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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The only way to correct this is to take a more holistic approach to admissions instead of relying so much on a test. And, yes, this may result in the rejection of some qualified Asian students, but there are plenty of other top NYC high schools for them to excel at. And, at the end of the day, this is just high school, not college. It is not going to be the end all be all of anyone’s life. I am of the camp that it is better for college admissions to stand out and be the special person at a lesser school than to be in the middle of the pack at a school like Stuyvesant.[/quote]

I'm reposting a comment from several pages earlier:

"Looking at admissions, saying “hmmm there are too many Asians” and then changing the system so that we get fewer Asians is the definition of institutional racism. Can’t wait until affirmative action is struck down and we can stop this diversity BS."

Do you not see that?[/quote]

No. Change the system because kids that can handle the work are not getting in. Grow the program, let more kids in, even more Asians.

Have a minimum requirement and take all students that meet that requirement.[/quote]

Great idea....let’s lower admissions standards.   And given that those kids can’t even handle passing the bar on the entrance exam, what evidence do you have that they could handle the work once admitted?  [/quote]

I am not sure where you read..."lower the admissions standards"... there has to be a minimum score that kids get that shows they can handle the work.

Let's say ... out of 100 anything above a 93. So these poor kids that study 45 hours a week starting at 5 years old to get 100 just in case ... because they have to get the tippy top score.. could actually have lives. Do you think that kids that get top scores from test prep from the time they are 5 would not have been able to handle the work if they had not test prepped and were just really smart kids?

Do you think there is not 1 kid that did not get admitted that could handle the work?

It's weird because this method would actually favor Asians. But you don't like it. It seems like you don't really care about letting more Asians in as long as you can keep certain kids out. [/quote]

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