TJ admissions

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Anonymous wrote:Franklin has around 40 kids applying each year with "TS" or less than 10 getting in. Would the 1.5% spots for the qualified kids at Franklin be out of the 40?

Franklin has about 400 8th graders so 1.5% of 400 is 6. So they will take a minimum of 6 kids from franklin.

Assuming they have 6 qualified students.

The qualifying criteria is extremely low.
The trick isn't finding 6 qualifying students, it's getting them to apply and then accept once they get in.
A lot of them are getting in then not going.

Do you know anyone who went to Franklin that got accepted to TJ? If anyone does, lmk because I haven’t heard of many people who’s DC went to Franklin then TJ. Once again, I could be wrong.

Apparently 10 people from Franklin were accepted and are attending this year. Do I know them personally? Nope. But that doesn't mean that they are not there.

What’s the source?

FCPS posts the numbers for each of the schools. Someone in this thread said that 10 kids from Franklin were accepted last year and I am fine believing their number.

Franklin is a MC/UMC MS with kids coming from Oak Hill, Brookfield, Greenbriar East, and Lees Corner. I know that Oak Hill has an excellent reputation as a ES. I know that there are plenty of kids from Oak Hill AAP that choose Franklin. I know kids from other ES that feed into Franklin and were in AAP at Franklin. I have 0 difficulty believing that there are kids from Franklin that go to TJ every year.

You seem really invested in the idea that Franklin can’t have kids going to TJ or in disbelief that there are kids at Franklin that apply and are accepted to TJ. I am not sure why that is. Personally, if I was someone who had a kid who wanted to go to TJ and could choose between Franklin and Carson, I would choose Franklin, I would guess that it would be far easier to be in the top 1.5% grouping based on the number of kids who apply.

I agree. I don't understand why there is such disbelief that Franklin has students who are capable of being at TJ.

I am the poster who sent kids through AAP programs at both Carson and Franklin, and I very strongly believe the program and instruction are stronger at Franklin than at Carson.

Apply ratios. It does not matter if less people apply from Carson then in Franklin. Carson sends more than 1.5% of their kids because they are well prepared with their rigor in courses. I’m not so sure about Franklin, but since they sent TS, less or 10, Im assuming they only sent the 1.5% from their school since every school has to be represented.