TJ - which middle schools had students accepted in 2017

[Anonymous]

Why so few from Longfellow? It is a power AAP center like Carson. Lots of semi finalists but only a third make the final cut...

[Anonymous]

Don't know numbers, but I know pretty much everyone we thought would get in from my sons school was offered admission. A few rejected, but they weren't surprises. Guess it was a hot topic at school today and at VASO tourney this weekend!

[Anonymous]

This year's numbers will be higher as the total accepted is higher.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why so few from Longfellow? It is a power AAP center like Carson. Lots of semi finalists but only a third make the final cut...

1/3 is better than a lot of schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why so few from Longfellow? It is a power AAP center like Carson. Lots of semi finalists but only a third make the final cut...

Different mix of students that actually apply. There is growing group that has soured on TJ, and doesn't apply. The benefits of McLean and Langley override the benefits of TJ.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why so few from Longfellow? It is a power AAP center like Carson. Lots of semi finalists but only a third make the final cut...

Different mix of students that actually apply. There is growing group that has soured on TJ, and doesn't apply. The benefits of McLean and Langley override the benefits of TJ.

There were 3423 applicants for the class of 2016.
There were 2868 applicant for the class of 2020.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why so few from Longfellow? It is a power AAP center like Carson. Lots of semi finalists but only a third make the final cut...

Different mix of students that actually apply. There is growing group that has soured on TJ, and doesn't apply. The benefits of McLean and Langley override the benefits of TJ.

There were 3423 applicants for the class of 2016.
There were 2868 applicant for the class of 2020.

It number of Asian applicants has remained steady. The decrease is due to fewer white applicants.

2016:
1239 white applicants 1469 Asian applicants

2019:
843 white applicants 144 Asian applicants

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why so few from Longfellow? It is a power AAP center like Carson. Lots of semi finalists but only a third make the final cut...

Different mix of students that actually apply. There is growing group that has soured on TJ, and doesn't apply. The benefits of McLean and Langley override the benefits of TJ.

There were 3423 applicants for the class of 2016.
There were 2868 applicant for the class of 2020.

It number of Asian applicants has remained steady. The decrease is due to fewer white applicants.

2016:
1239 white applicants 1469 Asian applicants

2019:
843 white applicants 144 Asian applicants

TYPO...should be
2016:
1239 white applicants 1469 Asian applicants

2019:
843 white applicants 1448 Asian applicants

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why so few from Longfellow? It is a power AAP center like Carson. Lots of semi finalists but only a third make the final cut...

It kind of depends on what you mean by "power AAP center." Longfellow is one of the main feeders to TJ after Carson, but it doesn't have students from as many ES AAP programs feeding into it as Carson, much less Rocky Run. The AAP program there basically consists of students from the McLean HS pyramid, plus some of the AAP students from the Langley pyramid who aren't at Kilmer or Cooper.

When you look where students at TJ live in terms of the various HS pyramids, rather than in terms of the MS AAP programs, which differ in size, the top five HS pyramids and their associated AAP MSs are:

1. Oakton (Carson/Jackson) (156)
2. McLean (Longfellow) (150)
3. Chantilly (Carson/Rocky Run) (147)
4. Langley (Cooper/Kilmer/Longfellow) (147)
5. Westfield (Carson/Rocky Run) (105)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Speaking as someone whose kid is a freshman at TJ from an APS middle school, those numbers from Carson are incredible.

It has the most Asians, so it's hardly surprising.
(I also think the counselors there do a good job writing up recommendations).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why so few from Longfellow? It is a power AAP center like Carson. Lots of semi finalists but only a third make the final cut...

Different mix of students that actually apply. There is growing group that has soured on TJ, and doesn't apply. The benefits of McLean and Langley override the benefits of TJ.

There were 3423 applicants for the class of 2016.
There were 2868 applicant for the class of 2020.

2020 is also the unusually small entering class, so there might have been something going on with that particular class. Wasn't there a change in the math part of the exam that year?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Speaking as someone whose kid is a freshman at TJ from an APS middle school, those numbers from Carson are incredible.

It has the most Asians, so it's hardly surprising.
(I also think the counselors there do a good job writing up recommendations).

individual teachers write the recommendations.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Speaking as someone whose kid is a freshman at TJ from an APS middle school, those numbers from Carson are incredible.

It has the most Asians, so it's hardly surprising.
(I also think the counselors there do a good job writing up recommendations).

individual teachers write the recommendations.

The number of applicants (and therefore requests for recommendations from teachers) is so high at Carlson that the teachers gave out a questionnaire to each student to complete that they would use to write the recommendations.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Luther?

20 kids got in from Luther this year. Don't have the numbers on how many took the test/first cut..

[Anonymous]

There were 60 that made the first cut from my lcps middle school.