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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Having attended one of these highly selective schools as one of a few AA kids, I can tell you that after a while the numbers become self-fulfilling. You see that only 7 got in, you now have no interest in being one of only 7, so when its your time to apply, you go for comfort instead of challenge. Remember that high school, beyond education, is also hormones, social, friends, relationships with teachers, dances, environment. Being one of a few is no fun in the middle of all the "do I fit in". It takes a kid with serious support, independence and will to want to be one of a few. And let's be honest, if you can be valedictorian in a less rigorous place, that beats being in the middle in a more rigorous place as far as college applications go. That's the calculation some make.[/quote]

I agree.  I'm the PP who went to Bx Science in the 90s and even then, I did not want to go because I thought I was going to be the only black kid (turns out I wasn't...lol).  The thing is my parents forced me to go because they knew it was great school.  If I was in my parents' shoes now, however, I don't know if I would push it.  It sucks being the only or "token" and social isolation, especially during the teenage years can be brutal.  [/quote]

I think there is also less of an incentive to go to one of these test-in public schools when private schools are tripping over each other to recruit talented minority kids.[/quote]

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