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[quote=Anonymous]A member of an Ivy League admissions committee, an old friend of mine, who knows the DC area applicant pool inside and out recently made the following off-the-record observation: if Walls applicants were given a rigorous admissions test, like NYC's SSAT, and admission were based purely on the result, the AA population of Walls would drop from around 50% to 5-10%. And far more Walls kids would be admitted to Ivies, not just 1 or 2 a year to each annually as now, more like half a dozen. This outcome certainly isn't the fault of the AA students applying to Walls; the blame falls squarely on DCPS for failing to support ES and MS gifted and talented programs. Collectively, it's next to impossible for low and moderate-income kids of any race to compete academically with mostly white upper-middle-class peers, at least in the absence of rigorous G&T education from a young age. Hence, Walls gives many bright low-income minority kids a pass in order to keep the demographics of the school close to those of the city. It's not the worst policy in the world, but you're not going to get a Thomas Jefferson out of Walls with this approach to admissions. [/quote]
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