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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How will adversity scores be reflected for kids going to magnet schools in SS neighborhood? WIll they have a higher adversity score? Majority of these kids live in affluent neighborhoods of MC[/quote]

Why would they? Let's assume Blair HS.

The school academic context component: will show that Larlo is in the top tier of their high school ; that many advanced courses are offered and Larlo took many of them (in other words he isn't attending a school that only offers 2 AP classes).

The contextualized SAT score: will likely show that Larlo's score is the top 25% of all students who took the SAT from the HS.

The neighborhood score: will reflect that Larlo lives in an affluent area with low crime, and most adults have college degrees. Since Blair HS as a whole does not qualify for Title 1 funds, and only 121 of nearly 800 students (as of 2 years ago) qualified for free and reduced meals, it isn't going to be considered a disadvantaged school..

So we can assume that Larlo's environmental index (aka adversity score) will not indicate that Larlo has faced a lot of adversity which should perhaps be taken into account when reviewing his application.

Because ... he has not.
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