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Don't know if targeted group is of lower quality.  My DD was targeted because of race (I think because we are black) and asked to apply-she was told she would get in.  She decided in favor of the home school and didn't apply.  She is a good student though not like the kids who got in.  [/quote]

Somehow this doesn't ring true to me.

At the very least, your DD misheard a teacher who was just being encouraging. Heck, a teacher encouraged my white DS to apply to CAP. The teacher offered no guarantees of admission, although he got in and is doing great.

My point is, nobody with a grain of sense tells any kid, even the most fabulously qualified kid, that "you will get in if you apply." You don't say who did the so-called "targetting." But whoever it was, they had no authority to make such a guarantee. It's like telling a kid he's "guaranteed" to get into Cornell (takes maybe 20% of applicants, like CAP). This is because no single teacher, not even a single individual on the magnet admissions panel, carries enough weight to sway the panel's decision. Until the test scores and all the recommendations are in, there's just no way to guarantee admission. If you're trying to paint a picture of the magnet admissions committees being solid blocks of PC-blinded folks who jump at the chance to let in underqualified kids, let me just say, I hope that's beneath you. Not to mention, following a court case maybe 19 years ago involving two Asian families and a MoCo immersion program (I worked with one of the moms and actually the two families had a point) and in the wake of a few Supreme Court cases about affirmative action in public colleges, MoCo folks are very, very careful about saying anything that implies affirmative action in the magnets.

And the slap at admitted kids of color -- just don't.

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You are wrong.  I don't know if the had authority or not and I don't really care if the assurance was of any value.  I don't wish to paint any picture other than state what I know.  Don't tell me about my life till you live in my shoes.[/quote]

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