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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If applications at a college or private school declined 15% in just a few years, as has been the case at TJ, people would be asking why.  There's clearly a declining demand for what TJ has to offer compared to other schools in the region.[/quote]

Almost all of the "10-15%" decline is due to less whites applying (not blacks, Hispanics or Asians) and that is the point. The PPs are explaining why that is probably so. Whites being lazy and not wanting to compete with smart Asians. It is interesting that only white applications have declined. Blacks have far smaller chance of being admitted than whites but still continue to apply at about the same number year after year. That should be commended. Whites on the other hand are applying in less numbers because either 1) "there are too many smart Asians at TJ so I am not gonna bother" or 2) "I don't want to apply if whites are not the dominant group in charge". Both reasons should be condemned.[/quote]

If you compare the 2012 and 2014 admissions, you'd see a 15.3% decline in applications in two years.  That includes a 24.9% drop in the number of Hispanic applicants, a 24.7% drop in the number of Black applicants, a 23.8% drop in the number of White applicants, and a 5.7% drop in the number of Asian applicants.

I don't see why students should be condemned for not applying to apply to a competitive magnet school that may be far from their homes if they don't think they'll enjoy the culture at the school and their neighborhood school offers a rich menu of AP and/or IB courses.  It doesn't necessarily mean they are lazy; it may simply mean they are assuming more responsibility for their own education and not allowing themselves to get pushed by their parents into something that does not interest them.  It could also mean they just don't want to deal with the commute back and forth to TJ.

I sense there are some TJ parents who want the school to remain as selective as it used to be just so they can boast about how hard it is to get into.  The fact is, however, that there's been a clear decline in the number of students interested in TJ in recent years.  The silver lining is that there's no less competition to get into TJ for those who truly are interested in what it has to offer. [/quote]

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