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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm 15:11. I graduated in the late 90s. Many of us went onto selective colleges then, and many got full rides. I'd guess 40% of our class was Asian, and 60-70% were boys (hope that's been fixed now). Regardless, I stand by my basic point - most of us would have turned out similarly regardless of TPMS/Blair. The things that pushed us (educated, supportive parents, stable home life, middle to upper middle class SES) would have remained the same. Our parents would have pushed us to take a heavy AP load, get very good grades, and had us prep for the SATs all the same.

I think most schools in the Moco can offer challenging coursework to most kids, and places like TPMS/Blair really make a difference for people who are insanely brilliant OR people who *don't* have a good support system. So I'm actually all for introducing equity systems into the selection process like doing a lottery at 85%. Even back then, the selection sometimes chose a person from an atypical background like a friend of mine - poor, kid of a single mom, black - and what it can do for those kids is invaluable. My friend is now a hotshot academic at a very well known Ivy and I'm not sure it would have gone the same way without Blair because the staff gave the student a lot of encouragement and support.  [/quote]

I agree with you BUT I still would like to see the size of this program expanded since it's popular and more would benefit from it. I also kind of feel bad for the kids like mine who typically score 20-30 points over the 99% on these metrics they use for selection but weren't selected but overall I can see the value in a lottery. Nevertheless, I know they'll be fine in the long run and can see how this opportunity might be life-changing for others.[/quote]

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