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Cynthetiq · 10-11-2004, 01:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Lockjaw

So you should be given a nod over somebody else who might be more qualified than you based upon you chosing a school(a high school no less) at age 7 because you drove past it all the time? The only thing I could see that would be logical in that situation is not having a prospective student take an entrance exam if they went to an affiliated school as opposed to the student from an unaffiliated school having to take it. But if you are substantially less qualified than another applicant legacy shouldn't be used as an field leveler.

I was just reading about the tech schools in India and how hard their admissions programs are. They don't give any respect to who you are just what you can do and they produce some of the best engineers in the world because of it.

If Timmy the 5th is barely able to pass his high school Geometry class but Tron from Brooklyn can think circles around him Timmy shouldn't be allowed in over Tron just because everybody in his family went to that school.

I chose the school at an early age because I already started my own planning for my schooling and my career. It's not common for youngsters to have done in the 70's or even in the 80's.

I didn't just drive past it. I ATTENDED it.

In equal cases of well roundedness and grades, yes, because that's the nature of the NDHS curriculum to prepare you for college. It so over prepared me for college that I was bored my first 2 years of general education. Getting into that HS was also difficult as it's a private school with high standards of entrance exams and interviews for students AND family.