Official TJ Admissions Decisions Results for the Class of 2025

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It. Does. Not. Matter. Anymore.

TJ isn't going to be any better than Oakton, McLean, Chantilly, or Langley. It may not even be as good as those schools in a few years.

That’s nonsense. Every one of those schools has a large chunk of students who just flat out don’t care about academics. TJ has none, and will still have none after these admissions changes. TJ will still have remarkable university-caliber labs that you can’t find in any other high school in the area. It will still have exceptional faculty to run these labs.

The bottom line is you’re chewing on sour grapes because you’re realizing that there isn’t a hard and fast path to admissions anymore and you think your child is a lot more special and unique than they are.

Grow up. TJ will be more than fine and probably a much healthier academic environment because it will have fewer parents like YOU.

Those schools have relatively few students who "just flat out don't care about academics." Of course, they have some, but then TJ will also have more students who don't truly care that much about academics, but got into under the watered-down admissions criteria. And, they'll be at a school that has nice labs, but doesn't offer the convenience of a neighborhood school serving students who live relatively close to one another.

So, over time, TJ's standing relative to those other schools is guaranteed to decline. I'm sorry if you thought the new exercise in social engineering, courtesy of Scott Brabrand and the School Board, was going to preserve all the positives about TJ and eliminate all the negatives, but that's very unlikely to happen.

Time will tell. Those of us who have been around for a very long time have a keener eye for the negatives and a greater appreciation of the positives. Some problems may be traded for others, but on balance, these changes should result in a much healthier academic environment. Better still, this platform is a much better one from which to make fine changes to the process that will continue the positive trendline.

Keener eye for negatives, greater appreciation of positives. Continue positive trendline. Flowery words in response to a comment that had much more detail. Don't really see much wisdom here.

That's fine. We won, and TJ won as a result.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It. Does. Not. Matter. Anymore.

TJ isn't going to be any better than Oakton, McLean, Chantilly, or Langley. It may not even be as good as those schools in a few years.

That’s nonsense. Every one of those schools has a large chunk of students who just flat out don’t care about academics. TJ has none, and will still have none after these admissions changes. TJ will still have remarkable university-caliber labs that you can’t find in any other high school in the area. It will still have exceptional faculty to run these labs.

The bottom line is you’re chewing on sour grapes because you’re realizing that there isn’t a hard and fast path to admissions anymore and you think your child is a lot more special and unique than they are.

Grow up. TJ will be more than fine and probably a much healthier academic environment because it will have fewer parents like YOU.

Those schools have relatively few students who "just flat out don't care about academics." Of course, they have some, but then TJ will also have more students who don't truly care that much about academics, but got into under the watered-down admissions criteria. And, they'll be at a school that has nice labs, but doesn't offer the convenience of a neighborhood school serving students who live relatively close to one another.

So, over time, TJ's standing relative to those other schools is guaranteed to decline. I'm sorry if you thought the new exercise in social engineering, courtesy of Scott Brabrand and the School Board, was going to preserve all the positives about TJ and eliminate all the negatives, but that's very unlikely to happen.

Time will tell. Those of us who have been around for a very long time have a keener eye for the negatives and a greater appreciation of the positives. Some problems may be traded for others, but on balance, these changes should result in a much healthier academic environment. Better still, this platform is a much better one from which to make fine changes to the process that will continue the positive trendline.

Keener eye for negatives, greater appreciation of positives. Continue positive trendline. Flowery words in response to a comment that had much more detail. Don't really see much wisdom here.

That's fine. We won, and TJ won as a result.

Taliban won too. Doesn't mean Afghanistan won.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It. Does. Not. Matter. Anymore.

TJ isn't going to be any better than Oakton, McLean, Chantilly, or Langley. It may not even be as good as those schools in a few years.

That’s nonsense. Every one of those schools has a large chunk of students who just flat out don’t care about academics. TJ has none, and will still have none after these admissions changes. TJ will still have remarkable university-caliber labs that you can’t find in any other high school in the area. It will still have exceptional faculty to run these labs.

