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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm sure it's not your intent to suggest this, but I think some people subscribe to a myth about TJ that it's a hotbed of meritocracy filled with brilliant children from disadvantaged tenement housing. I'm not quite sure that's accurate.[/quote] I don't know what their housing situation is, or why it matters, but why do you say it's a myth that TJ is a meritocracy? Admission is not based on merit (i.e., scores, grades and admission essays). [/quote] It's not a pure meritocracy because not all children have an equal chance at admission. Those children who are born into stable, high-SES families are going to receive several opportunities and advantages in life that increase their odds of admission to TJ. If it were a pure meritocracy, the percentages of ethnic diversity and low-income students would more closely match the general population in NoVa (or at least the statistics of the applicant pools). Clearly they do not. I don't mean this as criticism of TJ. The same relative advantages for high-SES families occur in every school with competitive admissions. It's just a basic fact of life. TJ's numbers-driven admissions process doesn't reduce the inherent advantage that high-SES applicants have. [/quote]
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