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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]+100 PP. Delude themselves is right.

I come from Chicago. In my city, admission to high-powered test-in magnet high schools (e.g. the Lab School, Michelle Obama's alma mater)is supported by a thoughtful comprehensive application, but no interview. Applicants are ranked in a transparent fashion, with the ranking system transparently giving poor kids of all races a little preferential treatment.

DCPS clearly shields AA and Latino students coming out of DCPS middle schools from the academic competition provided by other applicants (including BASIS students) in their Walls applications. It's a well-meaning but misguided and outmoded approach that needs to go.  A lawsuit settled in a way that beats back affirmative action-based admissions to Walls wouldn't surprise me either.[/quote]

Did you know that Chicago has added an SES/geographical weight to its magnet application system? All neighborhoods are given a tier (1-4) and seats are set aside for students from each tier. So you could be admitted to a magnet high with a lower score if you are from a Tier 1 neighborhood (lower income/lower educational attainment) than a Tier 4. You are essentially competing against students from similar neighborhoods to yours, not against every student in the city.

Tiers are redefined frequently to account for rapid gentrification in parts of the city.  https://chalkbeat.org/posts/chicago/2018/10/25/chicago-school-application-tier-system-explained/

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