A federal judge has ruled against an elite Virginia high school’s revised admissions policy pushing for “racial equity,” judging it discriminatory against Asian American students. The Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (TJ), which focuses on the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), is a Governor’s School in the Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) system. It requires prospective students to go through a rigorous entrance exam; Asian students have secured most admissions, making up roughly 72 percent of students in the 2020-2021 school year. Before the new admission system was introduced in fall 2020, applicants for TJ were required to fulfill five criteria: They had to reside in one of the five participating school divisions, have a minimum core 3.0 grade point average, be enrolled in eighth grade, be enrolled in or complete Algebra I, and pay a $100 application fee. The applicants then had to …