Longfellow SO Golden Ticket to TJ - is this true?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Most of the students in these clubs will make it, but not all of them as before the admissions changes. The competition at Longfellow has become even more cutthroat to make these teams so it helps them get into TJ. Asian families are doubling down to take all those spots.

The faculty sponsors for both of those teams appear to be White, so it hardly seems to be a case of Asian families unilaterally in a position to exclude other kids.

Neither Longfellow nor McLean shies away from recognizing student achievements. Sometimes the kids are Asian and sometimes they are not.

So you're saying if the faculty sponsor was Asian only Asian kids would be welcome?

No, I'm just responding to the PP who seemed to imply Asian parents were somehow exercising complete control over every aspect of these competitions.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Longfellow won both the VA Regional Middle School Science Bowl and the state Math Counts competition over the weekend. Wonder if all those kids and not just the girls will end up at TJ.

Based on previous history, the answer is no.

but more likely YES

Any individual student is likely to make it, but I think it is unlikely all of them will make it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What’s your experience?

I’ve heard that especially for girls, all the female SO at Longfellow were accepted to TJ.

My son was in Longfellow SO Last year and made it to TJ. FCPS has no data if the child did SO so they have to include as relevant in SPS questions.

Longfellow had 40 to TJ which was about 5-6%. About 60 went from Carson

Getting into TJ Longfellow is very very competitive

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What’s your experience?

I’ve heard that especially for girls, all the female SO at Longfellow were accepted to TJ.

My son was in Longfellow SO Last year and made it to TJ. FCPS has no data if the child did SO so they have to include as relevant in SPS questions.

Longfellow had 40 to TJ which was about 5-6%. About 60 went from Carson

Getting into TJ Longfellow is very very competitive

Sounds like the highest admit rate next to Carson.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What’s your experience?

I’ve heard that especially for girls, all the female SO at Longfellow were accepted to TJ.

My son was in Longfellow SO Last year and made it to TJ. FCPS has no data if the child did SO so they have to include as relevant in SPS questions.

Longfellow had 40 to TJ which was about 5-6%. About 60 went from Carson

Getting into TJ Longfellow is very very competitive

Sounds like the highest admit rate next to Carson.

I guess if you can't make it to the top 40-60 kids at one of these schools you don't really belong at TJ anyway.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What’s your experience?

I’ve heard that especially for girls, all the female SO at Longfellow were accepted to TJ.

My son was in Longfellow SO Last year and made it to TJ. FCPS has no data if the child did SO so they have to include as relevant in SPS questions.

Longfellow had 40 to TJ which was about 5-6%. About 60 went from Carson

Getting into TJ Longfellow is very very competitive

Sounds like the highest admit rate next to Carson.

They do the best job preparing kids for it. At a lesser school you'd be less prepared, and really if you can't make the cut at Carson or Longfellow you probably would be better off not going to TJ.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What’s your experience?

I’ve heard that especially for girls, all the female SO at Longfellow were accepted to TJ.

My son was in Longfellow SO Last year and made it to TJ. FCPS has no data if the child did SO so they have to include as relevant in SPS questions.

Longfellow had 40 to TJ which was about 5-6%. About 60 went from Carson

Getting into TJ Longfellow is very very competitive

Sounds like the highest admit rate next to Carson.

I guess if you can't make it to the top 40-60 kids at one of these schools you don't really belong at TJ anyway.

We all know #61 at Carson might be more qualified than #3 at Poe or Whitman.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What’s your experience?

I’ve heard that especially for girls, all the female SO at Longfellow were accepted to TJ.

My son was in Longfellow SO Last year and made it to TJ. FCPS has no data if the child did SO so they have to include as relevant in SPS questions.

Longfellow had 40 to TJ which was about 5-6%. About 60 went from Carson

Getting into TJ Longfellow is very very competitive

Sounds like the highest admit rate next to Carson.

I guess if you can't make it to the top 40-60 kids at one of these schools you don't really belong at TJ anyway.

We all know #61 at Carson might be more qualified than #3 at Poe or Whitman.

Absolutely true. Longfellow Carson are very very competitive with equally smart kids. They get more from unallocated quota where students are ranked county wide

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What’s your experience?