The bottom line is you’re chewing on sour grapes because you’re realizing that there isn’t a hard and fast path to admissions anymore and you think your child is a lot more special and unique than they are.

Grow up. TJ will be more than fine and probably a much healthier academic environment because it will have fewer parents like YOU.

Those schools have relatively few students who "just flat out don't care about academics." Of course, they have some, but then TJ will also have more students who don't truly care that much about academics, but got into under the watered-down admissions criteria. And, they'll be at a school that has nice labs, but doesn't offer the convenience of a neighborhood school serving students who live relatively close to one another.

So, over time, TJ's standing relative to those other schools is guaranteed to decline. I'm sorry if you thought the new exercise in social engineering, courtesy of Scott Brabrand and the School Board, was going to preserve all the positives about TJ and eliminate all the negatives, but that's very unlikely to happen.

Time will tell. Those of us who have been around for a very long time have a keener eye for the negatives and a greater appreciation of the positives. Some problems may be traded for others, but on balance, these changes should result in a much healthier academic environment. Better still, this platform is a much better one from which to make fine changes to the process that will continue the positive trendline.

Keener eye for negatives, greater appreciation of positives. Continue positive trendline. Flowery words in response to a comment that had much more detail. Don't really see much wisdom here.

That's fine. We won, and TJ won as a result.

If woke-ism and race-based admissions are the criteria for winning, then yes, TJ won. Agree on the "flowery words" reference, and wonder how "much healthier academic environment" is defined...

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It. Does. Not. Matter. Anymore.

TJ isn't going to be any better than Oakton, McLean, Chantilly, or Langley. It may not even be as good as those schools in a few years.

That’s nonsense. Every one of those schools has a large chunk of students who just flat out don’t care about academics. TJ has none, and will still have none after these admissions changes. TJ will still have remarkable university-caliber labs that you can’t find in any other high school in the area. It will still have exceptional faculty to run these labs.

The bottom line is you’re chewing on sour grapes because you’re realizing that there isn’t a hard and fast path to admissions anymore and you think your child is a lot more special and unique than they are.

Grow up. TJ will be more than fine and probably a much healthier academic environment because it will have fewer parents like YOU.

Those schools have relatively few students who "just flat out don't care about academics." Of course, they have some, but then TJ will also have more students who don't truly care that much about academics, but got into under the watered-down admissions criteria. And, they'll be at a school that has nice labs, but doesn't offer the convenience of a neighborhood school serving students who live relatively close to one another.

So, over time, TJ's standing relative to those other schools is guaranteed to decline. I'm sorry if you thought the new exercise in social engineering, courtesy of Scott Brabrand and the School Board, was going to preserve all the positives about TJ and eliminate all the negatives, but that's very unlikely to happen.

Time will tell. Those of us who have been around for a very long time have a keener eye for the negatives and a greater appreciation of the positives. Some problems may be traded for others, but on balance, these changes should result in a much healthier academic environment. Better still, this platform is a much better one from which to make fine changes to the process that will continue the positive trendline.

Keener eye for negatives, greater appreciation of positives. Continue positive trendline. Flowery words in response to a comment that had much more detail. Don't really see much wisdom here.

That's fine. We won, and TJ won as a result.

Taliban won too. Doesn't mean Afghanistan won.

...... you're seriously comparing one of the greatest geopolitical tragedies of the last century to the admissions process for a high school?

Another candidate for the Mount Rushmore of most insensitive, tone-deaf things said on this forum.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It. Does. Not. Matter. Anymore.

TJ isn't going to be any better than Oakton, McLean, Chantilly, or Langley. It may not even be as good as those schools in a few years.

That’s nonsense. Every one of those schools has a large chunk of students who just flat out don’t care about academics. TJ has none, and will still have none after these admissions changes. TJ will still have remarkable university-caliber labs that you can’t find in any other high school in the area. It will still have exceptional faculty to run these labs.

