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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am okay with them taking away the $100 fee.

I am also okay with them taking away the test.

But making it a random lottery for anyone in algebra with a 3.5 GPA? Why 3.5?  Make it 3.8 for crying out loud.

They need to show that they really want to go there. A great essay sounds like a good start. Maybe they could take the SCAT and do well too.

Random is never representative.  Will they promise to not “cream” the students and ask kids who are failing to leave?  No. This is going to end up being like BASIS in AZ. [/quote]

Well, there are two approaches:  
1.  Keep TJ incredibly rigorous, and let people wash out who don't belong.  After a few years, kids will stop applying if they look like they will fail out of the program.  Froshmore admissions will drastically increase.
2.  Lower the standards to help make everyone who is admitted be "successful" in the program.

Honestly, I'd prefer choice 1 of the two choices.  Even if TJ reverts to being mostly Asian, it's more palatable to say that everyone has equal opportunity to attend, and beyond that, success or failure is on the kid's shoulders.  [/quote]

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