TJ Prep Options

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Now freshmen TJ admissions is closer to a lottery. Above a certain minimum level of competence, it just becomes a lottery.

A vast majority of the people I know send their kids to Curie. A very high percentage of Loudoun Asian kids go there. I would guess that 40% of the people applying to TJ go there and 30% of the TJ class is made up of them. So Curie actually has a lower rate of admission than kids who dont go there.

We are Asian too but did not take any prep. DC went to one class from another provider, which happened to be a test day and looking at the scores and what they planned to teach DC never went to another class.

Also many go to Curie even though they have no intention of applying to TJ or AOS. They just want academic reinforcement. But I honestly think Curie is the worst way to do that.

I guess it's closer to a lottery than the old system where you just bought the test questions.

#fakenews

Why are you trying to keep it a secret? Everyone knows they did.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Surprised it hasn't been mentioned yet, but one prep is to move to a weaker middle school to get an automatic spot.

Or move to one of the feeder middle schools that gets all those unallocated spots. They have the highest percentage.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Now freshmen TJ admissions is closer to a lottery. Above a certain minimum level of competence, it just becomes a lottery.

A vast majority of the people I know send their kids to Curie. A very high percentage of Loudoun Asian kids go there. I would guess that 40% of the people applying to TJ go there and 30% of the TJ class is made up of them. So Curie actually has a lower rate of admission than kids who dont go there.

We are Asian too but did not take any prep. DC went to one class from another provider, which happened to be a test day and looking at the scores and what they planned to teach DC never went to another class.

Also many go to Curie even though they have no intention of applying to TJ or AOS. They just want academic reinforcement. But I honestly think Curie is the worst way to do that.

A whole bunch of kids I know who are weak in math are going there, and finding the work tough. The idea that Curie gets you in is wrong, but their essay prep might help for TJ admissions.
It can still help with AOS test, perhaps with the same question bank. They are using a STEM Critical Thinking test.

Really? Crazy the kids I know there are great at math and say it's a breeze but they were the top kids from each of their schools and not the overprpeped strivers so probably just aptitude and natural ability.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm the one who posted above that Curie is posting these "hey, where can i find a great test prep" posts. The follow-up replies afterwards sound even more like that.

OP, there's no more high-stakes test to get in. It's about grades, some super minor level of honors/advancement classes, and a short-reply "essay" form - then layered over with: 1) plus points for certain disadvantage factors like poverty & ESOL; and 2) allocation of X seats per middle school to create the initial swath of the class.

But I hear there's an excellent class you can take to help you write a killer essay that's sure to get your child admitted.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Now freshmen TJ admissions is closer to a lottery. Above a certain minimum level of competence, it just becomes a lottery.

A vast majority of the people I know send their kids to Curie. A very high percentage of Loudoun Asian kids go there. I would guess that 40% of the people applying to TJ go there and 30% of the TJ class is made up of them. So Curie actually has a lower rate of admission than kids who dont go there.

We are Asian too but did not take any prep. DC went to one class from another provider, which happened to be a test day and looking at the scores and what they planned to teach DC never went to another class.

Also many go to Curie even though they have no intention of applying to TJ or AOS. They just want academic reinforcement. But I honestly think Curie is the worst way to do that.

I guess it's closer to a lottery than the old system where you just bought the test questions.

#fakenews

Why are you trying to keep it a secret? Everyone knows they did.

I know the cats out of the bag. Everyone knows that various prep centers had been building question banks from exit interviews that allowed their clients to encounter the same questions sometimes. It was not a secret and likely why they had to ditch the test.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Surprised it hasn't been mentioned yet, but one prep is to move to a weaker middle school to get an automatic spot.

I'm going to laugh when 20 families all have the same idea and end up competing for 6 spots.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Surprised it hasn't been mentioned yet, but one prep is to move to a weaker middle school to get an automatic spot.

Or move to one of the feeder middle schools that gets all those unallocated spots. They have the highest percentage.

Except the school doesn't get the unallocated spots, the kids do. They would get the same spot at another school.
However, schools get the allocated spots.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Now freshmen TJ admissions is closer to a lottery. Above a certain minimum level of competence, it just becomes a lottery.

A vast majority of the people I know send their kids to Curie. A very high percentage of Loudoun Asian kids go there. I would guess that 40% of the people applying to TJ go there and 30% of the TJ class is made up of them. So Curie actually has a lower rate of admission than kids who dont go there.

We are Asian too but did not take any prep. DC went to one class from another provider, which happened to be a test day and looking at the scores and what they planned to teach DC never went to another class.

Also many go to Curie even though they have no intention of applying to TJ or AOS. They just want academic reinforcement. But I honestly think Curie is the worst way to do that.

I guess it's closer to a lottery than the old system where you just bought the test questions.

#fakenews

Why are you trying to keep it a secret? Everyone knows they did.

Curie hater is back! Wondering where you went. Feels good to unload on Curie, right? But aren’t you happy now that TJ is a lottery? You got what you wanted!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Now freshmen TJ admissions is closer to a lottery. Above a certain minimum level of competence, it just becomes a lottery.

A vast majority of the people I know send their kids to Curie. A very high percentage of Loudoun Asian kids go there. I would guess that 40% of the people applying to TJ go there and 30% of the TJ class is made up of them. So Curie actually has a lower rate of admission than kids who dont go there.

