TJ Waitlist Movement

[Anonymous]

Since decisions were due yesterday, May 14th, does that mean the TJ waitlist will start to move today? Realistically speaking, can students get an offer even late this summer?

[Anonymous]

I think most of the wait-list movement happened before school let out last year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Since decisions were due yesterday, May 14th, does that mean the TJ waitlist will start to move today? Realistically speaking, can students get an offer even late this summer?

Most likely by tomorrow evening or Monday

[Anonymous]

DD heard her teacher saying after May 21 as they need a week to process the student decisions and work on the waitlist

[Anonymous]

Don't hold much expectation on wait-list movement.
Parents will push their kiddos into TJ if admitted. After the new admission was implemented, this forum has seen more and more posts asking about transferring back to base school and student getting a D for a math course. Without a rigorous academic test, being admitted sending ambiguous information to parents and students. Parents tend to believe that their children are good enough in STEM and forget that they got in under a lottery system. I am not saying the old admission is good. It was problematic too. But the new admission process seems causing more problems. It didn't just fail in promoting diversity, but also made students academic performance worse. TJ class 2024 had 165 National Merit semifinalists. There were 81 National Merit semifinalists in the class 2025 . It is hard to find a good admission process. Maybe people should make more efforts on advocating improving base school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DD heard her teacher saying after May 21 as they need a week to process the student decisions and work on the waitlist

how does her teacher know

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Don't hold much expectation on wait-list movement.
Parents will push their kiddos into TJ if admitted. After the new admission was implemented, this forum has seen more and more posts asking about transferring back to base school and student getting a D for a math course. Without a rigorous academic test, being admitted sending ambiguous information to parents and students. Parents tend to believe that their children are good enough in STEM and forget that they got in under a lottery system. I am not saying the old admission is good. It was problematic too. But the new admission process seems causing more problems. It didn't just fail in promoting diversity, but also made students academic performance worse. TJ class 2024 had 165 National Merit semifinalists. There were 81 National Merit semifinalists in the class 2025 . It is hard to find a good admission process. Maybe people should make more efforts on advocating improving base school.

Source? Please list separate posts by people about transferring out. I see ONE post with lots of comments since 9/2024. List all the different ones you see since then (not responses) or about Ds in math- from all the more and more ones you saw.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Don't hold much expectation on wait-list movement.
Parents will push their kiddos into TJ if admitted. After the new admission was implemented, this forum has seen more and more posts asking about transferring back to base school and student getting a D for a math course. Without a rigorous academic test, being admitted sending ambiguous information to parents and students. Parents tend to believe that their children are good enough in STEM and forget that they got in under a lottery system. I am not saying the old admission is good. It was problematic too. But the new admission process seems causing more problems. It didn't just fail in promoting diversity, but also made students academic performance worse. TJ class 2024 had 165 National Merit semifinalists. There were 81 National Merit semifinalists in the class 2025 . It is hard to find a good admission process. Maybe people should make more efforts on advocating improving base school.

Last year there were at least 5 kids at our middle school that got in off the wait-list.

[Anonymous]

Waitlist offers are out.

[Anonymous]

It was a few years back but my kid got in off the waitlist in July. Spot accepted. Was a good fit.

[Anonymous]

So how many rounds of movement? Rolling basis?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So how many rounds of movement? Rolling basis?

Someone said biggest and almost all movement off waitlist comes now and then after this “2nd round” it is 1 or 2 spots here and there but mostly non-existent movement over summer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So how many rounds of movement? Rolling basis?

Someone said biggest and almost all movement off waitlist comes now and then after this “2nd round” it is 1 or 2 spots here and there but mostly non-existent movement over summer.

Is there an appeal process?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Don't hold much expectation on wait-list movement.
Parents will push their kiddos into TJ if admitted. After the new admission was implemented, this forum has seen more and more posts asking about transferring back to base school and student getting a D for a math course. Without a rigorous academic test, being admitted sending ambiguous information to parents and students. Parents tend to believe that their children are good enough in STEM and forget that they got in under a lottery system. I am not saying the old admission is good. It was problematic too. But the new admission process seems causing more problems. It didn't just fail in promoting diversity, but also made students academic performance worse. TJ class 2024 had 165 National Merit semifinalists. There were 81 National Merit semifinalists in the class 2025 . It is hard to find a good admission process. Maybe people should make more efforts on advocating improving base school.

Last year there were at least 5 kids at our middle school that got in off the wait-list.

Similar case at our middle school, one of the top feeders, likely has more students ranked higher in the wait-list.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So how many rounds of movement? Rolling basis?

Someone said biggest and almost all movement off waitlist comes now and then after this “2nd round” it is 1 or 2 spots here and there but mostly non-existent movement over summer.

Is there an appeal process?

Yes, there is an appeal process.