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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Tjhsst is not what it used to be before pandemic. Now admissions are not merit based, but diversity focused. UVA admissions is responding accordingly [/quote]

Oh so it's not merit enough to be one of the top students in your middle school just because it doesn't perform as well as the wealthier schools? Sounds like you think merit is really just giving spaces to those who are able to buy their way into TJ. [/quote]

This is inaccurate. If the top 15 kids don’t apply to TJ, the top kids aren’t even considered. If a kid is 17th and applies but at another HS would be 60th, that kid kids in.

The new system captures kids in a way that is not meritorious.

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Why do you think kids deserve to be punished for going to a MS with less resources and opportunities? They don't have any control over boundaries. They're still indisputably at the top of their class - so I don't know why you're acting like they aren't smart enough to handle TJ because because someone at Rachel Carson had a higher score. The people who are upset about this are just angry they can't pay their way into TJ anymore.   [/quote]

What post were you responding to?  You’re either doing acceptances based on merit only or on other metrics. You’re then making up a story about how even mentioning non-meritorious admissions means the person must want kids from lower socioeconomic areas to be punished. Never said, never implied.

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I don't think any of this is confusing. The new system takes the top students that apply from middle schools across the county as a whole rather than a select few higher-performing schools. The people arguing against this new system think those schools deserve preference. It's a public school funded by everyone who pays taxes to Fairfax, not just the residents of Vienna and Mclean and Oak Hill. No less "merit-based" than how public universities in Virginia try to pull students from across the entire state. If you think this new system is just about DEI you clearly just think the students at lower tier middle schools don't deserve the same opportunities. They outshine everyone else in their school. What more could you possibly want from them? I certainly don't expect someone at Poe to ever be able to outperform the top student at Cooper. [/quote]

Using standardized tests is not "giving wealthy schools a preference"

Also, why wouldn't you expect a student at Poe to outperform the top student at cooper on a standardized test?[/quote]

Because the average family at Cooper has significantly more money and time to spend on TJ prep? [/quote]

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