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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Bronx science admissions is based on a test applicants cram for over years. At Trinity you have to interview and make eye contact and take standardized tests as well. Keep in mind a ton of students join in ninth grade. Same with Horace Mann. Not many K-12 lack significant entry years later on. Thing is, and this speaks to G&T, it’s pretty obvious who will be intelligent at age five. There are numerous studies on this. [/quote]

People also cram for the ISEE/SSAT for years. And the SAT for college. We still accept those as measurements of intelligence.

And this doesn't address my larger point, which is that most smart kids can't afford to attend Trinity. If they're smart in a way that's difficult to demonstrate on the SHSAT they might go to Beacon, which is 50% grades / 50% essay, or Townsend Harris, which is 60% grades / 20% essay / 20% video and hence requires a lot of the same skills that would help you do well on an interview, but basically, out of all of the smart kids in NYC, very few of them would even have the option to attend Trinity, regardless of how smart they are.[/quote]

And most NYC private school families have zero interest in Stuy or Bronx Science. Every bottom of the barrel graduate of Dalton would be in the top half of Bronx Science. NYC public elementary and middle schools are atrocious, the competition to get into the decent high schools (Stuy, Bronx Science) isn’t that fierce. When 97% of applicants are morons, being in that top 2% isn’t that tough.

A kid born into wealth is much more likely to be capable of studying his way into Bronx Science then applying and getting into Trinity. The competition is ferocious. [/quote]

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