Are TJ college admissions a mess this year?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Class of 2023 at TJ was admitted under the old admission system. FYI.

Thank goodness they've adjusted the system. I hope it pays off for everyone, and it very well might given the recent focus by college AOs, though I tend not to fully support such tracked education with tax dollars.

The students admitted under the old process looked good on paper mainly because of expensive prep and test buying but can't measure up with those admitted under the new process because of skill and aptitude. This is just being reflected in the college admission results.

More garbage. TJ kids are scientists, governors, tech billionaires, etc. The results have been spectacular. To listen to you, TJ kids scored well on SATs but failed in real life - but nothing could be further from the truth. The old TJ admissions policies did a fabulous job picking future superstars.

Stop trying to fix what isn't broken.

It was a school that was supposed to serve a whole region and ended up drawing the vast majority of students from a handful of middle schools. It was broken

[Anonymous]

the TJ process is way better since the changes.: previously it was mainly a bunch of kids who had been coached for 3-4 years and provided “insights” into the type of questions to expect on the test.

We are now seeing a well rounded class.

Is it perfect. No. But better.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:the TJ process is way better since the changes.: previously it was mainly a bunch of kids who had been coached for 3-4 years and provided “insights” into the type of questions to expect on the test.

We are now seeing a well rounded class.

Is it perfect. No. But better.

It's also far less toxic without those families.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Class of 2023 at TJ was admitted under the old admission system. FYI.

Thank goodness they've adjusted the system. I hope it pays off for everyone, and it very well might given the recent focus by college AOs, though I tend not to fully support such tracked education with tax dollars.

The students admitted under the old process looked good on paper mainly because of expensive prep and test buying but can't measure up with those admitted under the new process because of skill and aptitude. This is just being reflected in the college admission results.

More garbage. TJ kids are scientists, governors, tech billionaires, etc. The results have been spectacular. To listen to you, TJ kids scored well on SATs but failed in real life - but nothing could be further from the truth. The old TJ admissions policies did a fabulous job picking future superstars.

Stop trying to fix what isn't broken.

It was a school that was supposed to serve a whole region and ended up drawing the vast majority of students from a handful of middle schools. It was broken

And that was only because families at those schools spent tens of thousands on expensive prep that granted access to the test questions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Class of 2023 at TJ was admitted under the old admission system. FYI.

Thank goodness they've adjusted the system. I hope it pays off for everyone, and it very well might given the recent focus by college AOs, though I tend not to fully support such tracked education with tax dollars.

The students admitted under the old process looked good on paper mainly because of expensive prep and test buying but can't measure up with those admitted under the new process because of skill and aptitude. This is just being reflected in the college admission results.

The new process hasn't carried thru to senior class yet. You are so desperate to spread your talking points, that you forgot what you said on this topic before- that the old process admits will do better on SATs because they are better at test-taking than the new process admits.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Class of 2023 at TJ was admitted under the old admission system. FYI.

Thank goodness they've adjusted the system. I hope it pays off for everyone, and it very well might given the recent focus by college AOs, though I tend not to fully support such tracked education with tax dollars.

The students admitted under the old process looked good on paper mainly because of expensive prep and test buying but can't measure up with those admitted under the new process because of skill and aptitude. This is just being reflected in the college admission results.

The new process hasn't carried thru to senior class yet. You are so desperate to spread your talking points, that you forgot what you said on this topic before- that the old process admits will do better on SATs because they are better at test-taking than the new process admits.

Many of the old admits were good because of prep, but couldn't cut TJ without it. The new ones seem to be highly capable. It will be interesting to see how this plays out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Class of 2023 at TJ was admitted under the old admission system. FYI.

Thank goodness they've adjusted the system. I hope it pays off for everyone, and it very well might given the recent focus by college AOs, though I tend not to fully support such tracked education with tax dollars.

The students admitted under the old process looked good on paper mainly because of expensive prep and test buying but can't measure up with those admitted under the new process because of skill and aptitude. This is just being reflected in the college admission results.

The new process hasn't carried thru to senior class yet. You are so desperate to spread your talking points, that you forgot what you said on this topic before- that the old process admits will do better on SATs because they are better at test-taking than the new process admits.

You think SAT score is the only sign of a talented kid? That’s one data point and it’s not as relevant as it used to be.

[Anonymous]

TJ before - top students, vast middle, tiny bottom

TJ now - tippy top students, mostly middle and larger bottom

Not entirely clear it makes any difference in college outcomes as URM kids will help with admissions acceptance rates to better schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:the TJ process is way better since the changes.: previously it was mainly a bunch of kids who had been coached for 3-4 years and provided “insights” into the type of questions to expect on the test.

We are now seeing a well rounded class.

Is it perfect. No. But better.

+1000

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I'm a parent of TJ senior and here is number I get so far:
3 Harvard
1 or 2 Yale
2 Princeton
4 or 5 MIT (all from REA)
1 S (maybe)
1 Columbia
2 Upenn

The real number maybe higher than this but definitely not much. Worst year in decade.

