TJ Admission

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Anonymous wrote:I’m thinking if being a white girl at TJ will help with college admissions. E.g., if MIT accepts 12 TJ kids, would they care about their race and select a white girl for diversity (assuming she is an excellent student of course, but not a winner of some national competition)?

Demographics are considered by May colleges in admissions. Everybody knows that. I have a white male who will have and easier time getting in to WM and some SLACs. Women— white and Asian, may have an easier time with engineering. But that’s not a TJ thing. It’s all high schools

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Anonymous wrote:So....would a white girl have a better shot at getting in during the second "holistic" phase?

No. Its a blind admissions process -- demographic info isn't considered. They still don't know you are white girl... unless you put it in the essay.
If you title your essay "whitey chick who is way into tech and STEM", then they would know. But that still doesn't mean that it would help.
The "holistic" phase takes your essay and teacher recommendations into account, and compares them with other applicants.

Note: being a white girl shouldn't hurt you in the process either.

When you fill in the TJ application, they ask you whether you are male or female. They also ask about your race. Its not an optional question.

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That doesn’t mean it affects admission. It means they keep data on the subject.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m thinking if being a white girl at TJ will help with college admissions. E.g., if MIT accepts 12 TJ kids, would they care about their race and select a white girl for diversity (assuming she is an excellent student of course, but not a winner of some national competition)?

Demographics are considered by May colleges in admissions. Everybody knows that. I have a white male who will have and easier time getting in to WM and some SLACs. Women— white and Asian, may have an easier time with engineering. But that’s not a TJ thing. It’s all high schools

It's harder to get into MIT and all the Ivies as an Asian. Hence the lawsuit against them. They all purposefully and intentionally diversify unlike TJ that's cool with 70% Asians.

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I recently browsed through the TJ website and found a section with a few scholarships listed. One of them was for the low income families, and another one was for minorities, such as Asians. When I looked through the TJ student directory, it seemed like about 90% of students and parents have Asian last names - obviously minorities deserving a scholarship based on race.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I recently browsed through the TJ website and found a section with a few scholarships listed. One of them was for the low income families, and another one was for minorities, such as Asians. When I looked through the TJ student directory, it seemed like about 90% of students and parents have Asian last names - obviously minorities deserving a scholarship based on race.

Well you are probably not asian so cant recognize asian names. Tj is 66% asian

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Anonymous wrote:So....would a white girl have a better shot at getting in during the second "holistic" phase?

Yes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I recently browsed through the TJ website and found a section with a few scholarships listed. One of them was for the low income families, and another one was for minorities, such as Asians. When I looked through the TJ student directory, it seemed like about 90% of students and parents have Asian last names - obviously minorities deserving a scholarship based on race.

Well you are probably not asian so cant recognize asian names. Tj is 66% asian

Well, if there are 20 Lis, 20 Kims, 15 Parks, 15 Zhous and 1 Smith, I can see the pattern.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I recently browsed through the TJ website and found a section with a few scholarships listed. One of them was for the low income families, and another one was for minorities, such as Asians. When I looked through the TJ student directory, it seemed like about 90% of students and parents have Asian last names - obviously minorities deserving a scholarship based on race.

Well you are probably not asian so cant recognize asian names. Tj is 66% asian

Well, if there are 20 Lis, 20 Kims, 15 Parks, 15 Zhous and 1 Smith, I can see the pattern.

What you can’t see is the school. PP is right. It’s 2/3 Asian, 1/3 white about almost zero other POC.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I recently browsed through the TJ website and found a section with a few scholarships listed. One of them was for the low income families, and another one was for minorities, such as Asians. When I looked through the TJ student directory, it seemed like about 90% of students and parents have Asian last names - obviously minorities deserving a scholarship based on race.

The TJ student directory? What TJ student directory? There isn’t a public directory.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I recently browsed through the TJ website and found a section with a few scholarships listed. One of them was for the low income families, and another one was for minorities, such as Asians. When I looked through the TJ student directory, it seemed like about 90% of students and parents have Asian last names - obviously minorities deserving a scholarship based on race.

The TJ student directory? What TJ student directory? There isn’t a public directory.

My child's (who is a TJ student) directory. Just opened it from the end - 35 individuals with the last name Zhang. It also has 37 Chens. Why do so many Asian families share the same last name?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So....would a white girl have a better shot at getting in during the second "holistic" phase?

Yes.

No, they really don’t care.

Is there some reason you think it helps in TJ admissions to be a white girl? Have you had an experience that has led you to think this?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I recently browsed through the TJ website and found a section with a few scholarships listed. One of them was for the low income families, and another one was for minorities, such as Asians. When I looked through the TJ student directory, it seemed like about 90% of students and parents have Asian last names - obviously minorities deserving a scholarship based on race.

The TJ student directory? What TJ student directory? There isn’t a public directory.

My child's (who is a TJ student) directory. Just opened it from the end - 35 individuals with the last name Zhang. It also has 37 Chens. Why do so many Asian families share the same last name?

Have you counted the Smiths and Jones in the langley high school directory? What a silly comment.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I recently browsed through the TJ website and found a section with a few scholarships listed. One of them was for the low income families, and another one was for minorities, such as Asians. When I looked through the TJ student directory, it seemed like about 90% of students and parents have Asian last names - obviously minorities deserving a scholarship based on race.

The TJ student directory? What TJ student directory? There isn’t a public directory.

My child's (who is a TJ student) directory. Just opened it from the end - 35 individuals with the last name Zhang. It also has 37 Chens. Why do so many Asian families share the same last name?

Have you counted the Smiths and Jones in the langley high school directory? What a silly comment.

+1. I work for the federal government, and we have problems keeping the all Williams in our office straight.

I wonder who is physically counting Chens? Get a life.

Also, why someone in the TJ thinks it’s 90% Asian? And how you get a physical directory? I’ve only gotten electronic.