I’ve heard that especially for girls, all the female SO at Longfellow were accepted to TJ.

My son was in Longfellow SO Last year and made it to TJ. FCPS has no data if the child did SO so they have to include as relevant in SPS questions.

Longfellow had 40 to TJ which was about 5-6%. About 60 went from Carson

Getting into TJ Longfellow is very very competitive

Sounds like the highest admit rate next to Carson.

I guess if you can't make it to the top 40-60 kids at one of these schools you don't really belong at TJ anyway.

We all know #61 at Carson might be more qualified than #3 at Poe or Whitman.

More likely though they've had the benefit of a stronger education or outside enrichment which isn't exactly the same thing as more qualified.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What’s your experience?

I’ve heard that especially for girls, all the female SO at Longfellow were accepted to TJ.

My son was in Longfellow SO Last year and made it to TJ. FCPS has no data if the child did SO so they have to include as relevant in SPS questions.

Longfellow had 40 to TJ which was about 5-6%. About 60 went from Carson

Getting into TJ Longfellow is very very competitive

Sounds like the highest admit rate next to Carson.

I guess if you can't make it to the top 40-60 kids at one of these schools you don't really belong at TJ anyway.

We all know #61 at Carson might be more qualified than #3 at Poe or Whitman.

Absolutely true. Longfellow Carson are very very competitive with equally smart kids. They get more from unallocated quota where students are ranked county wide

Although I've heard the kids there are just as smart as every other FCPS school, they definitely benefit from the strong academics at these schools which confers a big advantage.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What’s your experience?

I’ve heard that especially for girls, all the female SO at Longfellow were accepted to TJ.

My son was in Longfellow SO Last year and made it to TJ. FCPS has no data if the child did SO so they have to include as relevant in SPS questions.

Longfellow had 40 to TJ which was about 5-6%. About 60 went from Carson

Getting into TJ Longfellow is very very competitive

If there is no data, his can they prove it? Anyone can claim to be in those hyper competitive teams?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What’s your experience?

I’ve heard that especially for girls, all the female SO at Longfellow were accepted to TJ.

My son was in Longfellow SO Last year and made it to TJ. FCPS has no data if the child did SO so they have to include as relevant in SPS questions.

Longfellow had 40 to TJ which was about 5-6%. About 60 went from Carson

Getting into TJ Longfellow is very very competitive

Sounds like the highest admit rate next to Carson.

They do the best job preparing kids for it. At a lesser school you'd be less prepared, and really if you can't make the cut at Carson or Longfellow you probably would be better off not going to TJ.

Yes, being at one of these feeders like Carson or Longfellow give you the best odds.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What’s your experience?

I’ve heard that especially for girls, all the female SO at Longfellow were accepted to TJ.

My son was in Longfellow SO Last year and made it to TJ. FCPS has no data if the child did SO so they have to include as relevant in SPS questions.

Longfellow had 40 to TJ which was about 5-6%. About 60 went from Carson

Getting into TJ Longfellow is very very competitive

If there is no data, his can they prove it? Anyone can claim to be in those hyper competitive teams?

You don’t have to prove anything. All comes down to what you write in the SPS response. They believe kids at that age are telling the truth.
Now everyone is moving towards quality writing both TJ and colleges for admission. If they can’t write, best research goes waste

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What’s your experience?

I’ve heard that especially for girls, all the female SO at Longfellow were accepted to TJ.

My son was in Longfellow SO Last year and made it to TJ. FCPS has no data if the child did SO so they have to include as relevant in SPS questions.

Longfellow had 40 to TJ which was about 5-6%. About 60 went from Carson

Getting into TJ Longfellow is very very competitive

If there is no data, his can they prove it? Anyone can claim to be in those hyper competitive teams?

You don’t have to prove anything. All comes down to what you write in the SPS response. They believe kids at that age are telling the truth.[b]
Now everyone is moving towards quality writing both TJ and colleges for admission. If they can’t write, best research goes waste

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Longfellow won both the VA Regional Middle School Science Bowl and the state Math Counts competition over the weekend. Wonder if all those kids and not just the girls will end up at TJ.

Do you have the results of both? Who's representing VA at Nationals?