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[quote=Anonymous][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]

Mamdani went to Bank Street K-8, which has essentially the same tuition as Trinity.  As a former private K-8 parent, I suspect he went through both the private and public process, and Bronx Science was his best option (meaning he was rejected by Trinity, HM and more prestigious specialized high schools).  He went on to attend a very expensive college.[/quote]

Right. At every step of the way he didn’t get into the cognitively demanding program he wanted whether it was Trinity, Stuy, or Columbia. Being black wasn’t even enough![/quote]

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