<p>At Governor’s School I met many intelligent people from throughout the Commonwealth. It is probably true that in some places in VA higher academic whatever must be met to make one “competitive” in the context of their admissions pool. However this is due to the fact the more programs are offered by those school systems, the families of these kids who must achieve higher are more affluent, etc, making it so that the best kids CAN get those stats or whatever. Many of the people I met, given the same oppurtunities, performed to the same levels despite the fact that at home they might not be able to take 16 AP classes. If they came north or to some other parts of Va, they would still be in the high achieving group. </p>
<p>Basically I think it is still fair. It would be completely unfair to penalize people based on what educational oppurtunities they have available. People’s achievements are evaluated in the context of their resources. While I doubt there are quotas they still have to keep a general balance. But they do that from taking academically high achieving students from throughout the state who have taken full advantage of the resources available to them. You can’t just ignore the oppurtunities you’re given and then whine about how it’s harder for you than someone without the oppurtunities, whose behavior demonstrates that they would have taken full advantage.</p>