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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Do we realized how hard it is to be top 10% in w schools? This county has almost the best public school system, if we don’t consider privates. Many top 10% students there could be top 1% in average schools.

Considering UMDCP ranks #46. There should be guaranteed acceptance, not only to top10%, probably 15%. [/quote]

Being top 10% at Whitman is way easier than living in poverty and being a target of systemic racism and still managing to make it to the top 10% at an under resourced school.  Furthermore, the latter student brings a much needed perspective to the University that the UMC kid from Whitman does not bring.[/quote]

Like what?  What are they bringing to a CS class or an EE class specifically related to their background of poverty / systemic racism?  What they are (or should be) bringing is their intellect which contributes to enhancing the content/quality of the class. [/quote]

First, there's a reason you can't graduate with a degree from UMD with only CS or EE classes.  But even those classes should be preparing people for a career in which they identify problems and build creative solutions.  Poverty and systemic racism create obstacles, and being able to see and understand those obstacles is the first step to building solutions.  Problems like AI bias in medical applications.

In addition, kids who have problem solved their way around obstacles, like poverty and racism, will bring that tenaciousness and problem solving ability to the classroom.

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Great answer. Thank you [/quote]

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