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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Notably, the FARM percentage stays relatively stable at Stuyvesant.

The FARM percentage at TJ see significant drop off.[/quote]
At TJ, political agenda has made racial balancing a priority over FARMS. If race based essay selection was removed, TJ would have had more FARMS but then Asian American percent would have gone up too.  [/quote]

Lies. The essay isn’t “race based”. It’s a race blind process.

No, before the admissions change, there were FEWER students coming from economically-disadvantaged families: less than 1% of the admitted students for class of 2024. 
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The change had almost nothing to do with our students.  It was driven by concerns of racial diversity.[/quote]

Really? I heard the change was necessary to counter the many affluent students who had gained access to the test through elite prep.[/quote]

You heard wrong.  hearings and testimony make it clear that the desire to achieve racial diversity was the driving force behind the changes

You are allowed to explicitly select for poverty, they didn't need to eliminate the merit filter to do that.
You are allowed to select based on geography, they didn't need to eliminate the merit filter to do that.
But you are not allowed to select for race and the only way to achieve the racial diversity they desired was to eliminate the merit filter.[/quote]

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