We are Asian too but did not take any prep. DC went to one class from another provider, which happened to be a test day and looking at the scores and what they planned to teach DC never went to another class.

Also many go to Curie even though they have no intention of applying to TJ or AOS. They just want academic reinforcement. But I honestly think Curie is the worst way to do that.

I guess it's closer to a lottery than the old system where you just bought the test questions.

#fakenews

Why are you trying to keep it a secret? Everyone knows they did.

Curie hater is back! Wondering where you went. Feels good to unload on Curie, right? But aren’t you happy now that TJ is a lottery? You got what you wanted!

I love Curie. The essay writing course to help students nail their application is worth every dollar. Hard to compete without it

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Surprised it hasn't been mentioned yet, but one prep is to move to a weaker middle school to get an automatic spot.

I'm going to laugh when 20 families all have the same idea and end up competing for 6 spots.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Surprised it hasn't been mentioned yet, but one prep is to move to a weaker middle school to get an automatic spot.

I'm going to laugh when 20 families all have the same idea and end up competing for 6 spots.

Also helps thin the competition at the real TJ feeders

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Now freshmen TJ admissions is closer to a lottery. Above a certain minimum level of competence, it just becomes a lottery.

A vast majority of the people I know send their kids to Curie. A very high percentage of Loudoun Asian kids go there. I would guess that 40% of the people applying to TJ go there and 30% of the TJ class is made up of them. So Curie actually has a lower rate of admission than kids who dont go there.

We are Asian too but did not take any prep. DC went to one class from another provider, which happened to be a test day and looking at the scores and what they planned to teach DC never went to another class.

Also many go to Curie even though they have no intention of applying to TJ or AOS. They just want academic reinforcement. But I honestly think Curie is the worst way to do that.

I guess it's closer to a lottery than the old system where you just bought the test questions.

#fakenews

Why are you trying to keep it a secret? Everyone knows they did.

I know the cats out of the bag. Everyone knows that various prep centers had been building question banks from exit interviews that allowed their clients to encounter the same questions sometimes. It was not a secret and likely why they had to ditch the test.

The good old days.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Now freshmen TJ admissions is closer to a lottery. Above a certain minimum level of competence, it just becomes a lottery.

A vast majority of the people I know send their kids to Curie. A very high percentage of Loudoun Asian kids go there. I would guess that 40% of the people applying to TJ go there and 30% of the TJ class is made up of them. So Curie actually has a lower rate of admission than kids who dont go there.

We are Asian too but did not take any prep. DC went to one class from another provider, which happened to be a test day and looking at the scores and what they planned to teach DC never went to another class.

Also many go to Curie even though they have no intention of applying to TJ or AOS. They just want academic reinforcement. But I honestly think Curie is the worst way to do that.

I guess it's closer to a lottery than the old system where you just bought the test questions.

#fakenews

Why are you trying to keep it a secret? Everyone knows they did.

Curie hater is back! Wondering where you went. Feels good to unload on Curie, right? But aren’t you happy now that TJ is a lottery? You got what you wanted!

I love Curie. The essay writing course to help students nail their application is worth every dollar. Hard to compete without it

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Now freshmen TJ admissions is closer to a lottery. Above a certain minimum level of competence, it just becomes a lottery.

A vast majority of the people I know send their kids to Curie. A very high percentage of Loudoun Asian kids go there. I would guess that 40% of the people applying to TJ go there and 30% of the TJ class is made up of them. So Curie actually has a lower rate of admission than kids who dont go there.

We are Asian too but did not take any prep. DC went to one class from another provider, which happened to be a test day and looking at the scores and what they planned to teach DC never went to another class.

Also many go to Curie even though they have no intention of applying to TJ or AOS. They just want academic reinforcement. But I honestly think Curie is the worst way to do that.

I guess it's closer to a lottery than the old system where you just bought the test questions.

#fakenews

Why are you trying to keep it a secret? Everyone knows they did.

Curie hater is back! Wondering where you went. Feels good to unload on Curie, right? But aren’t you happy now that TJ is a lottery? You got what you wanted!

I love Curie. The essay writing course to help students nail their application is worth every dollar. Hard to compete without it

+1

Then they go to TJ and get mediocre grades. Better to stay at the base school where there is less competition.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Now freshmen TJ admissions is closer to a lottery. Above a certain minimum level of competence, it just becomes a lottery.

A vast majority of the people I know send their kids to Curie. A very high percentage of Loudoun Asian kids go there. I would guess that 40% of the people applying to TJ go there and 30% of the TJ class is made up of them. So Curie actually has a lower rate of admission than kids who dont go there.

We are Asian too but did not take any prep. DC went to one class from another provider, which happened to be a test day and looking at the scores and what they planned to teach DC never went to another class.

Also many go to Curie even though they have no intention of applying to TJ or AOS. They just want academic reinforcement. But I honestly think Curie is the worst way to do that.

I guess it's closer to a lottery than the old system where you just bought the test questions.

#fakenews

Why are you trying to keep it a secret? Everyone knows they did.

Curie hater is back! Wondering where you went. Feels good to unload on Curie, right? But aren’t you happy now that TJ is a lottery? You got what you wanted!

I love Curie. The essay writing course to help students nail their application is worth every dollar. Hard to compete without it

+1

Then they go to TJ and get mediocre grades. Better to stay at the base school where there is less competition.

I was told there's very little competition at TJ these since it's all at the base school. These contradictions make my head hurtr