Official TJ Admissions Decisions Results for the Class of 2025

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
It is common at TJ to hear insinuations that Black and Hispanic students owe all of their success and achievements to affirmative action - that they are "diversity picks" both for TJ and for college and that they're less deserving than other students. The same goes for the parents, who are surprisingly candid when they believe they're talking to someone who agrees with them, and seem to be completely unaware of how offensive their beliefs are.

I'm sure that will disappear now that they are admitting with a per school quota that was put in with a goal of increasing blacks and Hispanics.

It’s a lot harder to get away with that bull crap when there are 50 in your class versus 4.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
It is common at TJ to hear insinuations that Black and Hispanic students owe all of their success and achievements to affirmative action - that they are "diversity picks" both for TJ and for college and that they're less deserving than other students. The same goes for the parents, who are surprisingly candid when they believe they're talking to someone who agrees with them, and seem to be completely unaware of how offensive their beliefs are.

I'm sure that will disappear now that they are admitting with a per school quota that was put in with a goal of increasing blacks and Hispanics.

It’s a lot harder to get away with that bull crap when there are 50 in your class versus 4.

Also, the notion that there is any type racial balancing going on is BS since everyone knows that's illegal. What they did is simply level the playing field to give less affluent schools a sporting chance. The balance is still heavily tilted in favor of those who use their wealth to supplement their kids chances.,

[Anonymous]

Forget about Curie. Curie students are putting efforts..
Look at this 😍 😭

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/12/education/trial-admissions-scandal-University-of-south-california.html

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
It is common at TJ to hear insinuations that Black and Hispanic students owe all of their success and achievements to affirmative action - that they are "diversity picks" both for TJ and for college and that they're less deserving than other students. The same goes for the parents, who are surprisingly candid when they believe they're talking to someone who agrees with them, and seem to be completely unaware of how offensive their beliefs are.

I'm sure that will disappear now that they are admitting with a per school quota that was put in with a goal of increasing blacks and Hispanics.

It’s a lot harder to get away with that bull crap when there are 50 in your class versus 4.

Also, the notion that there is any type racial balancing going on is BS since everyone knows that's illegal. What they did is simply level the playing field to give less affluent schools a sporting chance. The balance is still heavily tilted in favor of those who use their wealth to supplement their kids chances.,

Okay. We'll just take your word for it...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
It is common at TJ to hear insinuations that Black and Hispanic students owe all of their success and achievements to affirmative action - that they are "diversity picks" both for TJ and for college and that they're less deserving than other students. The same goes for the parents, who are surprisingly candid when they believe they're talking to someone who agrees with them, and seem to be completely unaware of how offensive their beliefs are.

I'm sure that will disappear now that they are admitting with a per school quota that was put in with a goal of increasing blacks and Hispanics.

It’s a lot harder to get away with that bull crap when there are 50 in your class versus 4.

Also, the notion that there is any type racial balancing going on is BS since everyone knows that's illegal. What they did is simply level the playing field to give less affluent schools a sporting chance. The balance is still heavily tilted in favor of those who use their wealth to supplement their kids chances.,

The anti-diversity crowd likes to pretend that it's somehow an attack on them but the reality is they mostly just want to cling to the old system because it was easy to game.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
It is common at TJ to hear insinuations that Black and Hispanic students owe all of their success and achievements to affirmative action - that they are "diversity picks" both for TJ and for college and that they're less deserving than other students. The same goes for the parents, who are surprisingly candid when they believe they're talking to someone who agrees with them, and seem to be completely unaware of how offensive their beliefs are.

I'm sure that will disappear now that they are admitting with a per school quota that was put in with a goal of increasing blacks and Hispanics.

It’s a lot harder to get away with that bull crap when there are 50 in your class versus 4.

Also, the notion that there is any type racial balancing going on is BS since everyone knows that's illegal. What they did is simply level the playing field to give less affluent schools a sporting chance. The balance is still heavily tilted in favor of those who use their wealth to supplement their kids chances.,

The anti-diversity crowd likes to pretend that it's somehow an attack on them but the reality is they mostly just want to cling to the old system because it was easy to game.

Yup and I am glad that they are enjoying the moment of change.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
It is common at TJ to hear insinuations that Black and Hispanic students owe all of their success and achievements to affirmative action - that they are "diversity picks" both for TJ and for college and that they're less deserving than other students. The same goes for the parents, who are surprisingly candid when they believe they're talking to someone who agrees with them, and seem to be completely unaware of how offensive their beliefs are.

I'm sure that will disappear now that they are admitting with a per school quota that was put in with a goal of increasing blacks and Hispanics.