The bottom line is you’re chewing on sour grapes because you’re realizing that there isn’t a hard and fast path to admissions anymore and you think your child is a lot more special and unique than they are.

Grow up. TJ will be more than fine and probably a much healthier academic environment because it will have fewer parents like YOU.

Those schools have relatively few students who "just flat out don't care about academics." Of course, they have some, but then TJ will also have more students who don't truly care that much about academics, but got into under the watered-down admissions criteria. And, they'll be at a school that has nice labs, but doesn't offer the convenience of a neighborhood school serving students who live relatively close to one another.

So, over time, TJ's standing relative to those other schools is guaranteed to decline. I'm sorry if you thought the new exercise in social engineering, courtesy of Scott Brabrand and the School Board, was going to preserve all the positives about TJ and eliminate all the negatives, but that's very unlikely to happen.

Time will tell. Those of us who have been around for a very long time have a keener eye for the negatives and a greater appreciation of the positives. Some problems may be traded for others, but on balance, these changes should result in a much healthier academic environment. Better still, this platform is a much better one from which to make fine changes to the process that will continue the positive trendline.

Keener eye for negatives, greater appreciation of positives. Continue positive trendline. Flowery words in response to a comment that had much more detail. Don't really see much wisdom here.

That's fine. We won, and TJ won as a result.

Taliban won too. Doesn't mean Afghanistan won.

...... you're seriously comparing one of the greatest geopolitical tragedies of the last century to the admissions process for a high school?

Another candidate for the Mount Rushmore of most insensitive, tone-deaf things said on this forum.

Not last century. Last week!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It. Does. Not. Matter. Anymore.

TJ isn't going to be any better than Oakton, McLean, Chantilly, or Langley. It may not even be as good as those schools in a few years.

That’s nonsense. Every one of those schools has a large chunk of students who just flat out don’t care about academics. TJ has none, and will still have none after these admissions changes. TJ will still have remarkable university-caliber labs that you can’t find in any other high school in the area. It will still have exceptional faculty to run these labs.

The bottom line is you’re chewing on sour grapes because you’re realizing that there isn’t a hard and fast path to admissions anymore and you think your child is a lot more special and unique than they are.

Grow up. TJ will be more than fine and probably a much healthier academic environment because it will have fewer parents like YOU.

Those schools have relatively few students who "just flat out don't care about academics." Of course, they have some, but then TJ will also have more students who don't truly care that much about academics, but got into under the watered-down admissions criteria. And, they'll be at a school that has nice labs, but doesn't offer the convenience of a neighborhood school serving students who live relatively close to one another.

So, over time, TJ's standing relative to those other schools is guaranteed to decline. I'm sorry if you thought the new exercise in social engineering, courtesy of Scott Brabrand and the School Board, was going to preserve all the positives about TJ and eliminate all the negatives, but that's very unlikely to happen.

Time will tell. Those of us who have been around for a very long time have a keener eye for the negatives and a greater appreciation of the positives. Some problems may be traded for others, but on balance, these changes should result in a much healthier academic environment. Better still, this platform is a much better one from which to make fine changes to the process that will continue the positive trendline.

Keener eye for negatives, greater appreciation of positives. Continue positive trendline. Flowery words in response to a comment that had much more detail. Don't really see much wisdom here.

That's fine. We won, and TJ won as a result.

If woke-ism and race-based admissions are the criteria for winning, then yes, TJ won. Agree on the "flowery words" reference, and wonder how "much healthier academic environment" is defined...

A process that results in 75% representation of a collection of races that amount to 20% of the population of an area is pretty damn race-based.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It. Does. Not. Matter. Anymore.

TJ isn't going to be any better than Oakton, McLean, Chantilly, or Langley. It may not even be as good as those schools in a few years.

That’s nonsense. Every one of those schools has a large chunk of students who just flat out don’t care about academics. TJ has none, and will still have none after these admissions changes. TJ will still have remarkable university-caliber labs that you can’t find in any other high school in the area. It will still have exceptional faculty to run these labs.

