TJ admissions

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Anonymous wrote:Franklin has around 40 kids applying each year with "TS" or less than 10 getting in. Would the 1.5% spots for the qualified kids at Franklin be out of the 40?

Franklin has about 400 8th graders so 1.5% of 400 is 6. So they will take a minimum of 6 kids from franklin.

Assuming they have 6 qualified students.

Franklin is a strong MS that pulls from MC/UMC ESs, there are more then 6 qualified kids for TJ at Franklin. Franklin has its own AAP program but the majority of the AAP kids that are interested in TJ choose to attend the center MS, RCMS. The kids who stay at Franklin are far less likely to be interested in TJ so fewer will apply. there are plenty of kids taking Algebra 1 in 7th grade and a lot more taking it in 8th grade. Franklin has plenty of kids who were in Advanced Math but not AAP who are strong in math and interested in STEM but didn't have the chance to attend RCMS.

We have friends who were in AAP and attend Franklin who have been very clear that they thought sending their kids to RCMS would have been too stressful because the AAP program there is deemed to be focused on TJ. Many of the parents chose not to have their kids take Algebra 1 in 7th grade because they thought it was too much for their child. I know that there are 8th graders there right now with the grades and the right classes who are not even thinking about TJ. We also know kids who choose RCMS over Franklin, they are all applying to TJ.

The only thing that surprised me about this topic is that somehow the OPs kid did not know about TJ until recently. If she had been in classes or had friends who were going to RCMS then she should have heard kids discussing TJ in 6th grade, if not earlier.

There is a math competition on Saturday at Colvin Run ES, I think it is Colvin Run ES, I would guess that most of the participants are going to be coming from Longfellow, RCMS, Cooper, and Rocky Run. It reads like a Mathcounts dry run before the competitions kick off in February.

DDs freinds actually barely talk about TJ. We knew about the school, but we did not know how competitive it would be. DDs freinds just started talking about it.

They have gone from never discussing TJ to wanting to take Geometry over the summer and applying for TJ? Wow.

I have a child who never talked about TJ until the application time in 8 grade. DC applied and got accepted. So it is possible that the poster was honest about it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Franklin has around 40 kids applying each year with "TS" or less than 10 getting in. Would the 1.5% spots for the qualified kids at Franklin be out of the 40?

Franklin has about 400 8th graders so 1.5% of 400 is 6. So they will take a minimum of 6 kids from franklin.

Assuming they have 6 qualified students.

Franklin is a strong MS that pulls from MC/UMC ESs, there are more then 6 qualified kids for TJ at Franklin. Franklin has its own AAP program but the majority of the AAP kids that are interested in TJ choose to attend the center MS, RCMS. The kids who stay at Franklin are far less likely to be interested in TJ so fewer will apply. there are plenty of kids taking Algebra 1 in 7th grade and a lot more taking it in 8th grade. Franklin has plenty of kids who were in Advanced Math but not AAP who are strong in math and interested in STEM but didn't have the chance to attend RCMS.

We have friends who were in AAP and attend Franklin who have been very clear that they thought sending their kids to RCMS would have been too stressful because the AAP program there is deemed to be focused on TJ. Many of the parents chose not to have their kids take Algebra 1 in 7th grade because they thought it was too much for their child. I know that there are 8th graders there right now with the grades and the right classes who are not even thinking about TJ. We also know kids who choose RCMS over Franklin, they are all applying to TJ.

The only thing that surprised me about this topic is that somehow the OPs kid did not know about TJ until recently. If she had been in classes or had friends who were going to RCMS then she should have heard kids discussing TJ in 6th grade, if not earlier.

There is a math competition on Saturday at Colvin Run ES, I think it is Colvin Run ES, I would guess that most of the participants are going to be coming from Longfellow, RCMS, Cooper, and Rocky Run. It reads like a Mathcounts dry run before the competitions kick off in February.

DDs freinds actually barely talk about TJ. We knew about the school, but we did not know how competitive it would be. DDs freinds just started talking about it.

They have gone from never discussing TJ to wanting to take Geometry over the summer and applying for TJ? Wow.

I have a child who never talked about TJ until the application time in 8 grade. DC applied and got accepted. So it is possible that the poster was honest about it.

