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Anonymous wrote:Isn’t it great that we allow private institutions to decide how to assemble a class of students that reflects their institutional goals?

Call it what you want it is still discrimination.

If there are 1000 qualified students and only 50 spaces, then the institution can create any criteria they want to select the 50. It's not discrimination against the other 950 students who don't meet the criteria. Say the school decided they wanted one kids from each state, but 500 kids applied from Maryland. It's not discrimination against Maryland if they still took only 1 student. For any college selection process, you are competing against students most like you. The more unique you are, the better your chances. If TJ was 98% URM and 2% White and Asian, then the White and Asian kids would be the unicorns and would stand out.

+1. Should be common sense.

DP. Applying a common set of criteria for all applicants would be equitable....that’s common sense. Having different criteria for applicants based on their race doesn’t make sense and is obviously discriminatory.

Yet you and your children want so badly to attend these schools, so they're doing something right.

Anonymous wrote:I wish we could change the subject line since this thread has devolved into yet another UVA thread. UVA is not a top ten university. I wish someone would start a dedicated and permanent UVA thread so the rest of us don’t have to find so many threads hijacked

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Anonymous wrote:Isn’t it great that we allow private institutions to decide how to assemble a class of students that reflects their institutional goals?

Call it what you want it is still discrimination.

If there are 1000 qualified students and only 50 spaces, then the institution can create any criteria they want to select the 50. It's not discrimination against the other 950 students who don't meet the criteria. Say the school decided they wanted one kids from each state, but 500 kids applied from Maryland. It's not discrimination against Maryland if they still took only 1 student. For any college selection process, you are competing against students most like you. The more unique you are, the better your chances. If TJ was 98% URM and 2% White and Asian, then the White and Asian kids would be the unicorns and would stand out.

+1. Should be common sense.

DP. Applying a common set of criteria for all applicants would be equitable....that’s common sense. Having different criteria for applicants based on their race doesn’t make sense and is obviously discriminatory.

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Anonymous wrote:Isn’t it great that we allow private institutions to decide how to assemble a class of students that reflects their institutional goals?

Call it what you want it is still discrimination.

If there are 1000 qualified students and only 50 spaces, then the institution can create any criteria they want to select the 50. It's not discrimination against the other 950 students who don't meet the criteria. Say the school decided they wanted one kids from each state, but 500 kids applied from Maryland. It's not discrimination against Maryland if they still took only 1 student. For any college selection process, you are competing against students most like you. The more unique you are, the better your chances. If TJ was 98% URM and 2% White and Asian, then the White and Asian kids would be the unicorns and would stand out.

+1. Should be common sense.

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Kids with B+ in math classes below BC Calc were told by VT they might have tough time getting into VT Engineering this year.

I doubt VT "told" them this.

Were you in the room when the admissions Rep came to TJ? My DD was.

My DC attended VT visit at TJ this year. When I asked him, he said he didn't remember anything like that (maybe he wasn't paying attention, but I doubt it). To be honest, if VT blindly rejects TJ kids with a B+ in math, then it's really sad because most of these B+ students would have easily earned an A at their base school ( I know that because I also have an older DD who was not that strong in math and still breezed thru BC with A while my DS, who is much stronger in math, struggled mightily and had to work extra hard for his B+ in BC).

I agree with your point. But TJ does need to distinguish the math geniuses from the smart kids in some way for college purposes.

Distinguishing a math genius from a smart kid is fine, but (if true) for VT engineering not to be interested in a kid with a B+ in math from TJ is pretty frustrating.

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Anonymous wrote:Isn’t it great that we allow private institutions to decide how to assemble a class of students that reflects their institutional goals?

Call it what you want it is still discrimination.

If there are 1000 qualified students and only 50 spaces, then the institution can create any criteria they want to select the 50. It's not discrimination against the other 950 students who don't meet the criteria. Say the school decided they wanted one kids from each state, but 500 kids applied from Maryland. It's not discrimination against Maryland if they still took only 1 student. For any college selection process, you are competing against students most like you. The more unique you are, the better your chances. If TJ was 98% URM and 2% White and Asian, then the White and Asian kids would be the unicorns and would stand out.

Anonymous wrote:Ever vigilant and diligent SCHEV poster, I got a 404 on that link you posted.