The bottom line is you’re chewing on sour grapes because you’re realizing that there isn’t a hard and fast path to admissions anymore and you think your child is a lot more special and unique than they are.

Grow up. TJ will be more than fine and probably a much healthier academic environment because it will have fewer parents like YOU.

Those schools have relatively few students who "just flat out don't care about academics." Of course, they have some, but then TJ will also have more students who don't truly care that much about academics, but got into under the watered-down admissions criteria. And, they'll be at a school that has nice labs, but doesn't offer the convenience of a neighborhood school serving students who live relatively close to one another.

So, over time, TJ's standing relative to those other schools is guaranteed to decline. I'm sorry if you thought the new exercise in social engineering, courtesy of Scott Brabrand and the School Board, was going to preserve all the positives about TJ and eliminate all the negatives, but that's very unlikely to happen.

Time will tell. Those of us who have been around for a very long time have a keener eye for the negatives and a greater appreciation of the positives. Some problems may be traded for others, but on balance, these changes should result in a much healthier academic environment. Better still, this platform is a much better one from which to make fine changes to the process that will continue the positive trendline.

Keener eye for negatives, greater appreciation of positives. Continue positive trendline. Flowery words in response to a comment that had much more detail. Don't really see much wisdom here.

That's fine. We won, and TJ won as a result.

Taliban won too. Doesn't mean Afghanistan won.

...... you're seriously comparing one of the greatest geopolitical tragedies of the last century to the admissions process for a high school?

Another candidate for the Mount Rushmore of most insensitive, tone-deaf things said on this forum.

Not last century. Last week!

"of the last century". good grief.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It. Does. Not. Matter. Anymore.

TJ isn't going to be any better than Oakton, McLean, Chantilly, or Langley. It may not even be as good as those schools in a few years.

That’s nonsense. Every one of those schools has a large chunk of students who just flat out don’t care about academics. TJ has none, and will still have none after these admissions changes. TJ will still have remarkable university-caliber labs that you can’t find in any other high school in the area. It will still have exceptional faculty to run these labs.

The bottom line is you’re chewing on sour grapes because you’re realizing that there isn’t a hard and fast path to admissions anymore and you think your child is a lot more special and unique than they are.

Grow up. TJ will be more than fine and probably a much healthier academic environment because it will have fewer parents like YOU.

Those schools have relatively few students who "just flat out don't care about academics." Of course, they have some, but then TJ will also have more students who don't truly care that much about academics, but got into under the watered-down admissions criteria. And, they'll be at a school that has nice labs, but doesn't offer the convenience of a neighborhood school serving students who live relatively close to one another.

So, over time, TJ's standing relative to those other schools is guaranteed to decline. I'm sorry if you thought the new exercise in social engineering, courtesy of Scott Brabrand and the School Board, was going to preserve all the positives about TJ and eliminate all the negatives, but that's very unlikely to happen.

Time will tell. Those of us who have been around for a very long time have a keener eye for the negatives and a greater appreciation of the positives. Some problems may be traded for others, but on balance, these changes should result in a much healthier academic environment. Better still, this platform is a much better one from which to make fine changes to the process that will continue the positive trendline.

Keener eye for negatives, greater appreciation of positives. Continue positive trendline. Flowery words in response to a comment that had much more detail. Don't really see much wisdom here.

That's fine. We won, and TJ won as a result.

If woke-ism and race-based admissions are the criteria for winning, then yes, TJ won. Agree on the "flowery words" reference, and wonder how "much healthier academic environment" is defined...

Nothing is defined. We won. Buzz off.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It. Does. Not. Matter. Anymore.

TJ isn't going to be any better than Oakton, McLean, Chantilly, or Langley. It may not even be as good as those schools in a few years.