My child got accepted to TJ, never heard of it before 8th grade. Found it too hard, and is back at base school in freshman itself.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:Franklin has around 40 kids applying each year with "TS" or less than 10 getting in. Would the 1.5% spots for the qualified kids at Franklin be out of the 40?

Franklin has about 400 8th graders so 1.5% of 400 is 6. So they will take a minimum of 6 kids from franklin.

Assuming they have 6 qualified students.

Franklin is a strong MS that pulls from MC/UMC ESs, there are more then 6 qualified kids for TJ at Franklin. Franklin has its own AAP program but the majority of the AAP kids that are interested in TJ choose to attend the center MS, RCMS. The kids who stay at Franklin are far less likely to be interested in TJ so fewer will apply. there are plenty of kids taking Algebra 1 in 7th grade and a lot more taking it in 8th grade. Franklin has plenty of kids who were in Advanced Math but not AAP who are strong in math and interested in STEM but didn't have the chance to attend RCMS.

We have friends who were in AAP and attend Franklin who have been very clear that they thought sending their kids to RCMS would have been too stressful because the AAP program there is deemed to be focused on TJ. Many of the parents chose not to have their kids take Algebra 1 in 7th grade because they thought it was too much for their child. I know that there are 8th graders there right now with the grades and the right classes who are not even thinking about TJ. We also know kids who choose RCMS over Franklin, they are all applying to TJ.

The only thing that surprised me about this topic is that somehow the OPs kid did not know about TJ until recently. If she had been in classes or had friends who were going to RCMS then she should have heard kids discussing TJ in 6th grade, if not earlier.

There is a math competition on Saturday at Colvin Run ES, I think it is Colvin Run ES, I would guess that most of the participants are going to be coming from Longfellow, RCMS, Cooper, and Rocky Run. It reads like a Mathcounts dry run before the competitions kick off in February.

DDs freinds actually barely talk about TJ. We knew about the school, but we did not know how competitive it would be. DDs freinds just started talking about it.

They have gone from never discussing TJ to wanting to take Geometry over the summer and applying for TJ? Wow.

I have a child who never talked about TJ until the application time in 8 grade. DC applied and got accepted. So it is possible that the poster was honest about it.

Wow! Was this before or after the application process was changed? Did he know about TJ before people talked about it?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Franklin has around 40 kids applying each year with "TS" or less than 10 getting in. Would the 1.5% spots for the qualified kids at Franklin be out of the 40?

Franklin has about 400 8th graders so 1.5% of 400 is 6. So they will take a minimum of 6 kids from franklin.

Assuming they have 6 qualified students.

The qualifying criteria is extremely low.
The trick isn't finding 6 qualifying students, it's getting them to apply and then accept once they get in.
A lot of them are getting in then not going.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Franklin has around 40 kids applying each year with "TS" or less than 10 getting in. Would the 1.5% spots for the qualified kids at Franklin be out of the 40?

Franklin has about 400 8th graders so 1.5% of 400 is 6. So they will take a minimum of 6 kids from franklin.

Assuming they have 6 qualified students.

The qualifying criteria is extremely low.
The trick isn't finding 6 qualifying students, it's getting them to apply and then accept once they get in.
A lot of them are getting in then not going.

Do you know anyone who went to Franklin that got accepted to TJ? If anyone does, lmk because I haven’t heard of many people who’s DC went to Franklin then TJ. Once again, I could be wrong.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Franklin has around 40 kids applying each year with "TS" or less than 10 getting in. Would the 1.5% spots for the qualified kids at Franklin be out of the 40?

Franklin has about 400 8th graders so 1.5% of 400 is 6. So they will take a minimum of 6 kids from franklin.

Assuming they have 6 qualified students.

The qualifying criteria is extremely low.
The trick isn't finding 6 qualifying students, it's getting them to apply and then accept once they get in.
A lot of them are getting in then not going.

Do you know anyone who went to Franklin that got accepted to TJ? If anyone does, lmk because I haven’t heard of many people who’s DC went to Franklin then TJ. Once again, I could be wrong.

Accepted and going are different things.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Franklin has around 40 kids applying each year with "TS" or less than 10 getting in. Would the 1.5% spots for the qualified kids at Franklin be out of the 40?

