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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OK so what kid is not getting into these two popular application schools because they can’t just “win” via testing without having to interview well, get recommendations, or write an essay? And which kid is getting in who wouldn’t have because of the test?

When I think about those marginal cases, I at least don’t favor the test. (Even though I am a nerdy test-kid, all grown up.)[/quote]

Was your life changed dramatically for having attended a well-established test-in high school program as a teen, then an Ivy? Let me guess, no.

This New Yorker from an immigrant family, recent arrivals without good English, prepped like mad for the SHSAT (New York city's magnet high school entrance exam) throughout middle school. Looking back, I'm grateful that I had a high academic bar to clear to ace the test because I learned a great deal of vocabulary and math in preparation (mostly at a free City test prep center in the evenings and on weekends) that I wouldn't have bothered with otherwise.  I was able to attend of of the famous NYC magnet high schools, primarily as a result of having done well on the tough entrance exam.

I don't know anybody who went to Stuyvesant, Bronx Science or Brooklyn Tech etc. from a low SES family who thinks the SHSAT should go by the wayside in this century, like the Walls admissions test and PARCC score for admissions have in DCPS. You can think all you want about the Walls test, but unless you have direct experience with a transparent, clear, life-altering admissions process catering to hard workers that's stood the test of time, why should we listen?[/quote]

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