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What I have learned in many years of experience in Northern Virginia and TJ is this:

If you have a hard and fast selection criteria that you use and apply equally to all students - basically no matter what it is - the system will favor the parents who have the resources and motivation to fit their round kid into the square hole. And you’re going to get a huge number of kids who all have relatively the same profile because the parents figured out that “that’s the profile that works”.

No matter what racial balance that creates, it’s a negative outcome for TJ. Too many similar kids results in mental health issues.[/quote]

What everyone (mostly everyone) wants is a return to the best years of TJ, to the good old days when gifted students had rigorous but not crushing classes, a peer group of innovative students, and lower pressure.  The 80s and 90s, maybe?

So far, no one has any  idea how to recreate that.  But I think a change is a step in the right direction.[/quote]

It shouldn't be that complicated to recreate it. TJ is and has always been at its best when its students have diverse enough profiles and interests that they are able to find their niche without feeling like they're all competing for the same prize.

An opaque process that is openly and purposefully seeking exceptional students with diverse backgrounds, interests, and priorities will get this done fairly easily - and will invite a greater number of strong applicants from those diverse backgrounds to apply. [/quote]

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