This is what I heard so far:

8 Harvard
6 Yale
9 Princeton
11 MIT
5 Stanford
8 Columbia
10 Upenn
18 Michigan
16 CMU
14 Chicago
15 Cornell

Now the real destination numbers are out.
5 Harvard
3 MIT
4 Princeton
1 Yale
1 Stanford
1 Columbia
5 UPenn
9 CMU
14 Chicago
7 Cornell

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm a parent of TJ senior and here is number I get so far:
3 Harvard
1 or 2 Yale
2 Princeton
4 or 5 MIT (all from REA)
1 S (maybe)
1 Columbia
2 Upenn

The real number maybe higher than this but definitely not much. Worst year in decade.

This is what I heard so far:

8 Harvard
6 Yale
9 Princeton
11 MIT
5 Stanford
8 Columbia
10 Upenn
18 Michigan
16 CMU
14 Chicago
15 Cornell

Added Michigan and some Virginia, California and North Carolina colleges.
Now the real destination numbers are out.
5 Harvard
1 Yale
4 Princeton
3 MIT
1 Stanford
1 Columbia
5 UPenn
10 Michigan
9 CMU
14 Chicago
7 Cornell
2 CIT
1 UCLA
2 UC Berkeley
6 Duke
7 UNC Chapel Hill

In Virginia,
44 UVA
24 William and Mary
23 VT
4 VCU
5 GMU

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm a parent of TJ senior and here is number I get so far:
3 Harvard
1 or 2 Yale
2 Princeton
4 or 5 MIT (all from REA)
1 S (maybe)
1 Columbia
2 Upenn

The real number maybe higher than this but definitely not much. Worst year in decade.

This is what I heard so far:

8 Harvard
6 Yale
9 Princeton
11 MIT
5 Stanford
8 Columbia
10 Upenn
18 Michigan
16 CMU
14 Chicago
15 Cornell

Added Michigan and some Virginia, California and North Carolina colleges.
Now the real destination numbers are out.
5 Harvard
1 Yale
4 Princeton
3 MIT
1 Stanford
1 Columbia
5 UPenn
10 Michigan
9 CMU
14 Chicago
7 Cornell
2 CIT
1 UCLA
2 UC Berkeley
6 Duke
7 UNC Chapel Hill

In Virginia,
44 UVA
24 William and Mary
23 VT
4 VCU
5 GMU

What about Brown and Dartmouth? I know at least 2 are going to each

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:the TJ process is way better since the changes.: previously it was mainly a bunch of kids who had been coached for 3-4 years and provided “insights” into the type of questions to expect on the test.

We are now seeing a well rounded class.

Is it perfect. No. But better.

I had both a senior and a freshman at TJ this past year, and that's our impression as well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm a parent of TJ senior and here is number I get so far:
3 Harvard
1 or 2 Yale
2 Princeton
4 or 5 MIT (all from REA)
1 S (maybe)
1 Columbia
2 Upenn

The real number maybe higher than this but definitely not much. Worst year in decade.

This is what I heard so far:

8 Harvard
6 Yale
9 Princeton
11 MIT
5 Stanford
8 Columbia
10 Upenn
18 Michigan
16 CMU
14 Chicago
15 Cornell

Added Michigan and some Virginia, California and North Carolina colleges.
Now the real destination numbers are out.
5 Harvard
1 Yale
4 Princeton
3 MIT
1 Stanford
1 Columbia
5 UPenn
10 Michigan
9 CMU
14 Chicago
7 Cornell
2 CIT
1 UCLA
2 UC Berkeley
6 Duke
7 UNC Chapel Hill

In Virginia,
44 UVA
24 William and Mary
23 VT
4 VCU
5 GMU

These figures are identical to those that appear in the senior issue of tjTODAY. The total number of students captured by tjTODAY is about 360 or so of the 459 graduates - essentially whoever responded to the Google Form. There are another hundred unaccounted for for whatever reason. So a fair number of those totals will be higher.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm a parent of TJ senior and here is number I get so far:
3 Harvard
1 or 2 Yale
2 Princeton
4 or 5 MIT (all from REA)
1 S (maybe)
1 Columbia
2 Upenn

The real number maybe higher than this but definitely not much. Worst year in decade.

This is what I heard so far:

8 Harvard
6 Yale
9 Princeton
11 MIT
5 Stanford
8 Columbia
10 Upenn
18 Michigan
16 CMU
14 Chicago
15 Cornell

Added Michigan and some Virginia, California and North Carolina colleges.
Now the real destination numbers are out.
5 Harvard
1 Yale
4 Princeton
3 MIT
1 Stanford
1 Columbia
5 UPenn
10 Michigan
9 CMU
14 Chicago
7 Cornell
2 CIT
1 UCLA
2 UC Berkeley
6 Duke
7 UNC Chapel Hill

In Virginia,
44 UVA
24 William and Mary
23 VT
4 VCU
5 GMU

What about Brown and Dartmouth? I know at least 2 are going to each

Dartmouth 3, Brown 2