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Why would it have to be the result of intentional targeting, though?  All it would take would be for the reviewer to be someone who was never particularly smart and who believed that school is difficult and nebulous, and to empathize less with kids who find things easy.  They'd fall for the premise that kids who do exceptionally well aren't natural and were probably prepped, which would lead to an apparent bias against groups which have much higher representations at higher score levels.[/quote]

My knee jerk reaction is that since race is listed on the first page of the form, it would be difficult for a panel member to review the file without letting their own prejudices color their viewpoint.  We've already seen on this forum that if a white kid does extracurricular math, it's great that she's following her passion, but if an Asian kid does the same thing, he's a prep robot with parents making him do extra math.  I wouldn't at all be surprised if certain Asian ethnicities in certain zip codes are targeted, especially if the committee thinks that it's likely that the kid attended CogAT prep camp.  On the flip side, I would imagine that URMs are getting in with lower scores because FCPS wants to increase membership from those groups and is instructing the panel members to look for any sign that the kid could benefit from AAP.  [/quote]

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