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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There might be a few odd cases, but like PP said, the top 10% are getting into UMD. Not into CS though.[/quote]

You are clearly not from Maryland. I’m not sure if it’s worse in other states, but here for certain high schools it’s essentially a lottery.

That’s the whole point. Guaranteed admissions is guaranteed. Maryland is vibes. [/quote]

Are you telling me if you look at the Naviance for Whitman or whatever school you are at that the top 5% of applicants are an equal mix of accepts and declines? I can tell you for B-CC that is not true. Same at 10%. Top kids are almost uniformly admitted.

I think you are going to need to name the school and your evidence at this point, beyond the fact that your child apparently was not admitted.[/quote]

So just to be clear you are on board with the idea the top 10% at Whitman should be guaranteed admission? That’s the point here and if you agree, fine. The argument is not about whether top students get denied now, it’s whether the state should legally be allowed to deny them based on twenty six random made up factors. [/quote]

No, I’m saying the top 10% probably is largely being admitted because academic performance is a priority of the 26 criteria they use. Similarly, I can have lots of criteria about where I want to vacation but first it has to be affordable. It is ludicrous to think that any school doesn’t have multiple criteria, not all of which are going to be weighted identically.

For example, if a top kid from Whitman just sends their transcript and test scores but doesn’t fill out the rest of the application they should rightly be denied. [/quote]

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