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184 African Americans applied four where admitted (2.3%)
225 Hispanics applied 13 where admitted (5.8%)
1227 Whites applied 166 where admitted (13%)
1243 Asians applied 276 where admitted (22.2%)
Yes why does TJ fail at inclusiveness as the disingenuous nice White lady put it. I did a quick google on this and after reading his comment decided that I can't really put it better than Steve Sailer:
I wouldn't bother with posting something so mundane if it wasn't for HC going to that school and Albie declaring the school lacking diversity. Well eventually he may be right since Asians will certainly represent more than just 60% of those making it to the school in future years.
The admissions statistics for the Jefferson class of 2014, this year's ninth-graders, show there were 3,119 applicants, of which 480, or 15.4 percent, were admitted. This included 272 boys (16.4 percent of those that applied) and 208 girls (14.2 percent of applicants.)
Looking at applicants of different ethnicities, the crux of Meikle's question, 184 African Americans applied and four (2.3 percent of those applying) were admitted. With Hispanics, the figures were 225 applied and 13 (5.8 percent) admitted. In the multiracial category, 190 applied and 21 (11 percent) were admitted.
The number of whites (1,277) and Asians (1,243) who applied was close, but their admission rates were not. Of whites, 166 (13 percent) were admitted and 276 Asians (22.2 percent) were admitted.
Jefferson officials say the first cut of applicants is based on grades and test scores. In the second round, personal characteristics are considered. Students strongly interested in math and science have an advantage, officials say, which may explain why Asian Americans -- whose families are more likely to revere science and scholarship -- are the largest ethnic group in the school.
For the class of 2010, Jefferson had an average SAT score of 2233, the highest in the country by far. What do you think of this degree of selectivity, and the differences in admission rates for different ethnicities?
Looking at applicants of different ethnicities, the crux of Meikle's question, 184 African Americans applied and four (2.3 percent of those applying) were admitted. With Hispanics, the figures were 225 applied and 13 (5.8 percent) admitted. In the multiracial category, 190 applied and 21 (11 percent) were admitted.
The number of whites (1,277) and Asians (1,243) who applied was close, but their admission rates were not. Of whites, 166 (13 percent) were admitted and 276 Asians (22.2 percent) were admitted.
Jefferson officials say the first cut of applicants is based on grades and test scores. In the second round, personal characteristics are considered. Students strongly interested in math and science have an advantage, officials say, which may explain why Asian Americans -- whose families are more likely to revere science and scholarship -- are the largest ethnic group in the school.
For the class of 2010, Jefferson had an average SAT score of 2233, the highest in the country by far. What do you think of this degree of selectivity, and the differences in admission rates for different ethnicities?
184 African Americans applied four where admitted (2.3%)
225 Hispanics applied 13 where admitted (5.8%)
1227 Whites applied 166 where admitted (13%)
1243 Asians applied 276 where admitted (22.2%)
It has been exactly a month since Jeanie Meikle, a frequent reader of this blog, asked me this good question:
"In all the articles I have read about TJ [the Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, the most selective secondary school in the country] and its failures of inclusiveness, I have never seen the statistics as to how many (and %) of applicants were African American or Hispanic or what the acceptance rate of those applicants was. … So do you by any chance know what the numbers are?"
"In all the articles I have read about TJ [the Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, the most selective secondary school in the country] and its failures of inclusiveness, I have never seen the statistics as to how many (and %) of applicants were African American or Hispanic or what the acceptance rate of those applicants was. … So do you by any chance know what the numbers are?"
Yes why does TJ fail at inclusiveness as the disingenuous nice White lady put it. I did a quick google on this and after reading his comment decided that I can't really put it better than Steve Sailer:
So, Asians first, whites second, Hispanics third, blacks fourth. What an astonishing result! Who has ever seen that rank ordering before in any competition involving test scores and grades? It's an anomaly!
Of course, no attempt is made to compare this to similar situations, where similar results are achieved. We're only supposed to to talk about Thomas Jefferson HS. What is it about TJHS that leads to such remarkable results? We're simply not supposed to notice any similst pattern elsewhere, and thus preserve our intellectual virginity for thinking about the Virginia school. People who have actually learned things from general patterns are considered unwanted gatecrashers.
Of course, no attempt is made to compare this to similar situations, where similar results are achieved. We're only supposed to to talk about Thomas Jefferson HS. What is it about TJHS that leads to such remarkable results? We're simply not supposed to notice any similst pattern elsewhere, and thus preserve our intellectual virginity for thinking about the Virginia school. People who have actually learned things from general patterns are considered unwanted gatecrashers.
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