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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's inevitable that FCPS will pull the plug on TJ within the next 5-6 years. County residents will not continue to support a magnet that opens its doors to only a handful of non-Asians.  This is the final nail in the coffin.[/quote]

How many Asians are in NBA, or any team / school sports at HS level that can result in scholarships / admissions to top colleges? OMG, this is totally unacceptable and unrepresentative!!! non-asians cheat by prepping in sports and get better. This has to stop.

That is how the argument goes on against the one thing that Asian kids try to focus on, academic, so let's stop it and dumb it down. [/quote]

Except high SES white kids are every bit as prepared to succeed at TJ.  Asian kids do not have some superior intellect. A kid who is super prepped for one specific test is not necessarily prepared for all of the TJ classes.   And there are plenty of non-Asian kids who applied and were not accepted. Asian kids measure success by one high test score.  But there is more to success at TJ than being able to get one high test score.  -- TJ parent. [/quote]

Except TJ is one one high test score based admission. It is a combination of math+verbal scores, TR, SIS+Essay, and school GPA. My point, no one is stopping white kids from prepping for the test portion of the application, just like no one is stopping Asian kids from prepping for sports. Why aren't they doing so, if it is important for them? Can I argue that no one should prepare for sports either and entry to HS sports teams should be more open to Asian kids.[/quote]

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