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College Bound?

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So, I haven’t spoken about Thomas Jefferson High School for Science in a while.  Because right now, the case is still being adjudicated.  But, the local school board (Fairfax County, VA) has already altered the admissions requirements, lowering the number (and percentage) of Asian American students who matriculate the program.  (Yes, there has been a dramatic increase in the numbers of Black and Hispanic students.  But, again, there no longer is an admissions exam and the academic criteria for admission has been altered.)

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I didn’t write this!

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So, I was reading a few newspapers (that’s nothing new, I read about 5 a day)- and over the course of a day or two, the same article appeared in a few of them.  I tried looking up the person who provided the advice, and was stymied in my quest to reach her.  Nevertheless, her advice to kids about to enter college needs to be repeated far and wide.  I’m guessing you didn’t read it- or didn’t get one of the papers where it was published, so I’m sharing her words of wisdom here.

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