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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m shocked!  Did not see this coming. [/quote]

Really?!

Anything in the top 100 nationally is still very good! Stuyvesant was #1 for the longest time, now it's below TJ.  It still has less than 1% acceptance.  TJ is still a very good school! There are 25k schools in the nation, so to be ranked in the top 100 still puts the school in the .4%Ile.  Geez, people get some perspective![/quote]

There was a time when stuyvesant/bronxscience/brooklyntech was more or less in a class of it's own as public magnet schools.  TJ didn't exist, Bergen academy didn't exist, BASIS and charter schools didn't exist.

For what it's worth, Stuyvesant has about 50% FARM.  I think Brooklyn Tech is a Title 1 school.  TJ used to be about 2% FARM.  It's about 15% FARM now.  I don't mind a set aside for FARM kids but I am concerned that the lack of an objective standardized exam is not allowing TJ to select the most prepared kids.  I really don't see why this 1.5% plan and FARM preferences can't co-exist with a test.[/quote]

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