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Under the new admissions system, to become eligible for an exam school invitation, students must have at least a GPA equivalent of a B. Those students will receive a composite score based on an admissions test and their grades.
All invitations will then go out through straight rank within eight socioeconomic tiers, a plan opposed by some parent groups that wanted a 20% set-aside of the best applicants regardless of socioeconomic status.
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There is no special tier for children in the Boston Housing Authority or in the care of the Department of Children and Families as was once discussed, but such students gain extra points with a high poverty indicator
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