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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is your child Asian? [/quote]

That wouldn't matter, nor could it be used as a factor for selection since discrimination is illegal in this country.[/quote]
Which country you living in?  even the college admission is biased!  I can guarantee you that the kids got in with below 130 NNAT and CogAT are not Asians[/quote]

For those who aren't aware, one factor in AAP selection is diversity considerations.  This isn't stated anywhere in the[b] FCPS AAP literature, [/b]but it is obvious to most parents when you see who gets into AAP.  There are always a number of "surprises" and this makes a lot of parents very upset because it becomes obvious that there are different admission standards and people start to think it's unfair.  Myself personally, I don't actually have a problem with there being diversity considerations and there being different standards.  I really, however, dislike the complete lack of transparency.  If you're going to do the foregoing, be transparent about it and live with the consequences (i.e., getting sued a la TJ).

Related to the foregoing, it's stuff like this that makes Asians feel like they have to test prep for everything.  Asian families intuitively sense that they are being compared to other Asians in any admission process and so their test scores need to be higher than others to even be eligible.  It's a horrible, vicious cycle.[/quote]

I don't know if it is stated in the AAP literature, but the inclusion of Young Scholar* status, English learner status and minority language spoken at home are factors in AAP selection.  These are explicit on the screening form that the committee receives.  *Young Scholar is for historically underrepresented minorities: https://www.fcps.edu/academics/elementary/advanced-academic-programs/young-scholars and is designed to promote their inclusion in AAP.

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The Asians are minorities, am I right?  If you check the Asian kids in school they all speak another minority language at home or at least parents speak…. And all these forms were submitted to the school.  So the AAP admission are blind to this?[/quote]

That makes it easier for AAP admissions to differentiate between Asian and white kids.  If a kid is a Young Scholar, the kid is probably low income, Black, or Hispanic.  Asians are not considered a minority for Young Scholars.  
Young Scholar box checked means the kid is probably a URM.
No boxes checked means the kid is probably white.
If a kid is not a Young scholar but then checks the box for speaking another language at home, the committee would know that the kid is probably Asian.  
AAP admissions is not blind to any of this, and they certainly take it into consideration.  [/quote]

there are Asian populations with low income.  when my parents came to this country i received free lunches for few years...  That was the Montgomery County public school system.  they were somewhat fair, at least back then, i was able to take multivariable calculus and differential equation in 11th grade.  Not sure how is it now 20 years later. [/quote]

Low income Asians will get into Young Scholars, and then they'll get those bonus points with the AAP admissions committee.  [/quote]

So, what a way to show our kids that work hard and earn more can have a social disadvantage...[/quote]

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