That’s nonsense. Every one of those schools has a large chunk of students who just flat out don’t care about academics. TJ has none, and will still have none after these admissions changes. TJ will still have remarkable university-caliber labs that you can’t find in any other high school in the area. It will still have exceptional faculty to run these labs.

The bottom line is you’re chewing on sour grapes because you’re realizing that there isn’t a hard and fast path to admissions anymore and you think your child is a lot more special and unique than they are.

Grow up. TJ will be more than fine and probably a much healthier academic environment because it will have fewer parents like YOU.

Those schools have relatively few students who "just flat out don't care about academics." Of course, they have some, but then TJ will also have more students who don't truly care that much about academics, but got into under the watered-down admissions criteria. And, they'll be at a school that has nice labs, but doesn't offer the convenience of a neighborhood school serving students who live relatively close to one another.

So, over time, TJ's standing relative to those other schools is guaranteed to decline. I'm sorry if you thought the new exercise in social engineering, courtesy of Scott Brabrand and the School Board, was going to preserve all the positives about TJ and eliminate all the negatives, but that's very unlikely to happen.

Time will tell. Those of us who have been around for a very long time have a keener eye for the negatives and a greater appreciation of the positives. Some problems may be traded for others, but on balance, these changes should result in a much healthier academic environment. Better still, this platform is a much better one from which to make fine changes to the process that will continue the positive trendline.

Keener eye for negatives, greater appreciation of positives. Continue positive trendline. Flowery words in response to a comment that had much more detail. Don't really see much wisdom here.

That's fine. We won, and TJ won as a result.

Taliban won too. Doesn't mean Afghanistan won.

...... you're seriously comparing one of the greatest geopolitical tragedies of the last century to the admissions process for a high school?

Another candidate for the Mount Rushmore of most insensitive, tone-deaf things said on this forum.

Just because one side won doesn't mean the country, organization won. Meaning of the analogy. Response to we won, therefore all is good post.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It. Does. Not. Matter. Anymore.

TJ isn't going to be any better than Oakton, McLean, Chantilly, or Langley. It may not even be as good as those schools in a few years.

That’s nonsense. Every one of those schools has a large chunk of students who just flat out don’t care about academics. TJ has none, and will still have none after these admissions changes. TJ will still have remarkable university-caliber labs that you can’t find in any other high school in the area. It will still have exceptional faculty to run these labs.

The bottom line is you’re chewing on sour grapes because you’re realizing that there isn’t a hard and fast path to admissions anymore and you think your child is a lot more special and unique than they are.

Grow up. TJ will be more than fine and probably a much healthier academic environment because it will have fewer parents like YOU.

Those schools have relatively few students who "just flat out don't care about academics." Of course, they have some, but then TJ will also have more students who don't truly care that much about academics, but got into under the watered-down admissions criteria. And, they'll be at a school that has nice labs, but doesn't offer the convenience of a neighborhood school serving students who live relatively close to one another.

So, over time, TJ's standing relative to those other schools is guaranteed to decline. I'm sorry if you thought the new exercise in social engineering, courtesy of Scott Brabrand and the School Board, was going to preserve all the positives about TJ and eliminate all the negatives, but that's very unlikely to happen.

Time will tell. Those of us who have been around for a very long time have a keener eye for the negatives and a greater appreciation of the positives. Some problems may be traded for others, but on balance, these changes should result in a much healthier academic environment. Better still, this platform is a much better one from which to make fine changes to the process that will continue the positive trendline.

Keener eye for negatives, greater appreciation of positives. Continue positive trendline. Flowery words in response to a comment that had much more detail. Don't really see much wisdom here.

That's fine. We won, and TJ won as a result.

If woke-ism and race-based admissions are the criteria for winning, then yes, TJ won. Agree on the "flowery words" reference, and wonder how "much healthier academic environment" is defined...

Nothing is defined. We won. Buzz off.

TJ admissions are race-blind and that poster is either attempting to mislead or just horribly uninformed.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It. Does. Not. Matter. Anymore.

