What is going on with TJ admissions this year?

[Anonymous]

I have an eighth grader considering TJ. I was following TJ admissions last year but then lost track after appeals.

Is FCPS still doing the top kids from each middle school?
Will there still be extra weight on if you are free lunch or URM?
Will there be a test this year and when?

[Anonymous]

What does united republic of mars have to do with high school?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have an eighth grader considering TJ. I was following TJ admissions last year but then lost track after appeals.

Is FCPS still doing the top kids from each middle school?
Will there still be extra weight on if you are free lunch or URM?
Will there be a test this year and when?

We don't know yet. Just check in on the website for updates. I would suggest applying if your child is interested and don't worry about all the other BS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have an eighth grader considering TJ. I was following TJ admissions last year but then lost track after appeals.

Is FCPS still doing the top kids from each middle school?
Will there still be extra weight on if you are free lunch or URM?
Will there be a test this year and when?

We don't know yet. Just check in on the website for updates. I would suggest applying if your child is interested and don't worry about all the other BS.

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have an eighth grader considering TJ. I was following TJ admissions last year but then lost track after appeals.

Is FCPS still doing the top kids from each middle school?
Will there still be extra weight on if you are free lunch or URM?
Will there be a test this year and when?

Yes to top kids from each middle school
Yes to students from economically disadvantaged families
No to racial groups - this has never been the case
No to a content oriented exam, but yes to a student portrait sheet

All of this subject to change based on court decisions coming up early this year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have an eighth grader considering TJ. I was following TJ admissions last year but then lost track after appeals.

Is FCPS still doing the top kids from each middle school?
Will there still be extra weight on if you are free lunch or URM?
Will there be a test this year and when?

Yes to top kids from each middle school
Yes to students from economically disadvantaged families
No to racial groups - this has never been the case
No to a content oriented exam, but yes to a student portrait sheet

All of this subject to change based on court decisions coming up early this year.

Are you seriously going to say there was no push to get more URMs?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have an eighth grader considering TJ. I was following TJ admissions last year but then lost track after appeals.

Is FCPS still doing the top kids from each middle school?
Will there still be extra weight on if you are free lunch or URM?
Will there be a test this year and when?

I heard they were switching to a lottery to end all the bellyaching.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have an eighth grader considering TJ. I was following TJ admissions last year but then lost track after appeals.

Is FCPS still doing the top kids from each middle school?
Will there still be extra weight on if you are free lunch or URM?
Will there be a test this year and when?

I heard they were switching to a lottery to end all the bellyaching.

Back to the original bad idea. Guess this is what fcps always wanted.

I don’t understand why the top students just can attend the top high school in the country.

I am actually fine with affirmation action. Allocate 10% to URMs but keep the other 90% competitive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have an eighth grader considering TJ. I was following TJ admissions last year but then lost track after appeals.

Is FCPS still doing the top kids from each middle school?
Will there still be extra weight on if you are free lunch or URM?
Will there be a test this year and when?

I heard they were switching to a lottery to end all the bellyaching.

Honestly, if they did a rigorous application process to fill 100 seats with the absolute best kids, and then did a lottery of all interested kids with at least a 3.8 GPA for the remaining 450 seats, that would work really well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have an eighth grader considering TJ. I was following TJ admissions last year but then lost track after appeals.

Is FCPS still doing the top kids from each middle school?
Will there still be extra weight on if you are free lunch or URM?
Will there be a test this year and when?

I heard they were switching to a lottery to end all the bellyaching.

False, although this is the most likely scenario if the Coalition for TJ ends up winning the court case when it's all said and done.

Been saying for some time that the Coalition should drop the suit if they want their kids to have any kind of shot at a system that is remotely merit-based - which this system is moreso than a lottery would be.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have an eighth grader considering TJ. I was following TJ admissions last year but then lost track after appeals.

Is FCPS still doing the top kids from each middle school?
Will there still be extra weight on if you are free lunch or URM?
Will there be a test this year and when?

Yes to top kids from each middle school
Yes to students from economically disadvantaged families
No to racial groups - this has never been the case
No to a content oriented exam, but yes to a student portrait sheet

All of this subject to change based on court decisions coming up early this year.

Are you seriously going to say there was no push to get more URMs?

There's a difference between "a push to get more students from underrepresented groups" and "extra weight if you are one". The former, yes, the latter, no.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have an eighth grader considering TJ. I was following TJ admissions last year but then lost track after appeals.

Is FCPS still doing the top kids from each middle school?
Will there still be extra weight on if you are free lunch or URM?
Will there be a test this year and when?

I heard they were switching to a lottery to end all the bellyaching.

Honestly, if they did a rigorous application process to fill 100 seats with the absolute best kids, and then did a lottery of all interested kids with at least a 3.8 GPA for the remaining 450 seats, that would work really well.

This works if and only if the process can remain secretive enough that no one outside the admissions office ever knows which kids were admitted to that top 100 and which ones were admitted via the lottery.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have an eighth grader considering TJ. I was following TJ admissions last year but then lost track after appeals.

Is FCPS still doing the top kids from each middle school?
Will there still be extra weight on if you are free lunch or URM?
Will there be a test this year and when?

Yes to top kids from each middle school
Yes to students from economically disadvantaged families
No to racial groups - this has never been the case
No to a content oriented exam, but yes to a student portrait sheet

All of this subject to change based on court decisions coming up early this year.

Are you seriously going to say there was no push to get more URMs?

There's a difference between "a push to get more students from underrepresented groups" and "extra weight if you are one". The former, yes, the latter, no.

The whole point of the portrait sheet and to a lesser extent the writing sample was to do this. Additionally there were actual bonus points for URM and FARMS folks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have an eighth grader considering TJ. I was following TJ admissions last year but then lost track after appeals.

Is FCPS still doing the top kids from each middle school?
Will there still be extra weight on if you are free lunch or URM?
Will there be a test this year and when?

Yes to top kids from each middle school
Yes to students from economically disadvantaged families
No to racial groups - this has never been the case
No to a content oriented exam, but yes to a student portrait sheet

All of this subject to change based on court decisions coming up early this year.

Are you seriously going to say there was no push to get more URMs?

There's a difference between "a push to get more students from underrepresented groups" and "extra weight if you are one". The former, yes, the latter, no.

The whole point of the portrait sheet and to a lesser extent the writing sample was to do this. Additionally there were actual bonus points for URM and FARMS folks.

Wasn’t that what the courts deemed illegal before fcps appealed?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have an eighth grader considering TJ. I was following TJ admissions last year but then lost track after appeals.

Is FCPS still doing the top kids from each middle school?
Will there still be extra weight on if you are free lunch or URM?
Will there be a test this year and when?

Yes to top kids from each middle school
Yes to students from economically disadvantaged families
No to racial groups - this has never been the case
No to a content oriented exam, but yes to a student portrait sheet

All of this subject to change based on court decisions coming up early this year.

Are you seriously going to say there was no push to get more URMs?

There's a difference between "a push to get more students from underrepresented groups" and "extra weight if you are one". The former, yes, the latter, no.

The whole point of the portrait sheet and to a lesser extent the writing sample was to do this. Additionally there were actual bonus points for URM and FARMS folks.

There weren't ever any bonus points for URMs for TJ admissions. There were originally bonus points for attending an underrepresented middle school, but those points were eliminated. That being said, I have no doubt that the decision to allocate seats by attending school rather than by zoned school/high school/pyramid was made entirely to decrease the number of Asians.