It’s a lot harder to get away with that bull crap when there are 50 in your class versus 4.

Also, the notion that there is any type racial balancing going on is BS since everyone knows that's illegal. What they did is simply level the playing field to give less affluent schools a sporting chance. The balance is still heavily tilted in favor of those who use their wealth to supplement their kids chances.,

The anti-diversity crowd likes to pretend that it's somehow an attack on them but the reality is they mostly just want to cling to the old system because it was easy to game.

I mean, to be fair, the rules did get changed on them at the last minute. I believe strongly that what was done (or at least something like it) needed to be done to increase interest in the school, but on some level I do feel for the families who invested in the flawed process only to have the rug pulled out from under them. The vast majority of them will be just fine, but I don't blame them for being upset.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
Also, the notion that there is any type racial balancing going on is BS since everyone knows that's illegal. What they did is simply level the playing field to give less affluent schools a sporting chance. The balance is still heavily tilted in favor of those who use their wealth to supplement their kids chances.,

They explicitly said they wanted to increase the number of black and brown kids.

[Anonymous]

The freshman class is still majority Asian. The Asian kids who did not get in would not fare well at TJ. TJ did them a favor. Now they have a good chance at their base HS.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Also, the notion that there is any type racial balancing going on is BS since everyone knows that's illegal. What they did is simply level the playing field to give less affluent schools a sporting chance. The balance is still heavily tilted in favor of those who use their wealth to supplement their kids chances.,

They explicitly said they wanted to increase the number of black and brown kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Also, the notion that there is any type racial balancing going on is BS since everyone knows that's illegal. What they did is simply level the playing field to give less affluent schools a sporting chance. The balance is still heavily tilted in favor of those who use their wealth to supplement their kids chances.,

They explicitly said they wanted to increase the number of black and brown kids.

so?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Also, the notion that there is any type racial balancing going on is BS since everyone knows that's illegal. What they did is simply level the playing field to give less affluent schools a sporting chance. The balance is still heavily tilted in favor of those who use their wealth to supplement their kids chances.,

They explicitly said they wanted to increase the number of black and brown kids.

so?

It's amusing that people say "They wanted to make the school look more like the community it serves!" (or more frequently something more insensitive) as though that's some death blow that should immediately delegitimize the changes to admissions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Also, the notion that there is any type racial balancing going on is BS since everyone knows that's illegal. What they did is simply level the playing field to give less affluent schools a sporting chance. The balance is still heavily tilted in favor of those who use their wealth to supplement their kids chances.,

They explicitly said they wanted to increase the number of black and brown kids.

Yet the merit lottery was designed to ensure that more white kids would get admitted, and the new admissions process resulted in more white admissions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Also, the notion that there is any type racial balancing going on is BS since everyone knows that's illegal. What they did is simply level the playing field to give less affluent schools a sporting chance. The balance is still heavily tilted in favor of those who use their wealth to supplement their kids chances.,

They explicitly said they wanted to increase the number of black and brown kids.

so?

It's amusing that people say "They wanted to make the school look more like the community it serves!" (or more frequently something more insensitive) as though that's some death blow that should immediately delegitimize the changes to admissions.

This is a racist dogwhistle. Fairfax is majority white, that is why the admissions reforms took place.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Also, the notion that there is any type racial balancing going on is BS since everyone knows that's illegal. What they did is simply level the playing field to give less affluent schools a sporting chance. The balance is still heavily tilted in favor of those who use their wealth to supplement their kids chances.,

They explicitly said they wanted to increase the number of black and brown kids.

Yet the merit lottery was designed to ensure that more white kids would get admitted, and the new admissions process resulted in more white admissions.

I mean, not by much. The percentage of white students increased by significantly fewer percentage points (17% to 22%) and raw numbers than those for Black and Hispanic kids. And those increases trended pretty solidly in line with the increase in white applications.

It's not really accurate to say that the admissions changes had a huge impact on the white population.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Also, the notion that there is any type racial balancing going on is BS since everyone knows that's illegal. What they did is simply level the playing field to give less affluent schools a sporting chance. The balance is still heavily tilted in favor of those who use their wealth to supplement their kids chances.,

They explicitly said they wanted to increase the number of black and brown kids.

Yet the merit lottery was designed to ensure that more white kids would get admitted, and the new admissions process resulted in more white admissions.

I mean, not by much. The percentage of white students increased by significantly fewer percentage points (17% to 22%) and raw numbers than those for Black and Hispanic kids. And those increases trended pretty solidly in line with the increase in white applications.

It's not really accurate to say that the admissions changes had a huge impact on the white population.

I read by allowing the less affluent schools a fair shot at admission that it almost doubled the number of URMs.