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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So, MCPS changed from selecting 200 magnet students out of 800 self-selected applicants to picking 200 magnet students from a pool of 4000 county IDed kids and the DCUM penut gallery is surprised that the results of selection are very different?  Hmm ...

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If this was indeed all that happened I would say bravo MCPS for expanding the pool, for encouraging more families to apply etc.  If this result is because a greater number of highly qualified candidates are applying I would be very happy

if they changed the selection criteria so a top performing kid is rejected only because he/she is zoned for a W school that is discrimination. If they are using geography as a proxy for race that is discrimination [/quote]

In their selection criteria, it already said that cohorts are used.  So yes, by your reasoning, they discriminated.[/quote]

Sounds like the Ivy admissions; it's much easier to get in by being a valedictorian at Bumf--k High in Omaha than being one of the top 10 students at Whitman.

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You know what - I hadn't heard this analogy before, but I think this is particularly apt. And those kids from Omaha were just as capable at succeeding at the Ivy League level.  It's the lack of seats that is the problem, not the capabilities of those deemed worthy of admission.[/quote]

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