TJ isn't going to be any better than Oakton, McLean, Chantilly, or Langley. It may not even be as good as those schools in a few years.

That’s nonsense. Every one of those schools has a large chunk of students who just flat out don’t care about academics. TJ has none, and will still have none after these admissions changes. TJ will still have remarkable university-caliber labs that you can’t find in any other high school in the area. It will still have exceptional faculty to run these labs.

The bottom line is you’re chewing on sour grapes because you’re realizing that there isn’t a hard and fast path to admissions anymore and you think your child is a lot more special and unique than they are.

Grow up. TJ will be more than fine and probably a much healthier academic environment because it will have fewer parents like YOU.

Those schools have relatively few students who "just flat out don't care about academics." Of course, they have some, but then TJ will also have more students who don't truly care that much about academics, but got into under the watered-down admissions criteria. And, they'll be at a school that has nice labs, but doesn't offer the convenience of a neighborhood school serving students who live relatively close to one another.

So, over time, TJ's standing relative to those other schools is guaranteed to decline. I'm sorry if you thought the new exercise in social engineering, courtesy of Scott Brabrand and the School Board, was going to preserve all the positives about TJ and eliminate all the negatives, but that's very unlikely to happen.

Time will tell. Those of us who have been around for a very long time have a keener eye for the negatives and a greater appreciation of the positives. Some problems may be traded for others, but on balance, these changes should result in a much healthier academic environment. Better still, this platform is a much better one from which to make fine changes to the process that will continue the positive trendline.

Keener eye for negatives, greater appreciation of positives. Continue positive trendline. Flowery words in response to a comment that had much more detail. Don't really see much wisdom here.

That's fine. We won, and TJ won as a result.

If woke-ism and race-based admissions are the criteria for winning, then yes, TJ won. Agree on the "flowery words" reference, and wonder how "much healthier academic environment" is defined...

Nothing is defined. We won. Buzz off.

TJ admissions are race-blind and that poster is either attempting to mislead or just horribly uninformed.

The levels of self delusion and word twisting...this whole exercise of eliminating an objective race blind test, adding a bunch of experience factors including race based ones was expressly intended to reduce certain a races and increase others. It is an exercise in complete futility as a lottery gifted school is just not something people will aspire for. So no winners at all.

Can someone please shut down this thread. Makes me sick. You guys won in your misguided efforts in destroying a school by treating it as some kind of spoil of war, benefit. It is not. It was the idea of excellence that made the school. Not some labs. And that aspirational idea helped the teachers, community, companies and the entire area. You could have easily increased diversity with actual quotas while still keeping it aspirational instead of just doing lazy, spiteful, value destroying and yes, utterly racist nonsense.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It. Does. Not. Matter. Anymore.

TJ isn't going to be any better than Oakton, McLean, Chantilly, or Langley. It may not even be as good as those schools in a few years.

That’s nonsense. Every one of those schools has a large chunk of students who just flat out don’t care about academics. TJ has none, and will still have none after these admissions changes. TJ will still have remarkable university-caliber labs that you can’t find in any other high school in the area. It will still have exceptional faculty to run these labs.

The bottom line is you’re chewing on sour grapes because you’re realizing that there isn’t a hard and fast path to admissions anymore and you think your child is a lot more special and unique than they are.

Grow up. TJ will be more than fine and probably a much healthier academic environment because it will have fewer parents like YOU.

Those schools have relatively few students who "just flat out don't care about academics." Of course, they have some, but then TJ will also have more students who don't truly care that much about academics, but got into under the watered-down admissions criteria. And, they'll be at a school that has nice labs, but doesn't offer the convenience of a neighborhood school serving students who live relatively close to one another.

So, over time, TJ's standing relative to those other schools is guaranteed to decline. I'm sorry if you thought the new exercise in social engineering, courtesy of Scott Brabrand and the School Board, was going to preserve all the positives about TJ and eliminate all the negatives, but that's very unlikely to happen.

