Is it worth it to appeal to TJ?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just apply for sophomore year.

If you child deserved to be at TJ, they would get in through the sophomore admissions process. It is actually a much better process where actual TJ teachers are making the decisions.

DC got in that way and we know of 3 other children who I knew for a long time. They did not get in the freshman round but all got in the sophomore round.

Thanks! Few questions if you don't mind as you seem to know kids getting in sophmore round

Is it for the class of 2025? How many kids they take?
How do the kids do (academic and clubs) compared with the peers entering as Freshman?
Are they all from the same school? You mind sharing the school?

Yes. I was surprised to find out that they are allowed to take as many kids as they deem merit admission. Obviously that does not mean there is no limit but it is not based on the number of dropouts.

I cannot share the school as DC is one of two children from our HS. Other 2 kids where from two different HS that I know because we competed with them and know they are exceptionally good students. I was shocked when they did not get in and happy that all 3 got in the sophomore round.

Teacher recommendations are a big deal. I got emails from 2 of DC's teachers during 9th grade appreciating how much they enjoy having DC is their class. Needless to say we asked for their recommendation along with one other teacher.

I would say just focus on 9th grade, do well, ignore the noise.

Great info. Thanks for sharing. What about the academics and clubs?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Fun fact - all of the appeals are denied. ALL of them.

Do not waste your time or emotional energy on this.

Hey, liar. Wrong thread. You're spewing your AAP hate on a TJ post. Try to keep up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Fun fact - all of the appeals are denied. ALL of them.

Do not waste your time or emotional energy on this.

Hey, liar. Wrong thread. You're spewing your AAP hate on a TJ post. Try to keep up.

No TJ appeal has ever been successful. Admissions will tell you this. It’s only very recently that an appeal process even existed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Fun fact - all of the appeals are denied. ALL of them.

Do not waste your time or emotional energy on this.

Hey, liar. Wrong thread. You're spewing your AAP hate on a TJ post. Try to keep up.

No TJ appeal has ever been successful. Admissions will tell you this. It’s only very recently that an appeal process even existed.

Suppose someone were FARMS., but did not list that on the initial application. Might that be something that would produce a different result?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Fun fact - all of the appeals are denied. ALL of them.

Do not waste your time or emotional energy on this.

Hey, liar. Wrong thread. You're spewing your AAP hate on a TJ post. Try to keep up.

No TJ appeal has ever been successful. Admissions will tell you this. It’s only very recently that an appeal process even existed.

Suppose someone were FARMS., but did not list that on the initial application. Might that be something that would produce a different result?

Unlikely, since after last year's debacle I have to imagine that the admissions office is cross-checking with schools to ensure that statuses are correctly indicated.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Fun fact - all of the appeals are denied. ALL of them.

Do not waste your time or emotional energy on this.

Hey, liar. Wrong thread. You're spewing your AAP hate on a TJ post. Try to keep up.

No TJ appeal has ever been successful. Admissions will tell you this. It’s only very recently that an appeal process even existed.

Suppose someone were FARMS., but did not list that on the initial application. Might that be something that would produce a different result?

Unlikely, since after last year's debacle I have to imagine that the admissions office is cross-checking with schools to ensure that statuses are correctly indicated.

That was a brilliant ruse to catch all the hyper-competitive cheaters and eliminate their applications once caught lying.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Fun fact - all of the appeals are denied. ALL of them.

Do not waste your time or emotional energy on this.

Hey, liar. Wrong thread. You're spewing your AAP hate on a TJ post. Try to keep up.

No TJ appeal has ever been successful. Admissions will tell you this. It’s only very recently that an appeal process even existed.

Suppose someone were FARMS., but did not list that on the initial application. Might that be something that would produce a different result?

Unlikely, since after last year's debacle I have to imagine that the admissions office is cross-checking with schools to ensure that statuses are correctly indicated.

They might have checked with all the people that said they were FARMS, but would they have checked all the kids that did not include this in the application?

[Anonymous]

Look at Basis in McLean. Your kid will have a better experience there anyway

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Look at Basis in McLean. Your kid will have a better experience there anyway

Are privates so desperate that they have to keep recruiting here?