How good of a chance does my daughter have to get into Academies/TJ?
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Anonymous
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i'm not sure how the tests work, but here's her stats. Anything you need to know, ask.
Female, mixed race (African American, White) All honors classes Taking Geometry this year Comes from a school with a few smart kids, she's probably in the top 10 4.0 GPA I don't think this matters, but involved in many extracurriculars: volleyball, 4-H, student council, lots of communtity service Has won a few local academic awards (Science fair, robotics, Odyssey of the Mind, etc.) Applying to TJ and AET |
Anonymous
| Adding to note she's planning to study computer science and robotics, and doesn't know which school (if accepted into both) she'd pick. Really nervous though about not getting into either, she's fine with her home high school but would prefer being able to do Academies with it or TJ. |
Anonymous
| No one knows. The only things that matter at TJ are her grades, completing honors classes, and completing Algebra 1 H. She might be in the top 1.5% of her class but we have no clue how they determine that. |
Anonymous
I suspect she will get in to both based on those stats. |
Anonymous
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About same as my DC that only has 2-3 of those on your list.
Good luck to them both. |
Anonymous
If she is doing odyssey of the mind through her school then she probably comes from a school with lots of smart kids- the elementary schools that feed into the underserved middle school do not have these clubs. If she's truly coming from a school with a few smart kids, then she will get in easily. My kid's deciding if they want to go, not if they want to attend because their school doesn't come close to hitting its 1.5% allotment. |
Anonymous
| sorry, deciding it she wants to go not if she wants to apply because any qualified applicant will be admitted from her school just to hit their set aside |
Anonymous
"a school with a few smart kids" usually means a lot of smart kids. "a school with few smart kids" usually means not a lot of smart kids. I assume OP meant the former? If that's the case, then it might be hard - if you hit the 1.5% (or the Loudoun county allotment) at around 8-10 kids. |
Anonymous
Yep. |
Anonymous
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Which school? AET, a top 10 student has a good chance, but there is a per school max quota that would hurt chances at some schools, Stone Hill, Brambleton, maybe a few more. You might want to apply to AOS as well.
For TJ, top students do not do as well in admissions as they have removed many parts of the application for them to stand out. |
Anonymous
For TJ, your child has good chance, but it depends on which middle school you are in, if you were in a top middle school, like Longfellow, the chance is not much, since your child can not catch the 1.5% quota, can only compete with others for remaining 225 seats. Good luck |
Anonymous
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My child has similar stats and attended a low performing MS that had to send a minimum of 4 students to TJ. We were on the fence about whether TJ would be a good fit and didn't do any prep. DC was waitpooled and ultimately not accepted because there was no way the 4 kids selected were going to give up their spots.
What's interesting is that only 1 of the 4 kids admitted was truly at the top of the class. 2 were only taking Algebra 1 HN in 8th. The top 5-10 kids academically were very surprised by the results and the way the experience factors came into play. Under the new system, it's more of a crap shoot. If your DD is truly serious I recommend lots of prep for the exam. |
Anonymous
How good of chance? Who knows. My kid was rejected at TJ. Female, race (Asian American) All honors classes Took Algebra 2 Trig in 8th grade Comes from a public school with average number of smart kids, she's probably in the top 5 or 10 4.0 GPA Involved in many extracurriculars: travel soccer league, winter MS basketball team, summer swim team, lots of volunteering, offered free tutoring Has won academic awards (MS MathCounts team, AMC8/Math League/CML/Math Olympiad winner, Science Olympiad, VEX robotics regionals/world competitions, Odyssey of the Mind since elementary 1st grade, Regional Orchestra band) Applied to TJ, AOS, AET |
Anonymous
Not just experience factors. At our school, it was not the top kids academically who were selected, but the ones I heard about who were selected were Asians and I think did not check any boxes. I don't think any were in algebra 1 either. |
Anonymous
| They could have had free and reduced lunch. Just because you're Asian doesn't mean you're not poor. |