Time will tell. Those of us who have been around for a very long time have a keener eye for the negatives and a greater appreciation of the positives. Some problems may be traded for others, but on balance, these changes should result in a much healthier academic environment. Better still, this platform is a much better one from which to make fine changes to the process that will continue the positive trendline.

Keener eye for negatives, greater appreciation of positives. Continue positive trendline. Flowery words in response to a comment that had much more detail. Don't really see much wisdom here.

That's fine. We won, and TJ won as a result.

That says it all. In your mind, TJ won because you got what you wanted.

Many others believe that TJ lost and that the primary beneficiaries are going to be the top neighborhood high schools. They may not be TJs, but they are known quantities that stand to only get stronger with uncertainty introduced into the TJ admission process (and the sense that TJ now stands not for academic excellence, but retail pork barrel politics).

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It. Does. Not. Matter. Anymore.

TJ isn't going to be any better than Oakton, McLean, Chantilly, or Langley. It may not even be as good as those schools in a few years.

That’s nonsense. Every one of those schools has a large chunk of students who just flat out don’t care about academics. TJ has none, and will still have none after these admissions changes. TJ will still have remarkable university-caliber labs that you can’t find in any other high school in the area. It will still have exceptional faculty to run these labs.

The bottom line is you’re chewing on sour grapes because you’re realizing that there isn’t a hard and fast path to admissions anymore and you think your child is a lot more special and unique than they are.

Grow up. TJ will be more than fine and probably a much healthier academic environment because it will have fewer parents like YOU.

Those schools have relatively few students who "just flat out don't care about academics." Of course, they have some, but then TJ will also have more students who don't truly care that much about academics, but got into under the watered-down admissions criteria. And, they'll be at a school that has nice labs, but doesn't offer the convenience of a neighborhood school serving students who live relatively close to one another.

So, over time, TJ's standing relative to those other schools is guaranteed to decline. I'm sorry if you thought the new exercise in social engineering, courtesy of Scott Brabrand and the School Board, was going to preserve all the positives about TJ and eliminate all the negatives, but that's very unlikely to happen.

Time will tell. Those of us who have been around for a very long time have a keener eye for the negatives and a greater appreciation of the positives. Some problems may be traded for others, but on balance, these changes should result in a much healthier academic environment. Better still, this platform is a much better one from which to make fine changes to the process that will continue the positive trendline.

Keener eye for negatives, greater appreciation of positives. Continue positive trendline. Flowery words in response to a comment that had much more detail. Don't really see much wisdom here.

That's fine. We won, and TJ won as a result.

If woke-ism and race-based admissions are the criteria for winning, then yes, TJ won. Agree on the "flowery words" reference, and wonder how "much healthier academic environment" is defined...

A process that results in 75% representation of a collection of races that amount to 20% of the population of an area is pretty damn race-based.

I disagree, the 80% isn't good enough to compete

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Anonymous wrote:It. Does. Not. Matter. Anymore.

TJ isn't going to be any better than Oakton, McLean, Chantilly, or Langley. It may not even be as good as those schools in a few years.

That’s nonsense. Every one of those schools has a large chunk of students who just flat out don’t care about academics. TJ has none, and will still have none after these admissions changes. TJ will still have remarkable university-caliber labs that you can’t find in any other high school in the area. It will still have exceptional faculty to run these labs.

The bottom line is you’re chewing on sour grapes because you’re realizing that there isn’t a hard and fast path to admissions anymore and you think your child is a lot more special and unique than they are.

Grow up. TJ will be more than fine and probably a much healthier academic environment because it will have fewer parents like YOU.

Those schools have relatively few students who "just flat out don't care about academics." Of course, they have some, but then TJ will also have more students who don't truly care that much about academics, but got into under the watered-down admissions criteria. And, they'll be at a school that has nice labs, but doesn't offer the convenience of a neighborhood school serving students who live relatively close to one another.

