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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Maybe slightly off topic, but having an admissions test with a sufficiently high cut-off is imperative for everyone, but especially for high-performing black boys.

Even with lowered entry standards, folks are going to have a higher set of expectations for kids that present white or Asian — there will an assumption that those kids are at least at/above grade level even if not demonstrated high-flyers.

But for my black sons, there will be much lower expectations by default — a ditch they’ll have to claw themselves out off just be seen as equal to their white and Asian peers (doesn’t help that only 9% of DC black boys are proficient in math).

An admissions test with a high cut off would at least give them the opportunity to demonstrate what they are capable off. But the current test-free approach leaves them defenseless and consigns them the upfront task of digging themselves out of the ditch.

Probably not something the powers that be think or care about….[/quote]

So are you saying the GPA cutoff is impending them? [/quote]

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