Franklin has about 400 8th graders so 1.5% of 400 is 6. So they will take a minimum of 6 kids from franklin.

Assuming they have 6 qualified students.

The qualifying criteria is extremely low.
The trick isn't finding 6 qualifying students, it's getting them to apply and then accept once they get in.
A lot of them are getting in then not going.

Do you know anyone who went to Franklin that got accepted to TJ? If anyone does, lmk because I haven’t heard of many people who’s DC went to Franklin then TJ. Once again, I could be wrong.

Accepted and going are different things.

Do you know someone who was accepted or is going?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Franklin has around 40 kids applying each year with "TS" or less than 10 getting in. Would the 1.5% spots for the qualified kids at Franklin be out of the 40?

Franklin has about 400 8th graders so 1.5% of 400 is 6. So they will take a minimum of 6 kids from franklin.

Assuming they have 6 qualified students.

The qualifying criteria is extremely low.
The trick isn't finding 6 qualifying students, it's getting them to apply and then accept once they get in.
A lot of them are getting in then not going.

Do you know anyone who went to Franklin that got accepted to TJ? If anyone does, lmk because I haven’t heard of many people who’s DC went to Franklin then TJ. Once again, I could be wrong.

Apparently 10 people from Franklin were accepted and are attending this year. Do I know them personally? Nope. But that doesn't mean that they are not there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Franklin has around 40 kids applying each year with "TS" or less than 10 getting in. Would the 1.5% spots for the qualified kids at Franklin be out of the 40?

Franklin has about 400 8th graders so 1.5% of 400 is 6. So they will take a minimum of 6 kids from franklin.

Assuming they have 6 qualified students.

The qualifying criteria is extremely low.
The trick isn't finding 6 qualifying students, it's getting them to apply and then accept once they get in.
A lot of them are getting in then not going.

Do you know anyone who went to Franklin that got accepted to TJ? If anyone does, lmk because I haven’t heard of many people who’s DC went to Franklin then TJ. Once again, I could be wrong.

Apparently 10 people from Franklin were accepted and are attending this year. Do I know them personally? Nope. But that doesn't mean that they are not there.

What’s the source?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Franklin has around 40 kids applying each year with "TS" or less than 10 getting in. Would the 1.5% spots for the qualified kids at Franklin be out of the 40?

Franklin has about 400 8th graders so 1.5% of 400 is 6. So they will take a minimum of 6 kids from franklin.

Assuming they have 6 qualified students.

The qualifying criteria is extremely low.
The trick isn't finding 6 qualifying students, it's getting them to apply and then accept once they get in.
A lot of them are getting in then not going.

Do you know anyone who went to Franklin that got accepted to TJ? If anyone does, lmk because I haven’t heard of many people who’s DC went to Franklin then TJ. Once again, I could be wrong.

I personally know three kids from Franklin who were accepted to TJ within the past couple of years, and those three each know other kids who were also accepted.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Franklin has around 40 kids applying each year with "TS" or less than 10 getting in. Would the 1.5% spots for the qualified kids at Franklin be out of the 40?

Franklin has about 400 8th graders so 1.5% of 400 is 6. So they will take a minimum of 6 kids from franklin.

Assuming they have 6 qualified students.

The qualifying criteria is extremely low.
The trick isn't finding 6 qualifying students, it's getting them to apply and then accept once they get in.
A lot of them are getting in then not going.

Do you know anyone who went to Franklin that got accepted to TJ? If anyone does, lmk because I haven’t heard of many people who’s DC went to Franklin then TJ. Once again, I could be wrong.

Apparently 10 people from Franklin were accepted and are attending this year. Do I know them personally? Nope. But that doesn't mean that they are not there.

What’s the source?

FCPS posts the numbers for each of the schools. Someone in this thread said that 10 kids from Franklin were accepted last year and I am fine believing their number.

Franklin is a MC/UMC MS with kids coming from Oak Hill, Brookfield, Greenbriar East, and Lees Corner. I know that Oak Hill has an excellent reputation as a ES. I know that there are plenty of kids from Oak Hill AAP that choose Franklin. I know kids from other ES that feed into Franklin and were in AAP at Franklin. I have 0 difficulty believing that there are kids from Franklin that go to TJ every year.

