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That isn't accurate. The changes were done to give all students a fair chance not just those whose parents spend $10k on prep classes.[/quote]
Wasn't that already accomplished by the 1.5% per school quota?  Did they also need to completely gut the application in a way that makes it impossible to distinguish between academic outliers and merely above average kids?  [/quote]

There are quite a few kids who meet the criteria, especially from AAP center schools. There is a significant weight given to essays and science prompt, which essentially compares the writing skill rather than STEM knowledge. Grading of these is purely subjecting depending who ends of grading and they like a particular style of writing or not. At the end, the new admissions is essentially a 'lottery' among kids with relatively high GPA, which is especially true for AAP feeder schools such as carson, longfellow rocky run etc where only about 1 in 6 or 7 students get selected and most everyone of these kids have GPAs. It is not designed to test particular interest or knowledge in STEM expect for the assumption that those who apply for TJ automatically implies STEM focus in kids. [/quote]

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