Is there a new entrance test structure for TJ this year (for 2023 students)

[Anonymous]

Any update about new entrance test structure for TJ admission?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Any update about new entrance test structure for TJ admission?

FCPS will decide after consulting with NAACP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Any update about new entrance test structure for TJ admission?

I don't think they will introduce tests again since many colleges are removing that requirement too. I just hope they add an additional criteria about STEM extra curricular activities and give them weightage for it which is not in the current process and will be important since TJ is a STEM school

[Anonymous]

The school board does not want to touch TJ admissions again.

If you want your child to attend TJ, your best bet is to rent an apartment in one of the MS where very few kids apply and have them attend for 8th grade.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The school board does not want to touch TJ admissions again.

If you want your child to attend TJ, your best bet is to rent an apartment in one of the MS where very few kids apply and have them attend for 8th grade.

Wrong - they're trying to trick you. The wealthy schools have the highest admit rate. More kids are from Longfellow or Cooper than one of the poor schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The school board does not want to touch TJ admissions again.

If you want your child to attend TJ, your best bet is to rent an apartment in one of the MS where very few kids apply and have them attend for 8th grade.

Wrong - they're trying to trick you. The wealthy schools have the highest admit rate. More kids are from Longfellow or Cooper than one of the poor schools.

Yes, but the population of students at Richtopia Middle School is different from that at Poortown Middle School. Fewer kids apply, and they're applying from an academically weaker population, so there is less competition for the regional quota slots.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The school board does not want to touch TJ admissions again.

If you want your child to attend TJ, your best bet is to rent an apartment in one of the MS where very few kids apply and have them attend for 8th grade.

Wrong - they're trying to trick you. The wealthy schools have the highest admit rate. More kids are from Longfellow or Cooper than one of the poor schools.

Yes, but the population of students at Richtopia Middle School is different from that at Poortown Middle School. Fewer kids apply, and they're applying from an academically weaker population, so there is less competition for the regional quota slots.

That's just a self-serving assumption. The only difference is less wealthy school families spend a less on prep classes that teach to the test. There are just as many gifted students over there as there are in richtopia.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The school board does not want to touch TJ admissions again.

If you want your child to attend TJ, your best bet is to rent an apartment in one of the MS where very few kids apply and have them attend for 8th grade.

Wrong - they're trying to trick you. The wealthy schools have the highest admit rate. More kids are from Longfellow or Cooper than one of the poor schools.

Yes, but the population of students at Richtopia Middle School is different from that at Poortown Middle School. Fewer kids apply, and they're applying from an academically weaker population, so there is less competition for the regional quota slots.

That's just a self-serving assumption. The only difference is less wealthy school families spend a less on prep classes that teach to the test. There are just as many gifted students over there as there are in richtopia.

nope this is totally wrong. there is correlation between IQ and success.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The school board does not want to touch TJ admissions again.

If you want your child to attend TJ, your best bet is to rent an apartment in one of the MS where very few kids apply and have them attend for 8th grade.

Wrong - they're trying to trick you. The wealthy schools have the highest admit rate. More kids are from Longfellow or Cooper than one of the poor schools.

Because those schools have more qualified students. Someone at one of those schools would have a better chance of getting in at one of the other schools without AAP, to get an automatic spot.

[Anonymous]

It is just not as big Amanda at other schools. Even some MC schools you may be fine as far fewer kids apply.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The school board does not want to touch TJ admissions again.

If you want your child to attend TJ, your best bet is to rent an apartment in one of the MS where very few kids apply and have them attend for 8th grade.

Wrong - they're trying to trick you. The wealthy schools have the highest admit rate. More kids are from Longfellow or Cooper than one of the poor schools.

It is very hard to get in from these top feeders - Longfellow, Cooper, Carson, Rocky Run because it is heavily competitive. You literally need GPA 4 to get in from those schools. Kids from other schools have gotten in even with B grades. It is true these top feeders get more than 1.5% and instead around 5% but still not every kid with GPA 4 there gets into TJ. Other schools have to thank TJ for the genius process change where they are not giving admission to really smart kids from top feeders and instead giving to average kids in other schools who happen to be in top 1.5%. Really sucks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The school board does not want to touch TJ admissions again.

If you want your child to attend TJ, your best bet is to rent an apartment in one of the MS where very few kids apply and have them attend for 8th grade.

Wrong - they're trying to trick you. The wealthy schools have the highest admit rate. More kids are from Longfellow or Cooper than one of the poor schools.

It is very hard to get in from these top feeders - Longfellow, Cooper, Carson, Rocky Run because it is heavily competitive. You literally need GPA 4 to get in from those schools. Kids from other schools have gotten in even with B grades. It is true these top feeders get more than 1.5% and instead around 5% but still not every kid with GPA 4 there gets into TJ. Other schools have to thank TJ for the genius process change where they are not giving admission to really smart kids from top feeders and instead giving to average kids in other schools who happen to be in top 1.5%. Really sucks.

Just move to one of the non-feeder schools if it matters that much.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Any update about new entrance test structure for TJ admission?

FCPS will decide after consulting with NAACP.

Given the under-representation of the AA demographic, it's clear their current process discriminates, so consulting on how to improve this with the NAACP seems like a great idea.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The school board does not want to touch TJ admissions again.

If you want your child to attend TJ, your best bet is to rent an apartment in one of the MS where very few kids apply and have them attend for 8th grade.

Wrong - they're trying to trick you. The wealthy schools have the highest admit rate. More kids are from Longfellow or Cooper than one of the poor schools.

It is very hard to get in from these top feeders - Longfellow, Cooper, Carson, Rocky Run because it is heavily competitive. You literally need GPA 4 to get in from those schools. Kids from other schools have gotten in even with B grades. It is true these top feeders get more than 1.5% and instead around 5% but still not every kid with GPA 4 there gets into TJ. Other schools have to thank TJ for the genius process change where they are not giving admission to really smart kids from top feeders and instead giving to average kids in other schools who happen to be in top 1.5%. Really sucks.

Just move to one of the non-feeder schools if it matters that much.

If the PP, was being truthful but they misrepresenting things to sew confusion. The wealthy schools they listed have by far the highest admit rates. And the kids getting in from lower SES schools are consistently the very top of their school i.e. 4.0.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Any update about new entrance test structure for TJ admission?

I don't think they will introduce tests again since many colleges are removing that requirement too. I just hope they add an additional criteria about STEM extra curricular activities and give them weightage for it which is not in the current process and will be important since TJ is a STEM school

I doubt they will do this as the availability of STEM extracurriculars at ES/MS are correlated with SES - the lower performing schools don't always offer the same activities that require lots of parental support/$ and STEM programs outside schools can be very expensive, require transportation, etc. And I am a TJ parent so I fully understand that a passion for STEM is critical to enjoying TJ, I just don't think that is the direction admissions will go.