You seem really invested in the idea that Franklin can’t have kids going to TJ or in disbelief that there are kids at Franklin that apply and are accepted to TJ. I am not sure why that is. Personally, if I was someone who had a kid who wanted to go to TJ and could choose between Franklin and Carson, I would choose Franklin, I would guess that it would be far easier to be in the top 1.5% grouping based on the number of kids who apply.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Franklin has around 40 kids applying each year with "TS" or less than 10 getting in. Would the 1.5% spots for the qualified kids at Franklin be out of the 40?

Franklin has about 400 8th graders so 1.5% of 400 is 6. So they will take a minimum of 6 kids from franklin.

Assuming they have 6 qualified students.

The qualifying criteria is extremely low.
The trick isn't finding 6 qualifying students, it's getting them to apply and then accept once they get in.
A lot of them are getting in then not going.

Do you know anyone who went to Franklin that got accepted to TJ? If anyone does, lmk because I haven’t heard of many people who’s DC went to Franklin then TJ. Once again, I could be wrong.

Apparently 10 people from Franklin were accepted and are attending this year. Do I know them personally? Nope. But that doesn't mean that they are not there.

What’s the source?

FCPS posts the numbers for each of the schools. Someone in this thread said that 10 kids from Franklin were accepted last year and I am fine believing their number.

Franklin is a MC/UMC MS with kids coming from Oak Hill, Brookfield, Greenbriar East, and Lees Corner. I know that Oak Hill has an excellent reputation as a ES. I know that there are plenty of kids from Oak Hill AAP that choose Franklin. I know kids from other ES that feed into Franklin and were in AAP at Franklin. I have 0 difficulty believing that there are kids from Franklin that go to TJ every year.

You seem really invested in the idea that Franklin can’t have kids going to TJ or in disbelief that there are kids at Franklin that apply and are accepted to TJ. I am not sure why that is. Personally, if I was someone who had a kid who wanted to go to TJ and could choose between Franklin and Carson, I would choose Franklin, I would guess that it would be far easier to be in the top 1.5% grouping based on the number of kids who apply.

The number is not reported because it is 10 or less. People use 10 as a shorthand for this.
The number is somewhere between 6 and 10.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Franklin has around 40 kids applying each year with "TS" or less than 10 getting in. Would the 1.5% spots for the qualified kids at Franklin be out of the 40?

Franklin has about 400 8th graders so 1.5% of 400 is 6. So they will take a minimum of 6 kids from franklin.

Assuming they have 6 qualified students.

The qualifying criteria is extremely low.
The trick isn't finding 6 qualifying students, it's getting them to apply and then accept once they get in.
A lot of them are getting in then not going.

Do you know anyone who went to Franklin that got accepted to TJ? If anyone does, lmk because I haven’t heard of many people who’s DC went to Franklin then TJ. Once again, I could be wrong.

Apparently 10 people from Franklin were accepted and are attending this year. Do I know them personally? Nope. But that doesn't mean that they are not there.

What’s the source?

FCPS posts the numbers for each of the schools. Someone in this thread said that 10 kids from Franklin were accepted last year and I am fine believing their number.

Franklin is a MC/UMC MS with kids coming from Oak Hill, Brookfield, Greenbriar East, and Lees Corner. I know that Oak Hill has an excellent reputation as a ES. I know that there are plenty of kids from Oak Hill AAP that choose Franklin. I know kids from other ES that feed into Franklin and were in AAP at Franklin. I have 0 difficulty believing that there are kids from Franklin that go to TJ every year.

You seem really invested in the idea that Franklin can’t have kids going to TJ or in disbelief that there are kids at Franklin that apply and are accepted to TJ. I am not sure why that is. Personally, if I was someone who had a kid who wanted to go to TJ and could choose between Franklin and Carson, I would choose Franklin, I would guess that it would be far easier to be in the top 1.5% grouping based on the number of kids who apply.

I agree. I don't understand why there is such disbelief that Franklin has students who are capable of being at TJ.

I am the poster who sent kids through AAP programs at both Carson and Franklin, and I very strongly believe the program and instruction are stronger at Franklin than at Carson.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Franklin has around 40 kids applying each year with "TS" or less than 10 getting in. Would the 1.5% spots for the qualified kids at Franklin be out of the 40?

