new TJ admissions exam for next year - any info?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Um, I don't think the math team is something you need to be "picked" for ... It's not exactly a varsity sport!

As good as. Ever heard of MathCounts? Schools send teams for which kids are selected based on their math performance.

[Anonymous]

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There are too many hypocrites here thinking it's ok to prep, scheme and appeal etc. to death to get their kids into AAP but any prep for TJ is a not allowed/unnecessary/unnatural because they should just "read the provided sample the night before, get good night sleep and take the test." Hey, that was more than enough for my kids. If any preparation is needed, well your kid is just not ready/qualified for TJ. Hilarious .

Your reasoning skills could use some polishing. You have no way of knowing who is posting what.

There are many posters here that think prepping for AAP is perfectly fine (although there are other posters that do not agree) but I have yet to see many posters if any saying their kids prepped for TJ. It's always something like "My kid did not prep, my kid did sports and was well rounded or if you have to prep, you don't belong at TJ variety.

[Anonymous]

LOL. I am the OP. DC started AMC8 in 4th grade, is on Math Counts (you betcha there's serious competition there), plays a few sports and has national ranking, and loves math. So no worries we are pushing DC. Just wanted to know about test format. (BTW, the dozens of kids I know who went to or are at TJ did just fine in college ... And after. In contrast, I know quite a few private school college dropouts from this area).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The kid I know of who went to TJ, burnt out by the time he graduated. Perfect scores all the way. Brilliant kid, but his buddies went to MIT while he dropped out of a local college, and five years later, is still trying to "find" himself.

Some of you parents are really nuts. Did your parents do this to you? How "productive" and "happy" are you today?

different world back then. hardly any Asians. No way I could get accepted today into the uni I attended.

[Anonymous]

Asians are discriminated against in college admissions so this illegal discrimination should be abolished.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:
It is not changing for this year's administration (December 2013) so why would it be necessary to know about changes more than a year in advance?

To better get my 7th grader ready. Thanks.

Your 7th grader should be training for MathCounts and AMC8 and reading math and science books for fun. If it's not fun for them and they did not get picked for the math team, maybe rethink TJ?

Um, I don't think the math team is something you need to be "picked" for ... It's not exactly a varsity sport!

It depends on the school. My DC's are at a HS where 300 kids show up for math team.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Um, I don't think the math team is something you need to be "picked" for ... It's not exactly a varsity sport!

As good as. Ever heard of MathCounts? Schools send teams for which kids are selected based on their math performance.

This is true. They only take a few students out of the 100's that are interested.

[Anonymous]

Changes to admission test/process for this year and next year:

- This year, group which includes TJ teachers, admissions staff, and math instructional personnel has been working with Pearson to increase the rigor of the test to include more problem solving on the test.

- This year there will be only one essay question.

- This year, there will be no change in the SIS other than it becomes one component of the holistic review process.

- This year, the one essay will be a component in the holistic review process and will not have a specific weight.

- Open-ended questions will not be a part of the test this year, but it may be in the future.

- Next year or thereafter: An early admission processes could look for extraordinary" students who have demonstrated extraordinary ability and achievement in STEM areas, far beyond their peers. There should be a variety of ways, including AMC, by which a student can demonstrate extraordinary ability and achievement in STEM.

[Anonymous]

Next year or thereafter: An early admission processes could look for extraordinary" students who have demonstrated extraordinary ability and achievement in STEM areas, far beyond their peers. There should be a variety of ways, including AMC, by which a student can demonstrate extraordinary ability and achievement in STEM.

Does anyone have an insight into how exactly this would work? How early would this early admission process be in effect? Fall of eighth grade? Earlier? And what is being pictured as the application process? The same as now, but just begun earlier? Or some kind of streamlined process where fewer points of information about the candidate are considered?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Changes to admission test/process for this year and next year:

- This year, group which includes TJ teachers, admissions staff, and math instructional personnel has been working with Pearson to increase the rigor of the test to include more problem solving on the test.

- This year there will be only one essay question.

- This year, there will be no change in the SIS other than it becomes one component of the holistic review process.

- This year, the one essay will be a component in the holistic review process and will not have a specific weight.

- Open-ended questions will not be a part of the test this year, but it may be in the future.

- Next year or thereafter: An early admission processes could look for extraordinary" students who have demonstrated extraordinary ability and achievement in STEM areas, far beyond their peers. There should be a variety of ways, including AMC, by which a student can demonstrate extraordinary ability and achievement in STEM.

A more detailed document is currently being prepared by
Dr. Breeden and will be released to the public soon, including an appeals process.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Changes to admission test/process for this year and next year:

- This year, group which includes TJ teachers, admissions staff, and math instructional personnel has been working with Pearson to increase the rigor of the test to include more problem solving on the test.

- This year there will be only one essay question.

- This year, there will be no change in the SIS other than it becomes one component of the holistic review process.

- This year, the one essay will be a component in the holistic review process and will not have a specific weight.

- Open-ended questions will not be a part of the test this year, but it may be in the future.

- Next year or thereafter: An early admission processes could look for extraordinary" students who have demonstrated extraordinary ability and achievement in STEM areas, far beyond their peers. There should be a variety of ways, including AMC, by which a student can demonstrate extraordinary ability and achievement in STEM.[/quote]


oh this a good idea...we'll have kids getting patents in grade school! Maybe we can combine this with the AAP screening process in 2nd grade and have kids early-accepted to TJ at 8!

[Anonymous]

PP you joke but my 8th graders peers have already designed things,built computers, built higher processing chips, started businesses online,patented things. It's not all the kids at TJ but the top 10-20 percent are BRILLIANT. Beyond normal comprehension.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Um, I don't think the math team is something you need to be "picked" for ... It's not exactly a varsity sport!

As good as. Ever heard of MathCounts? Schools send teams for which kids are selected based on their math performance.

Oh, lord, your poor kids. Success in life is based on social skills/EQ, not on "math performance" in middle school.

[Anonymous]

Yep but guess what - best TJ candidates have both skills. And many others. True intelligence isn't 1D.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:PP you joke but my 8th graders peers have already designed things,built computers, built higher processing chips, started businesses online,patented things. It's not all the kids at TJ but the top 10-20 percent are BRILLIANT. Beyond normal comprehension.

I've no doubt a miniscule cohort of kids have done these things. The problem around here won't be the kids, but the NOVA parents who will all be convinced that their kids could be in this tiny group if they just push them a little. Let the gaming begin!