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Race is not at issue here, but any reasonable observer has to conclude that it's really weird that basically all of these kids are of Indian descent. Clearly they studied the material hard, and congratulations to them for their acceptance. I have no issue with them. It would be really weird if they were all white or all Korean or all Black too. It's one thing when you have a majority, or even a supermajority, but like this? That's weird.[/quote]

1. Don't know how you concluded "basically all of these kids are of Indian descent". I haven't seen any published demographic data that breaks down to any level below "Asian". My child is a TJ student and based on just my observation whenever I visited the school for BTSN, orientation etc, I suspect among asians it would be an even split between south and east asians.

2. The disproportionate enrollment of asians is reflected in the disproportionate ratio of asians in the applicant pool, which reflects the level of interest among asians to try for TJ. The slightly higher acceptance rate for asians compared to other groups is also not that surprising given the higher relative academic performance of asians in elementary and high school (reflected in SOLs and grades, which is publicly available date). Since you are a TJ advocate, you have probably seen the demographic data, but here it is anyways (http://www.fcag.org/TJ Admissions class of 2024.pdf):

Ethnic	Applicant	%	Admitted	%	Acceptance rate
Asian	1423	       56%	355	       73%	   25%
White	595	       23%	86	       18%	   14%
Other	521	       21%	45	        9%	   9%
Total	       2539	       100%	486	       100%   19%[/quote]

73% of applicants were Asian-Americans but only 25% were selected?  Wow! Shame on you FCPS.  A brain is a terrible thing to waste.   Were the rejected students academically less than the admitted Whites or Others?[/quote]

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