Most schools in California as well as nationally are not specialized or gatekept via entrance exams like Lowell was. Right, but 'school' is not the relevant un

Most schools in California as well as nationally are not specialized or gatekept via entrance exams like Lowell was. Right, but 'school' is not the relevant unit. 'Student' is the relevant unit. Imagine the top 10% of middle school students in SF go to Lowell. Half of those will be in the bottom half of the graduating class. So 5% of students in SF (half of the best 10%) might not get into their UC of choice, just because they managed to get into Lowell. That's a lot of students' futures we're talking about. Why penalize half of the best students in SF?