ceiling but raise the floor.  Some see this as mediocrity, others see it as equity.[/quote]

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