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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]0.6%, <1%, of the class of 2024 came from a low-income family.

They wanted to eliminate the inequitable admissions process.

And look who benefited the most - Asian students from low-income families.  [/quote]

They wanted to balance race.  This is clear from the email and text traffic between the FCPS board members.  And in the process...

Asian admissions dropped even as the class size grew larger.
White admissions rose the most.

Between the last year under the old system and the most recent class:
white admissions rose by 54 (more than all other racial groups combined)
black admissions rose by 12
hispanic admissiosns rose by 25
multiracial rose by 7
asian admissions dropped by 40

To be fair the county is mostly white so [b]if are trying to be more representative of the county[/b] you are going to get more white kids.  
But you are selecting for race not merit.[/quote]
should it be more representative of the demographic makeup of the county or the applications?  If 95% of the applications for varsity ice hockey team are white students, or if 95% of the applications to high school basketball team are black students, or if 95% of the applications to math counts team are asian students, should the selected make-up in each of those teams still be based on county racial composition?  
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If they did it based on applications, that would lower the current # of Asian students, as they are admitted at a higher rate than average. [/quote]
are you sure?
from another thread... denied % as well as count appears to be drastically different based on student ethnicity
[img]https://i.ibb.co/QQHcLcD/2028-TJ-applicants-denied.jpg[/img]

The admission rates for the various cohorts aren't all that different. The composition is mostly a reflection of who is applying. [/quote]
It depends on how one views it.  The largest number of declined applicants from single cohort is glaringly obvious.  [/quote]

Honestly, this isn't (or shouldn't be) about race.
This is about abandoning merit in order to achieve racial results.
We're not asking for more asians, we are asking for more merit.

The class of 2025 PSAT scores are over 100 lower than class of 2024.
All of the top AMC 10 scores were from TJ for the class of 2024.
NONE of the top AMC 10 scores were from TJ class of 2025.
The average SAT score at TJ has exceeded 1500 since at least the resetting of SAT scores to easy mode.
The class of 2025 will likely have an SAT score below 1500.

[b]We abandoned merit for diversity [/b]and we didn't even get much diversity.  Seriously 12 more black kids out of 550?[/quote]

I'll agree that COVID has had an impact on academics, but this claim about merit and diversity just doesn't add up.  [/quote]

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