TJ Admissions

[Anonymous]

http://www.fcag.org/tjadmits2011.html

Statistically, if you are not Asian, your chances are best if you are a white male. 273 males offered Admission and only 207 females.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:http://www.fcag.org/tjadmits2011.html

Statistically, if you are not Asian, your chances are best if you are a white male. 273 males offered Admission and only 207 females.

Just curious, how does that relate to the total number of applicants in each gender?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:http://www.fcag.org/tjadmits2011.html


Just curious, how does that relate to the total number of applicants in each gender?

Did you look at the published statistics at the Link? It does not break down ethnic/race groups by gender. But it clearly shows more males are admitted and the percentage of males admitted is higer that the percent who apply. It also shows that after asians, whites are admitted in highest percentage. Of course if you are on free or reduced lunch, you can pretty much forget it. Those applicants have the least chance of acceptance by far.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:http://www.fcag.org/tjadmits2011.html

Statistically, if you are not Asian, your chances are best if you are a white male. 273 males offered Admission and only 207 females.

Just curious, how does that relate to the total number of applicants in each gender?

46% of total applicants female, 43% of accepted applicants female.

[Anonymous]

The ethnicity of an applicant should not even be asked on the application, but it helps them get in only if they are from an under-represented group (black, hispanic, or native american) and they are reasonably qualified.

[Anonymous]

I don't support affirmative action/discrimination in admission to educational institutions.

Set up a good standard and stick to it regardless of race/ethnicity.

[Anonymous]

I have no one near the age to apply and really don't see it as an option so really just curious after reading the thread and got me thinking: do they have to take a certain number of students from each middle school? I was thinking with only 300-400 slots you could get all these filled by the top public schools/ private. But since county funded do they want all feeder schools represented? Also, would this help? Say you were top of your class but in one of the lower performing schools . Would you stand out more than if you were one of 50 top performers in the top HS. or is the process totally blind

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have no one near the age to apply and really don't see it as an option so really just curious after reading the thread and got me thinking: do they have to take a certain number of students from each middle school? I was thinking with only 300-400 slots you could get all these filled by the top public schools/ private. But since county funded do they want all feeder schools represented? Also, would this help? Say you were top of your class but in one of the lower performing schools . Would you stand out more than if you were one of 50 top performers in the top HS. or is the process totally blind

My kid's MS (Cooper MS in the Langley pyramid) had 0 accepted to TJ two years ago.

[Anonymous]

So do they ask race on the application?
Why the heck?

[Anonymous]

I have no one near the age to apply and really don't see it as an option so really just curious after reading the thread and got me thinking: do they have to take a certain number of students from each middle school? I was thinking with only 300-400 slots you could get all these filled by the top public schools/ private. But since county funded do they want all feeder schools represented? Also, would this help? Say you were top of your class but in one of the lower performing schools . Would you stand out more than if you were one of 50 top performers in the top HS. or is the process totally blind

No middle school quotas, at least for Fairfax County schools. That proposal was floated a few years ago but it did not succeed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't support affirmative action/discrimination in admission to educational institutions.

Set up a good standard and stick to it regardless of race/ethnicity.

The privileged will always protect their status. There are few black, hispanic or low-income students at TJ.

The lack of balance in TJ admissions ought to make you ask whether the current standard is a good one. However, like the privileged on Wall Street, you defend a system that elevates the interests of the few over the needs of the many.

Get rid of TJ and replace it with quality schools for all.

We are the 99%.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't support affirmative action/discrimination in admission to educational institutions.

Set up a good standard and stick to it regardless of race/ethnicity.

The privileged will always protect their status. There are few black, hispanic or low-income students at TJ.

The lack of balance in TJ admissions ought to make you ask whether the current standard is a good one. However, like the privileged on Wall Street, you defend a system that elevates the interests of the few over the needs of the many.

Get rid of TJ and replace it with quality schools for all.

We are the 99%.

Why should non-hispanic/black/low income students who happened to be born in a little bit wealthier family, smart, and hard working get punished?
If current standard is not good somehow, fix it. However, it shouldn't punish anyone just because of their race or because their parents are rich.
Admission to public educational institutions should be based on academics.
I don't care if they decide to get rid of TJ, but no discrimination based on race.

[Anonymous]

By the way, most of Asians in the area are not privileged 1%.
They are just motivated hardworking middle class.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't support affirmative action/discrimination in admission to educational institutions.

Set up a good standard and stick to it regardless of race/ethnicity.

The privileged will always protect their status. There are few black, hispanic or low-income students at TJ.

The lack of balance in TJ admissions ought to make you ask whether the current standard is a good one. However, like the privileged on Wall Street, you defend a system that elevates the interests of the few over the needs of the many.

Get rid of TJ and replace it with quality schools for all.

We are the 99%.

"Get rid of TJ and replace it with quality schools for all." <<This quote suggests that you don't have a concept of what TJ is really about. Northern Virginia schools ARE excellent for the diverse group of students it serves. Every student in NOVA who wants to learn will get a great education, whether they are in City of Alexandria, Arlington, Fairfax County, or Prince William County. TJ was established for the exceptionally gifted students who would benefit from the advanced level courses. It's not designed to bring any admitted students up to that level. The intention is to be the atmosphere for the students who are at the very top to go even farther.

It's possible for an extremely poor person to have a very bright student, and that student would be welcomed at TJ. But usually the brightest people end up getting some kind of decent employment, thereby making them NOT poor. Any children they may have won't qualify as "poor" to meet the quotas that so many liberals seem bent on enforcing. It comes down to the family. Poor people usually don't make education a priority. That's not TJ's fault. >

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
"Get rid of TJ and replace it with quality schools for all." <<This quote suggests that you don't have a concept of what TJ is really about. Northern Virginia schools ARE excellent for the diverse group of students it serves. Every student in NOVA who wants to learn will get a great education, whether they are in City of Alexandria, Arlington, Fairfax County, or Prince William County. TJ was established for the exceptionally gifted students who would benefit from the advanced level courses. It's not designed to bring any admitted students up to that level. The intention is to be the atmosphere for the students who are at the very top to go even farther.

It's possible for an extremely poor person to have a very bright student, and that student would be welcomed at TJ. But usually the brightest people end up getting some kind of decent employment, thereby making them NOT poor. Any children they may have won't qualify as "poor" to meet the quotas that so many liberals seem bent on enforcing. It comes down to the family. Poor people usually don't make education a priority. That's not TJ's fault.

Taxes used to be higher. NoVa schools were good without TJ.

Now rich people get richer, while everyone else struggles. Students who live almost next door to TJ cannot go there, so that the children of the wealthy and the Asian bourgeois can solidify the advantages they were born with.

Raise taxes, return community schools to their communities, and stop declaring war on poor people.

We are the 99%.