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Anonymous wrote:More inclusive means, "We lower our standards so as to appease the Diversity gestapo. Mediocrity over Merit!"

I think it reflects an overall crackdown on school admissions 'cheating'. Cheating is not merit.

There is no cheating scandal. FCPS has not raised this once in either lawsuit when defending the admission changes. This is just sour grapes and cognitive dissonance from parents whose snowflakes didn't do well enough on the admissions test to get to the semifinals.

"Cheating" is a poor word for what has been established to have happened. What happened is that FCPS realized that an exam that was supposed to be secured was not in fact secured and that certain prep companies skirted the rules in order to gain an advantage for their students.

It's appropriate to call it a "pay for play" scandal - it's not appropriate to call it a cheating scandal.

I agree. Why isn't FCPS at fault for this? Why isn't anyone holding them accountable for the leaked exam which resulted in this mess?

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Anonymous wrote:More inclusive means, "We lower our standards so as to appease the Diversity gestapo. Mediocrity over Merit!"

I think it reflects an overall crackdown on school admissions 'cheating'. Cheating is not merit.

There is no cheating scandal. FCPS has not raised this once in either lawsuit when defending the admission changes. This is just sour grapes and cognitive dissonance from parents whose snowflakes didn't do well enough on the admissions test to get to the semifinals.

"Cheating" is a poor word for what has been established to have happened. What happened is that FCPS realized that an exam that was supposed to be secured was not in fact secured and that certain prep companies skirted the rules in order to gain an advantage for their students.

It's appropriate to call it a "pay for play" scandal - it's not appropriate to call it a cheating scandal.

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Anonymous wrote:More inclusive, less prestigious. That’s the choice they made.

More inclusive makes it more prestigious. When schools are more inclusive they rank much higher. Bet the matriculation looks better in about 5 years than it has in the recent years.

I don't think you understand what the word "prestigious" means

I think PP knew exactly what the word means. The push to change TJ admissions came largely from white TJ alumni worried that the school’s prestige was declining because college admissions departments were only willing to accept so many Asian students from TJ.

Be honest, part of the push came from white alumni, part of the push came from Asian alumni, part of the push came from the admissions cheating scandal, and part of the push came from the state.

Be honest, the push came from the wokies on the left.

Even a stopped clock is right sometimes.

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:More inclusive means, "We lower our standards so as to appease the Diversity gestapo. Mediocrity over Merit!"

I think it reflects an overall crackdown on school admissions 'cheating'. Cheating is not merit.

There is no cheating scandal. FCPS has not raised this once in either lawsuit when defending the admission changes. This is just sour grapes and cognitive dissonance from parents whose snowflakes didn't do well enough on the admissions test to get to the semifinals.

There are multiple cheating scandals at TJ, the admissions cheating scandal is only one.

Glad that it's being addressed.

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Anonymous wrote:More inclusive, less prestigious. That’s the choice they made.

More inclusive makes it more prestigious. When schools are more inclusive they rank much higher. Bet the matriculation looks better in about 5 years than it has in the recent years.

I don't think you understand what the word "prestigious" means

I think PP knew exactly what the word means. The push to change TJ admissions came largely from white TJ alumni worried that the school’s prestige was declining because college admissions departments were only willing to accept so many Asian students from TJ.

Be honest, part of the push came from white alumni, part of the push came from Asian alumni, part of the push came from the admissions cheating scandal, and part of the push came from the state.

Be honest, the push came from the wokies on the left.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:More inclusive means, "We lower our standards so as to appease the Diversity gestapo. Mediocrity over Merit!"

I think it reflects an overall crackdown on school admissions 'cheating'. Cheating is not merit.

There is no cheating scandal. FCPS has not raised this once in either lawsuit when defending the admission changes. This is just sour grapes and cognitive dissonance from parents whose snowflakes didn't do well enough on the admissions test to get to the semifinals.

Anonymous wrote:There are some elite Black and Hispanic freshmen who decided to give TJ a chance this year. In previous years, they would have gone private or to the base HS. Lets keep it positive so we get the best URM students to attend TJ. They shouldn't have to shell out for Potomac or Sidwell. We want them in TJ.

+1000000

There are some elite Black and Hispanic freshmen who decided to give TJ a chance this year. In previous years, they would have gone private or to the base HS. Lets keep it positive so we get the best URM students to attend TJ. They shouldn't have to shell out for Potomac or Sidwell. We want them in TJ.

Anonymous wrote:More inclusive means, "We lower our standards so as to appease the Diversity gestapo. Mediocrity over Merit!"

I think it reflects an overall crackdown on school admissions 'cheating'. Cheating is not merit.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:More inclusive, less prestigious. That’s the choice they made.

More inclusive makes it more prestigious. When schools are more inclusive they rank much higher. Bet the matriculation looks better in about 5 years than it has in the recent years.

I don't think you understand what the word "prestigious" means

I think PP knew exactly what the word means. The push to change TJ admissions came largely from white TJ alumni worried that the school’s prestige was declining because college admissions departments were only willing to accept so many Asian students from TJ.

Be honest, part of the push came from white alumni, part of the push came from Asian alumni, part of the push came from the admissions cheating scandal, and part of the push came from the state.

I mean, part of the push came from Black and Hispanic alumni too. There aren't very many of them, but they're understandably invested in trying to create better outcomes for future members of their communities.

As a taxpayer, I would prefer that TJ be shut down, but I feel less scammed under the new changes.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:More inclusive, less prestigious. That’s the choice they made.

More inclusive makes it more prestigious. When schools are more inclusive they rank much higher. Bet the matriculation looks better in about 5 years than it has in the recent years.

I don't think you understand what the word "prestigious" means

I think PP knew exactly what the word means. The push to change TJ admissions came largely from white TJ alumni worried that the school’s prestige was declining because college admissions departments were only willing to accept so many Asian students from TJ.

Be honest, part of the push came from white alumni, part of the push came from Asian alumni, part of the push came from the admissions cheating scandal, and part of the push came from the state.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:More inclusive, less prestigious. That’s the choice they made.

More inclusive makes it more prestigious. When schools are more inclusive they rank much higher. Bet the matriculation looks better in about 5 years than it has in the recent years.

I don't think you understand what the word "prestigious" means

I think PP knew exactly what the word means. The push to change TJ admissions came largely from white TJ alumni worried that the school’s prestige was declining because college admissions departments were only willing to accept so many Asian students from TJ.

Anonymous wrote:More inclusive means, "We lower our standards so as to appease the Diversity gestapo. Mediocrity over Merit!"

There's a mediocre comment if I've ever heard one.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:More inclusive, less prestigious. That’s the choice they made.

More inclusive makes it more prestigious. When schools are more inclusive they rank much higher. Bet the matriculation looks better in about 5 years than it has in the recent years.

I don't think you understand what the word "prestigious" means

What will tell me if it's more prestigious:

1) If application numbers across all demographics increase significantly over the next few years, resulting in higher selectivity and a lower acceptance rate

2) If elite colleges and universities all of a sudden remove the apparent caps that they've had on number of TJ students admitted in recent years

If a school is more desirable to attend by a broader section of the public, and its students go on to be recognized as contributors to the academic environment by elite institutions - that's a pretty good definition of prestige.