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Unforutnately, these are not analogous situations even by a long shot. The difference is some kids can afford to prep their way into TJ while other cannot. This is why you have certain MS sending the lions share of students. There are plenty of smart kids everywhere. This is also public school which should benefit everyone not just wealthy elite.[/quote]

What fraction of kids currently accepted to TJ do you think got in due to prepping and not due to merit?  It looks like a good chunk of those Curie kids are from Loudoun and thus were never competing for Fairfax slots to TJ, and many of those kids probably elected to go to one of the Loudoun magnets.

Longfellow, Carson, and Rocky Run aren't sending so many kids because everyone is a wealthy elite who prepped for the TJ test.  Many people who prioritize education specifically chose those pyramids just for the schools, even if they had to sacrifice other things to be able to afford it.  Longfellow typically has amazing scores on AMC 10.  There truly are a lot of very smart kids there.

None of the new plan boosters seem willing to answer the very simple question I've posted numerous times in this thread.  In the new system, exactly how will they find the smart kids at every school who would benefit from TJ?  By my understanding, they have GPA and an essay to use.  Many middle schools have 50+ kids per grade with perfect 4.0s, and this will only get worse because teachers won't want to deal with the fallout of giving someone an A- or B+ and "ruining the kid's TJ chances."  It sounds like kids in Geometry or Algebra II won't get any advantage in selection over kids in Algebra I.  Many kids with 4.0s are bright, but nothing that special.  With the bar so low and information so sparse, how will the selection committee have any idea which kids to pick?[/quote]
This post displays very clearly why the old admissions process needed to be replaced.  [/quote]

You are going to have to elaborate on that thought.  Finding a group of brilliant, hard-working children focused on STEM and ready for a rigorous advanced academic program was something the old process did with very good results.[/quote]

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