Franklin has about 400 8th graders so 1.5% of 400 is 6. So they will take a minimum of 6 kids from franklin.

Assuming they have 6 qualified students.

The qualifying criteria is extremely low.
The trick isn't finding 6 qualifying students, it's getting them to apply and then accept once they get in.
A lot of them are getting in then not going.

Do you know anyone who went to Franklin that got accepted to TJ? If anyone does, lmk because I haven’t heard of many people who’s DC went to Franklin then TJ. Once again, I could be wrong.

Apparently 10 people from Franklin were accepted and are attending this year. Do I know them personally? Nope. But that doesn't mean that they are not there.

What’s the source?

FCPS posts the numbers for each of the schools. Someone in this thread said that 10 kids from Franklin were accepted last year and I am fine believing their number.

Franklin is a MC/UMC MS with kids coming from Oak Hill, Brookfield, Greenbriar East, and Lees Corner. I know that Oak Hill has an excellent reputation as a ES. I know that there are plenty of kids from Oak Hill AAP that choose Franklin. I know kids from other ES that feed into Franklin and were in AAP at Franklin. I have 0 difficulty believing that there are kids from Franklin that go to TJ every year.

You seem really invested in the idea that Franklin can’t have kids going to TJ or in disbelief that there are kids at Franklin that apply and are accepted to TJ. I am not sure why that is. Personally, if I was someone who had a kid who wanted to go to TJ and could choose between Franklin and Carson, I would choose Franklin, I would guess that it would be far easier to be in the top 1.5% grouping based on the number of kids who apply.

I agree. I don't understand why there is such disbelief that Franklin has students who are capable of being at TJ.

I am the poster who sent kids through AAP programs at both Carson and Franklin, and I very strongly believe the program and instruction are stronger at Franklin than at Carson.

Franklin today is where Carson was twenry years ago. But it can improve. Dont lose hope, stay at Franklin.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Franklin has around 40 kids applying each year with "TS" or less than 10 getting in. Would the 1.5% spots for the qualified kids at Franklin be out of the 40?

Franklin has about 400 8th graders so 1.5% of 400 is 6. So they will take a minimum of 6 kids from franklin.

Assuming they have 6 qualified students.

The qualifying criteria is extremely low.
The trick isn't finding 6 qualifying students, it's getting them to apply and then accept once they get in.
A lot of them are getting in then not going.

Do you know anyone who went to Franklin that got accepted to TJ? If anyone does, lmk because I haven’t heard of many people who’s DC went to Franklin then TJ. Once again, I could be wrong.

Apparently 10 people from Franklin were accepted and are attending this year. Do I know them personally? Nope. But that doesn't mean that they are not there.

What’s the source?

FCPS posts the numbers for each of the schools. Someone in this thread said that 10 kids from Franklin were accepted last year and I am fine believing their number.

Franklin is a MC/UMC MS with kids coming from Oak Hill, Brookfield, Greenbriar East, and Lees Corner. I know that Oak Hill has an excellent reputation as a ES. I know that there are plenty of kids from Oak Hill AAP that choose Franklin. I know kids from other ES that feed into Franklin and were in AAP at Franklin. I have 0 difficulty believing that there are kids from Franklin that go to TJ every year.

You seem really invested in the idea that Franklin can’t have kids going to TJ or in disbelief that there are kids at Franklin that apply and are accepted to TJ. I am not sure why that is. Personally, if I was someone who had a kid who wanted to go to TJ and could choose between Franklin and Carson, I would choose Franklin, I would guess that it would be far easier to be in the top 1.5% grouping based on the number of kids who apply.

I agree. I don't understand why there is such disbelief that Franklin has students who are capable of being at TJ.

I am the poster who sent kids through AAP programs at both Carson and Franklin, and I very strongly believe the program and instruction are stronger at Franklin than at Carson.

Franklin today is where Carson was twenry years ago. But it can improve. Dont lose hope, stay at Franklin.

Realize that you are responding to a post that says the instruction at Franklin is stronger than at Carson, yet you say Franklin is where Carson was 20 years ago. So you are saying Carson has gone downhill in the past 20 years? You then contradicted yourself when you said Franklin can improve and those who are there should not lose hope.

Either you have reading comprehension deficits or you are a poor communicator.