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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sounds like you all want a quota system.  Maybe want to check with the Supreme Court on that one.

The admissions process is not based on a single test.  It considers many items.

I am hopeful that the new test will weed out the prepped kids -- Asian or not.  My kid is there, did not prep at all, happens to be biracial and, gasp, 1/2 Asian, and is loving it.  I'm sick of you assholes judging her and us as preppers, tiger parents and unqualified when you don't know us.  Just judging me and my daughter based on the color of our skin.[/quote]

Public schools can manage holistic admissions better than this. And you know it. If UVA or WM had admit numbers this skewed across all categories-- race, ethnicity, gender-- people in VA would Lose. Their. Minds.  And the legislature would intervene.  The year UVA admits a class that is 75% Asian or 60% male or 1% AA or 1% Hispanic, or 1% first gen is the year all hell breaks lose in VA.

Like UVA and WM, TJ could fill 2-3 schools with fully qualified applicants who have talent and drive and will succeed.  TJ needs to diversify, because diversity adds value.  Working with different types of people.  Having class discussions where you have to recognize that people have different viewpoints.  Having hroup member swith fifferent ideas and goals.  These make students more successful.  And they have plenty of applicants from all sorts of backgrounds and can make diversity happen without sacrificing academic excellence.

And, BTW, I think they need to start with economic diversity, not race, and find a way to get FARMS numbers up. Most TJ parents have poured time, money and energy into their kids education for years. Not everyone can do this. TJ should still be a possibility for kids with parents working 2 jobs an not much money, if they have talent and work hard enough. Same as college look at 1st Gen applicants differently.

Sorry you don't like it, but I don't like where my kid's school is headed. The culture of cheating is insane.  Approach 100 proven episodes this year alone?  That is not ok. If parents and the Admin wanted it to stop, it would stop.  3 strikes (fail the test, fail the class, then leave the school), you're back to your base school.  TJ drops kids from falling below a 3.0.  The could do this.   But, there is almost no pressure from parents to stop the cheating. And the pressure for a high go GPA at all costs, sleep and mental health and ethical behavior be damned, is slowing killing the school.

And this may not be your family. Or most Asian families. But, it is on a steady uptick in mental health crises and cheating and excessive workload in recent years and has closely tracked the rise of the Asian super school. Parents and the community should not be okay with this trend. And they need to get over their fear of talking about the interplay of race and school culture, and have an honest discussion of what TJ should be going forward, and how to make it happen. Is the Newsweek #1 rating the most important thing?  Highest SAYS at all costs, no matter how high the price? Or would be take being ranked 5th if the cheating was under better control, and students were able to have a healthier lifestyle?  It's a legit question and a legit concern, and we should be able to talk about it.

We should be respectful. We should hear each other out. We should not assume that "every" Asian or white kid or poor kid is a certain way. But we need  to talk about where we are heading (in terms of school culture-- values, not the ic culture) and if it is what we want.

TJ needs to be more diverse. But more importantly, TJ needs to get real about reasonable expectations and the health and welfare of the students. [/quote]

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