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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Since the selection pool was so much larger this year they were able to fill the 100 seats while applying even higher standards. The math is simple. 
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The  top 2.5% of 4000 applicants is better than the top 16% of 600 applicants[/b].

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It’s true but there’s a serious case of sour grapes here. People are angry that admissions are more competitive and not as easily gamed. [/quote]

This is not necessarily true.  Expanding the applicant pool and screening more widely was an excellent idea.  In theory that should have made admissions more competitive and could have resulted in the county finding highly able candidates who might not have applied in prior years.  Unfortunately, it sounds like many students with higher application test scores were rejected in favor of students with lower application test scores based on some BS cohort rationale.  The PARRC scores also seem to indicate that around 85% of the students who do well in Math in 5th grade and around 93% of the students who do well in Math in 8th grade come from just 3 groups (white, Asian and mixed race) so simply expanding the pool isn't necessarily going to increase diversity (a valuable goal) unless the school system works harder to ensure that more kids from lower performing groups do better in Math.  They need to expand the applicant pool of [b]qualified [/b]candidates by improving Math education and Math performance for URMs. They need to do the hard work to close the achievement gap instead of focusing on feel good but ultimately counterproductive measures to change application standards for academically competitive programs. [/quote]

It's pure speculation on your part that admission wasn't competitive. If there's evidence to the contrary, then post it; otherwise, the numbers we actually know speak for themselves, [b]the top 2..5% of 4000 candidates vs the top 16.5% of 600 candidates [/b]is a no-brainer.
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only when you assume the 600 is representative of the population when in fact they may include the vast majority of gifted children in the county. [/quote]

There's no reason to assume the 600 is any different than the 4000. If you have factual evidence to the contrary please share?[/quote]

Hahahahha. [/quote]

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