So, over time, TJ's standing relative to those other schools is guaranteed to decline. I'm sorry if you thought the new exercise in social engineering, courtesy of Scott Brabrand and the School Board, was going to preserve all the positives about TJ and eliminate all the negatives, but that's very unlikely to happen.

Time will tell. Those of us who have been around for a very long time have a keener eye for the negatives and a greater appreciation of the positives. Some problems may be traded for others, but on balance, these changes should result in a much healthier academic environment. Better still, this platform is a much better one from which to make fine changes to the process that will continue the positive trendline.

Keener eye for negatives, greater appreciation of positives. Continue positive trendline. Flowery words in response to a comment that had much more detail. Don't really see much wisdom here.

That's fine. We won, and TJ won as a result.

That says it all. In your mind, TJ won because you got what you wanted.

Many others believe that TJ lost and that the primary beneficiaries are going to be the top neighborhood high schools. They may not be TJs, but they are known quantities that stand to only get stronger with uncertainty introduced into the TJ admission process (and the sense that TJ now stands not for academic excellence, but retail pork barrel politics).

Both TJ and those base schools will benefit tremendously. Schools like Langley, McLean, Chantilly, etc will be very well served by welcoming students who would have been among the back-end of the TJ population. TJ will benefit from an injection of fresh perspective and the admissions process will probably become even more popular (and therefore more competitive, raising the caliber of the student body) as talented students in different parts of the county actually become interested in attending.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It. Does. Not. Matter. Anymore.

TJ isn't going to be any better than Oakton, McLean, Chantilly, or Langley. It may not even be as good as those schools in a few years.

That’s nonsense. Every one of those schools has a large chunk of students who just flat out don’t care about academics. TJ has none, and will still have none after these admissions changes. TJ will still have remarkable university-caliber labs that you can’t find in any other high school in the area. It will still have exceptional faculty to run these labs.

The bottom line is you’re chewing on sour grapes because you’re realizing that there isn’t a hard and fast path to admissions anymore and you think your child is a lot more special and unique than they are.

Grow up. TJ will be more than fine and probably a much healthier academic environment because it will have fewer parents like YOU.

Those schools have relatively few students who "just flat out don't care about academics." Of course, they have some, but then TJ will also have more students who don't truly care that much about academics, but got into under the watered-down admissions criteria. And, they'll be at a school that has nice labs, but doesn't offer the convenience of a neighborhood school serving students who live relatively close to one another.

So, over time, TJ's standing relative to those other schools is guaranteed to decline. I'm sorry if you thought the new exercise in social engineering, courtesy of Scott Brabrand and the School Board, was going to preserve all the positives about TJ and eliminate all the negatives, but that's very unlikely to happen.

Time will tell. Those of us who have been around for a very long time have a keener eye for the negatives and a greater appreciation of the positives. Some problems may be traded for others, but on balance, these changes should result in a much healthier academic environment. Better still, this platform is a much better one from which to make fine changes to the process that will continue the positive trendline.

Keener eye for negatives, greater appreciation of positives. Continue positive trendline. Flowery words in response to a comment that had much more detail. Don't really see much wisdom here.

That's fine. We won, and TJ won as a result.

That says it all. In your mind, TJ won because you got what you wanted.

Many others believe that TJ lost and that the primary beneficiaries are going to be the top neighborhood high schools. They may not be TJs, but they are known quantities that stand to only get stronger with uncertainty introduced into the TJ admission process (and the sense that TJ now stands not for academic excellence, but retail pork barrel politics).

Both TJ and those base schools will benefit tremendously. Schools like Langley, McLean, Chantilly, etc will be very well served by welcoming students who would have been among the back-end of the TJ population. TJ will benefit from an injection of fresh perspective and the admissions process will probably become even more popular (and therefore more competitive, raising the caliber of the student body) as talented students in different parts of the county actually become interested in attending.

Just like those kids from the wealthy schools will be fine many equally gifted students from less affluent neighborhoods will benefit from TJ. This will make FCPS even better than ever.