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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I predict not. I believe the root of the issue is lack of interest, so a lottery, or even an open admissions policy, won't fix that. [/quote]
What you don't understand is that many highly qualified URMs don't want to attend TJ because they think they won't fit in. DD is a straight A student in AAP at a TJ feeder and she refuses to apply to TJ because she thinks she will not fit into the culture (a culture of cheating, racism, few minorities, few girls, etc...). This is sad considering that she loves STEM and wants to be an engineer. [/quote]

Then she will hate engineering school and working as an engineer.  If she's actually passionate about engineering she won't care.[/quote]

Yes. Good luck in the real world for the above girl. All this talk about how one has to be in a "diverse" environment, "diverse" environment is essential for schools etc. and then turns around and says I don't want to attend that school because I don't like dealing with Asians. So the only minority group that counts for the right "diversity" is the one with the "favored" minority. [/quote]

Computer programmer who works with a ton of engineers here - I was actively discouraged away from MIT back in the day for environment concerns (though at that time it was just about few girls). Majored in computer science at a small liberal arts school where despite being the only girl in the major some years I was always treated with respect. Have always done fine in the work force. Engineering doesn't have to be a pressure cooker.[/quote]

Sure, but it depends on the type of engineering you want to do and where you work. My brother is a "brogrammer" at a FAANG company in a team that builds something a lot of people use and his team is definitely a lot of people that you would encounter at TJ/Stuy (in fact some of them did go to those places), lots of workaholics, close to 100 percent men, very intense, etc. But I'm sure it isn't the same elsewhere and outside of the Silicon Valley firms. [/quote]

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