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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]TJ lost to Lake Braddock high school in Science Olympiad state competition. Good job Lake Braddock high school!! This is a lesson for parents who think there’s no better high school than TJ.[/quote]

More evidence that the old admission process just wasn't working.[/quote]

TJ dominated Lake Braddock twice and then narrowly lost to Lake Braddock at the state competition.  Braddock has a good team and TJ had a bad day.  It happens.

The new admissions criteria is good for broadening access.  It's not particularly good at selecting competitive students who win at competitions.  I think most pro-reform supporters can acknowledge that.[/quote]

Pro-reform here and I would agree completely. I think they will still select many students who will be capable of winning competitions, but a) those students might very well have better things to do with their time and b) they really don't need more than a few of them for each competition in order to be successful.[/quote]

I agree that the new classes of students will likely care less about competitions than previous classes.  It takes a certain amount of competitive spirit to prepare for and do well at these sorts of competitions.  The old admissions criteria took into account extracurricular achievements and could more easily identify and include the best of them.  There is nothing about the new admissions criteria that would indicate a kid enjoys competitions.

B) is a bit of wishful thinking.  Just taking math as an example, the previous classes of TJ students would have 20+ AIME qualifiers each year.  The latest class had 8.  Not only does TJ have fewer high level mathletes, those 10+ other mathletes will be at other schools competing directly against TJ.

TJ's dominance will never be the same until it rewards extracurricular achievements in its admissions.  But I imagine that's a feature and not a bug to many pro-reform advocates.[/quote]

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