TJ Admission Nos - Nysmith/Basis/Flint Hill

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Most of the Nysmith class of 2018 chose private school. A lot of the parents are concerned about school safety in public school.

At TJ????

Keep looking for excuses for Nysmith being subpar. TJ is as safe as any private in The DMV that doesn’t have a presidents kid on campus.

[Anonymous]

A parent told me that there are kids who've chosen Basis over TJ. I don't know if this is true - it could be the Basis PR Machine at work. But I don't think they'd like losing kids to TJ - which might impact teacher recs.
Flint Hill looks good on paper but the kids aren't there for academics. Exmissions are pretty poor.
The last reporting on Nysmith re TJ admissions is here - http://www.fcag.org/documents/TJ+Class+of+2020+Admissions.pdf . 23 applied, 21 made it to the second round and 13 were accepted.

[Anonymous]

Believe it or not, TJ admissions do not validate whether a school is up to par or not- although on this site, that seems to be the only measure of a school’s worth. It is true that many Nysmith kids choose private high school, but I have never heard that it is for safety reasons - so that is not being used as an “excuse” just because one person may have heard it from a Nysmith parent. Lots of Nysmith kids also go to public high school, so there is no general feeing that public school is unsafe.

To a separate poster, no one ever said that 20 were admitted this year, that is just an estimate of how many made it to the second round, because that is all the info there is so far this year. What is so hard to understand about that? It is a very high percentage of those who applied. I would think that any school would be happy with those interim results. We won’t know until Friday how many got it in, but at least some of those 20 (whether admitted or not), will go to private school anyway, deposits have been made and sweatshirts bought, so it is somewhat moot.

Many great kids go to Nysmith and have gotten a lot out of their education. If it is not your thing, fine. Everyone should like their choice. But there’s no reason to be rude.

[Anonymous]

TJ is like a maximum security prison, for the kids who are inside. Why would anyone want to go to this place? other than past reputation. Current admin has made sure the school remains a factory producing high test scores that comes at the expense of controlling students like in a maximum security prison.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:TJ is like a maximum security prison, for the kids who are inside. Why would anyone want to go to this place? other than past reputation. Current admin has made sure the school remains a factory producing high test scores that comes at the expense of controlling students like in a maximum security prison.

Go back to doing your homework kid

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Believe it or not, TJ admissions do not validate whether a school is up to par or not- although on this site, that seems to be the only measure of a school’s worth. It is true that many Nysmith kids choose private high school, but I have never heard that it is for safety reasons - so that is not being used as an “excuse” just because one person may have heard it from a Nysmith parent. Lots of Nysmith kids also go to public high school, so there is no general feeing that public school is unsafe.

To a separate poster, no one ever said that 20 were admitted this year, that is just an estimate of how many made it to the second round, because that is all the info there is so far this year. What is so hard to understand about that? It is a very high percentage of those who applied. I would think that any school would be happy with those interim results. We won’t know until Friday how many got it in, but at least some of those 20 (whether admitted or not), will go to private school anyway, deposits have been made and sweatshirts bought, so it is somewhat moot.

Many great kids go to Nysmith and have gotten a lot out of their education. If it is not your thing, fine. Everyone should like their choice. But there’s no reason to be rude.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Believe it or not, TJ admissions do not validate whether a school is up to par or not- although on this site, that seems to be the only measure of a school’s worth. It is true that many Nysmith kids choose private high school, but I have never heard that it is for safety reasons - so that is not being used as an “excuse” just because one person may have heard it from a Nysmith parent. Lots of Nysmith kids also go to public high school, so there is no general feeing that public school is unsafe.

To a separate poster, no one ever said that 20 were admitted this year, that is just an estimate of how many made it to the second round, because that is all the info there is so far this year. What is so hard to understand about that? It is a very high percentage of those who applied. I would think that any school would be happy with those interim results. We won’t know until Friday how many got it in, but at least some of those 20 (whether admitted or not), will go to private school anyway, deposits have been made and sweatshirts bought, so it is somewhat moot.

Many great kids go to Nysmith and have gotten a lot out of their education. If it is not your thing, fine. Everyone should like their choice. But there’s no reason to be rude.

+10. As a Nysmith parent I agree. I see so much of hatred against the school and that is unnecessary. Be happy for your kid wherever he is, and do not bash up other schools/kids.

[Anonymous]

Nysmith doesn’t admit everyone. If a kid gets in who didn’t get into AAP you can believe they either should of gotten in or was borderline in meeting the criteria

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Most of the Nysmith class of 2018 chose private school. A lot of the parents are concerned about school safety in public school.

LOL if they are worried about "school safety" at TJ, they are probably not intelligent enough to have kids who can get into TJ.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Believe it or not, TJ admissions do not validate whether a school is up to par or not-

As Nysmith specifically markets itself as a "school for the gifted", the rate at which their kids are admitted to TJ definitely validates whether or not their students are actually "gifted" and being educated accordingly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Believe it or not, TJ admissions do not validate whether a school is up to par or not-

As Nysmith specifically markets itself as a "school for the gifted", the rate at which their kids are admitted to TJ definitely validates whether or not their students are actually "gifted" and being educated accordingly.

Really? 2018 91% to 2nd round and 56% acceptance is not good enough for you?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Believe it or not, TJ admissions do not validate whether a school is up to par or not-

As Nysmith specifically markets itself as a "school for the gifted", the rate at which their kids are admitted to TJ definitely validates whether or not their students are actually "gifted" and being educated accordingly.

Really? 2018 91% to 2nd round and 56% acceptance is not good enough for you?

And the best numbers for public schools are 77% 2nd round and 37% acceptance (based on 2018 numbers). NySmith’s numbers speak for themselves.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Believe it or not, TJ admissions do not validate whether a school is up to par or not-

As Nysmith specifically markets itself as a "school for the gifted", the rate at which their kids are admitted to TJ definitely validates whether or not their students are actually "gifted" and being educated accordingly.

What is your definition of ‘gifted’? Is a child who writes at college level considered gifted ? Or a child whose artistic or musical ability surpasses the average considered gifted? Or are you holding on to a narrow definition of gifted which says every kid who cant do high school math cannot be considered gifted?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Believe it or not, TJ admissions do not validate whether a school is up to par or not-

As Nysmith specifically markets itself as a "school for the gifted", the rate at which their kids are admitted to TJ definitely validates whether or not their students are actually "gifted" and being educated accordingly.

What is your definition of ‘gifted’? Is a child who writes at college level considered gifted ? Or a child whose artistic or musical ability surpasses the average considered gifted? Or are you holding on to a narrow definition of gifted which says every kid who cant do high school math cannot be considered gifted?

And dear FCPS parent - what is your definition of gifted? AAP curiculum and SOL scores and having your child in every activity and enrichment class under the sun? So he gets into TJ?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Believe it or not, TJ admissions do not validate whether a school is up to par or not-

As Nysmith specifically markets itself as a "school for the gifted", the rate at which their kids are admitted to TJ definitely validates whether or not their students are actually "gifted" and being educated accordingly.

What is your definition of ‘gifted’? Is a child who writes at college level considered gifted ? Or a child whose artistic or musical ability surpasses the average considered gifted? Or are you holding on to a narrow definition of gifted which says every kid who cant do high school math cannot be considered gifted?

And dear FCPS parent - what is your definition of gifted? AAP curiculum and SOL scores and having your child in every activity and enrichment class under the sun? So he gets into TJ?

My definition is when my child’s neuropsychologist tells me such