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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our neighboring Thomas Jefferson HS gives seats to the top performers and then take lottery among top X% in every MS. This admission process is ruled recently as discrimination against Asians. Yet, it's way much better than the stupid pure-lottery admission process now at MCPS.

MCPS is suiciding its own reputable GT program. [/quote]
You're an idiot. Thomas Jefferson is a High School. Currently there are no lotteries in the HS admission process.
Not sure what you're trying to compare.[/quote]

HS has eliminated the CoGAT test this year. How to differentiate students with inflated GPA and MAP-test tail distribution which is acknowledged by NEWA that should not be used for differentiation?
Also, wait and see. [b]Things could become worse next year and they could easily eliminate the HS holistic review because they have successfully removed the ES and MS ones[/b].

This is not just discrimination against Asian. This is a true discrimination against any 99%ers in poor school zones and have no parent support. They are now thrown into a big ocean without any hope of getting a chance. [/quote]

Not so fast. They moved the threshold MAP-R percentile for being placed in the lottery for CES from 75% last year to 85% this year. The 85% threshold that is being used this year is a return to previous levels for CES entry. So I wouldn't say things are getting worse. I think MCPS is tightening entry, at least for this year compared to last year. We'll have to see what they do next year.
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That's not credible. Prior to the lottery even our local CES was turning away kids with 97% national score on the CogAT.[/quote]

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