TJ waitlist
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Anonymous
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Based on the 2025 data, it seems that approximately 50% of applicants receive a waitlist notification. Why offer false hope to so many?
School Applicants Waitpool Offered ============================= Carson Middle School 245 121 42 Longfellow Middle School 149 80 28 Lake Braddock Middle School 120 56 12 Rocky Run Middle School 127 54 24 Glasgow Middle School 88 51 15 Kilmer Middle School 113 49 TS Cooper Middle School 98 48 20 Frost Middle School 97 42 TS Lunsford 82 41 TS Twain Middle School 76 40 TS Stone Hill 81 39 13 Lanier Middle School 87 38 TS Brambleton Middle School 77 37 TS Mercer 57 30 TS Jackson Middle School 70 28 11 Eagle Ridge 67 28 TS Thoreau Middle School 64 26 TS Farmwell Station 41 26 TS Holmes Middle School 40 25 TS South County Middle School 54 24 TS Willard Intermediate School 50 24 TS Trailside Middle School 37 22 12 Sandburg Middle School 62 21 12 Hughes Middle School 41 19 TS Irving Middle School 56 17 TS Key Middle School 40 16 TS Belmont Ridge 34 15 TS River Bend 29 15 TS Seneca Ridge 24 14 TS Hamm 21 13 TS Poe Middle School 28 12 TS Nysmith 24 12 TS http://www.fcag.org/2025%20by%20Middle%20School.xlsx |
Anonymous
| Do they get off the waiting list only when a student from the same middle school rejects an offer? How does the move work? |
Anonymous
Help me understand this: # offered + # Waitpool != # Applicant |
Anonymous
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# offered + # Waitpool + # Declined = # Applicant
TS means Too Small, less than 10 |
Anonymous
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So is this data the initial application response- so the offers is offers out of the gate and not total offers including those they were on waitlist? Or as the offers the ones ultimately offered including ones that were on a waitlist at some point?
I also find other poster’s question interesting, which is if waitlisted get offers if any opening from anywhere - so if ranked 1 on waitlist, get offer if any space opens up or are students only offered if space from their MS count opens up? Figure has to be the first as otherwise some of the waitlist amounts are too high. |
Anonymous
2025 data? |
Anonymous
| Class of 2025 data. so after admissions change |
Anonymous
School Applicants Waitpool Offered ============================= Carson Middle School 245 121 42 ... means from that middle school, 245 applied, of which 42 were sent offers and 121 waitlisted, which would mean (245-42-121 =) 82 got rejected. |
Anonymous
| Cooper has one of highest % accept rate at 20% if looking just at # applied and accepted from their school. R. Carson comes 17% (again, just based on who applied from only their school and got accepted). Would be interesting to know how many came off waitlist and from what schools- assume waitlist is ranked order. See Carson & Longfellow had highest waitlist counts. |
Anonymous
That is my understanding as well |
Anonymous
Only 28 offered from Longfellow?! |
Anonymous
I would think this only applies to the 1.5%. After that, I would think all pool candidates are then ranked and waitlist offers go down the list. |
Anonymous
Is this real? |
Anonymous
| Any way to find out offered students' AAP status? You can assume certain kids are non-AAP based on school not having AAP, but is there any real data that's public? |
Anonymous
The waitlist size seems unusually large. it is likely schools with low application volumes have high percent of offer refusals and thus require a sizable waitlist. However, the same criteria may lead to an excessive number of candidates to be waitlisted at high application volume schools? Anyway, waitlisted notification is a feel good gesture than an outright rejection notice. |