TJ Class of 2023 Admissions by Middle School

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Anonymous wrote:Do you have the Applied numbers as well? Without them this isn't meaningful.

What a stupid thing to say.

Not at all stupid! If 81/100 got in then that’s an 81% acceptance rate. If 70/70 got in then that is a 100% acceptance rate!

And if only 6 got in, but only six applied, that is also great, although it doesn't seem like it when you first see "6" (or * for less than 10).

That’s additional information but it doesn’t render the raw number of admits meaningless.

And no one is likely to trip over themselves to send their kid to an FCPS middle school where only six kids are applying to TJ.

Most people are not tripping over themselves to send their kid to a FCPS middle school to send their kid to TJ. DS goes to a school that feeds into Carson. I have yet to have a single friend/neighbor mention TJ down the line. A few discuss AAP but most are just chilling and working to make sure that their kid is doing well in ES and is healthy.

Maybe people are realistic. Maybe people are clueless. Maybe think the level of obsession over TJ for some families is crazy. No idea what it is but I do know that the only place I hear anyone discussing TJ is on this board.

And that includes my friends whose kids are taking Algebra 1 Honors in 7th grade.

We don't talk about TJ. We post on DCUM in secret without you.

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Anonymous wrote:Do you have the Applied numbers as well? Without them this isn't meaningful.

What a stupid thing to say.

Not at all stupid! If 81/100 got in then that’s an 81% acceptance rate. If 70/70 got in then that is a 100% acceptance rate!

And if only 6 got in, but only six applied, that is also great, although it doesn't seem like it when you first see "6" (or * for less than 10).

That’s additional information but it doesn’t render the raw number of admits meaningless.

And no one is likely to trip over themselves to send their kid to an FCPS middle school where only six kids are applying to TJ.

Most people are not tripping over themselves to send their kid to a FCPS middle school to send their kid to TJ. DS goes to a school that feeds into Carson. I have yet to have a single friend/neighbor mention TJ down the line. A few discuss AAP but most are just chilling and working to make sure that their kid is doing well in ES and is healthy.

Maybe people are realistic. Maybe people are clueless. Maybe think the level of obsession over TJ for some families is crazy. No idea what it is but I do know that the only place I hear anyone discussing TJ is on this board.

And that includes my friends whose kids are taking Algebra 1 Honors in 7th grade.

We don't talk about TJ. We post on DCUM in secret without you.

LOL. Perfect response to PP’s word salad!

[Anonymous]

How many kids in an eighth grade class at Carson and some of the other schools? would guess like 15-20% make TJ.

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Anonymous wrote:How many kids in an eighth grade class at Carson and some of the other schools? would guess like 15-20% make TJ.

10% at Carson, 8% at Longfellow, and 6% at Rocky Run.

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TJ is not the be all and end all. Does that make me want to ship my kids to Carson? Heck no. I’m sure Carson is a great school but 90% of it is the child’s willingness and ability to apply themselves.

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Anonymous wrote:TJ is not the be all and end all. Does that make me want to ship my kids to Carson? Heck no. I’m sure Carson is a great school but 90% of it is the child’s willingness and ability to apply themselves.

+1

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Anonymous wrote:TJ is not the be all and end all. Does that make me want to ship my kids to Carson? Heck no. I’m sure Carson is a great school but 90% of it is the child’s willingness and ability to apply themselves.

This! I have one at TJ. DC2 is in MS. Probably smarter than DC1 but does not have the desire or work ethic needed for TJ. He will not be applying for TJ. If he does and magically gets in, I'll do all I can to dissuade him. TJ is NOT easy even for the brightest kid you know. Choose wisely.

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Anonymous wrote:TJ is not the be all and end all. Does that make me want to ship my kids to Carson? Heck no. I’m sure Carson is a great school but 90% of it is the child’s willingness and ability to apply themselves.

This! I have one at TJ. DC2 is in MS. Probably smarter than DC1 but does not have the desire or work ethic needed for TJ. He will not be applying for TJ. If he does and magically gets in, I'll do all I can to dissuade him. TJ is NOT easy even for the brightest kid you know. Choose wisely.

TJ is great for kids into STEM. My kid would likely be in the running based on his tendency to score very high on standardized tests, has a better work ethic than either of his parents and got high A's in Algebra H and Geometry H in MS, but chose not to apply TJ because while he like and excels in STEM, it's not his main passion.

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Anonymous wrote:Did the complete list ever get published? I’m seeing the following, incomplete information on another site:

Carson 71
Longfellow 51
Rocky Run 40
Cooper 36
Jackson 22
Frost 18
Kilmer 18
Lake Braddock 18

So surprise to see only 51 from Longfellow! Is this complete number?

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Anonymous wrote:Did the complete list ever get published? I’m seeing the following, incomplete information on another site:

Carson 71
Longfellow 51
Rocky Run 40
Cooper 36
Jackson 22
Frost 18
Kilmer 18
Lake Braddock 18

So surprise to see only 51 from Longfellow! Is this complete number?

Of course not. They admit about 500 kids in total, and the numbers above don’t add to 500.

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Anonymous wrote:Did the complete list ever get published? I’m seeing the following, incomplete information on another site:

Carson 71
Longfellow 51
Rocky Run 40
Cooper 36
Jackson 22
Frost 18
Kilmer 18
Lake Braddock 18

So surprise to see only 51 from Longfellow! Is this complete number?

Of course not. They admit about 500 kids in total, and the numbers above don’t add to 500.

This is the major FCPS AAP Centers. FCPS only sends about 300-350, and a few come from each of the other MSs. Private, LCPS, APS, FCCS, PWCS make up the rest.

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Anonymous wrote:Did the complete list ever get published? I’m seeing the following, incomplete information on another site:

Carson 71
Longfellow 51
Rocky Run 40
Cooper 36
Jackson 22
Frost 18
Kilmer 18
Lake Braddock 18

So surprise to see only 51 from Longfellow! Is this complete number?

Do you mean the complete number from Longfellow?

As far as I know it is. Now that the AAP kids from the Langley pyramid go to Cooper, the Longfellow AAP kids all come from the McLean HS attendance area. In comparison, Carson AAP kids come from areas that feed into four different high schools: Chantilly, Oakton, South Lakes, and Westfield.

Last year there were more kids at TJ who resided within the McLean HS pyramid (158) than any other FCPS pyramid. At a rate of 51 admits per year, that number would increase to 204.

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Well isn't that special.

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Anonymous wrote:Well isn't that special.

Yes.

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Anonymous wrote:Thoreau?

I wouldn’t expect that number to be high at all. The same rationale and preferences that would make a student choose TMS over Luther Jackson are the same reasons they would decide to attend their local HS over TJ.

I only know a few kids that I know would be close to having a chance at getting into TJ and none of them applied, as TJ wasn’t a fit for their family and goals. These kids’ specific reasons given were their sport, neighborhood friends, and siblings.

Agree. Those kids go to LJ.

I would agree with that as well. We will likely end up sending our AAPer to Thoreau over LJ as we're not aiming for TJ and would be find with honors classes instead of AAP middle. One of her best friends (4th grade) has already started talking about going to LJ because it's AAP program is better and will help her get into TJ. It'll be interesting to see how the group splits up in the next few years. But I do think the people aspiring to TJ are more likely to stick with L-IV middle school.