TJ Admissions question

[Anonymous]

I not sure how this works, but please explain how the new admittance policy works.

If each eligible school reaches its 1.5% seat allocation, how many seats will this represent of the 550 seats available at TJ? Or would this be 550 students if all schools meet their allocation, leaving no unallocated seats. Does this 1.5% guarantee admission (similar to U Texas), or guarantee to sit for the exam?

[Anonymous]

Guaranteed admission, everyone sits for exam if they meet a minimum qualification. There are many seats left over as many schools go over 1.5% allocation.

[Anonymous]

TJ is going to lottery system soon.

[Anonymous]

Look up the schools in FCPS, PWCPS and LCPS that sent very few students last year. Rent an apartment in one of the school districts.

Your child will then have a high likelihood of being admitted.

Do not assume that if your child is highly gifted he/she will be admitted. In our middle school (Cooper) there were several students who were admitted who were very VERY weak. As in struggled in AAP and should likely have been in GE. And many students with straight As and in Algebra II who were denied.

If TJ is important to your child, you should temporally move to give them a fighting chance.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Rent an apartment in one of the school districts.

Another tiger tj parent.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Rent an apartment in one of the school districts.

Another tiger tj parent.

I thought the schools with the highest admit rate were in McLean and Langley feeders.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Rent an apartment in one of the school districts.

Another tiger tj parent.

I thought the schools with the highest admit rate were in McLean and Langley feeders.

Yes, but lowest percentage of happy parents who felt their kid "deserved" to get in.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Rent an apartment in one of the school districts.

Another tiger tj parent.

I thought the schools with the highest admit rate were in McLean and Langley feeders.

Yes, but lowest percentage of happy parents who felt their kid "deserved" to get in.

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Rent an apartment in one of the school districts.

Another tiger tj parent.

I thought the schools with the highest admit rate were in McLean and Langley feeders.

Yes, but lowest percentage of happy parents who felt their kid "deserved" to get in.

Highest rate of entitlement

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Guaranteed admission, everyone sits for exam if they meet a minimum qualification. There are many seats left over as many schools go over 1.5% allocation.

Define "many."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Rent an apartment in one of the school districts.

Another tiger tj parent.

I thought the schools with the highest admit rate were in McLean and Langley feeders.

Highest admission rate does not mean you'll have a better chance of admission at that MS. Past statistics do not equate to future chance. In other words, TJ does not hold applicants from Langley/McLean feeders in higher regard than, say, applicants from Whitman MS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Rent an apartment in one of the school districts.

Another tiger tj parent.

I thought the schools with the highest admit rate were in McLean and Langley feeders.

Highest admission rate does not mean you'll have a better chance of admission at that MS. Past statistics do not equate to future chance. In other words, TJ does not hold applicants from Langley/McLean feeders in higher regard than, say, applicants from Whitman MS.

Why should they?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Look up the schools in FCPS, PWCPS and LCPS that sent very few students last year. Rent an apartment in one of the school districts.

Your child will then have a high likelihood of being admitted.

Do not assume that if your child is highly gifted he/she will be admitted. In our middle school (Cooper) there were several students who were admitted who were very VERY weak. As in struggled in AAP and should likely have been in GE. And many students with straight As and in Algebra II who were denied.

If TJ is important to your child, you should temporally move to give them a fighting chance.

I can see why people who are set on TJ do this. My oldest is in AAP and goes to a big TJ feeder for middle school. He's a smart kid with top grades and test scores but he probably won't get admitted to TJ because there are a lot of students just like him at his middle school. The base middle school fine but it's not a powerhouse TJ feeder by any stretch. I don't think they send more than 1-2 kids per year. If TJ was really important to my kid or our family, I would have moved him back to the base before the TJ admissions cycle started.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Guaranteed admission, everyone sits for exam if they meet a minimum qualification. There are many seats left over as many schools go over 1.5% allocation.

especially the wealthy schools which have the highest admit rates

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Look up the schools in FCPS, PWCPS and LCPS that sent very few students last year. Rent an apartment in one of the school districts.

Your child will then have a high likelihood of being admitted.

Do not assume that if your child is highly gifted he/she will be admitted. In our middle school (Cooper) there were several students who were admitted who were very VERY weak. As in struggled in AAP and should likely have been in GE. And many students with straight As and in Algebra II who were denied.

If TJ is important to your child, you should temporally move to give them a fighting chance.

I can see why people who are set on TJ do this. My oldest is in AAP and goes to a big TJ feeder for middle school. He's a smart kid with top grades and test scores but he probably won't get admitted to TJ because there are a lot of students just like him at his middle school. The base middle school fine but it's not a powerhouse TJ feeder by any stretch. I don't think they send more than 1-2 kids per year. If TJ was really important to my kid or our family, I would have moved him back to the base before the TJ admissions cycle started.

Seems like your chances are much higher at the wealthy schools that send like 5% than the less privileged schools that only hit the base minimum of 1.5%.