Official TJ Admissions Decisions Results for the Class of 2025

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Anonymous wrote:When you are accustomed to privilege, equity feels like oppression.

The more I read these posts the more this rings true!

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It is a nice line. Has a good ring to it. Privilege is being able to change the rules of the game so that you don't need to put in the hard yards or sacrifice needed for success. Privilege is using political power to browbeat a minority group and try to pull them down.

I wrote that line in here but I can't take credit for it. Been around for a long time.

I honestly use it because I genuinely believe that a lot of these families cannot imagine a situation where they have much tougher things to worry about than TJ admissions. There are tons of hardworking families in Northern Virginia where both parents work multiple jobs in order to keep the family afloat - and because no one from their kid's elementary school has attended TJ in recent years they have no connection to the admissions process or the strategies to deal with it.

They are concerned with their family's food and shelter security, and perhaps even their child's physical safety, and they trust the public school that they've sent their child to with giving them all of the tools that they need to succeed. They sign their children up for activities not based on what will optimize their chances in the TJ Admissions process, but rather based on what is free and creates supervision for the largest amount of time possible.

Their child takes the bus to school every day, not because it's more convenient for the parents but because they don't have a car, or money for insurance, or for the gas that it takes to get them from A to B. There is no bus that takes them to or from any prep courses that may be available - even if they are free to attend!

But they still believe education to be extremely important to their child's - and their family's - future. Their bright child who gets As in school - even in the face of an environment where being smart is a social pariah, where raising your hand in class is a recipe for ridicule - is their hope for a better tomorrow for their younger siblings.

Not saying I don't respect the struggles of the hypothetical kid in the story, but if my kid lost out to that "experience factors" essay, it wouldn't sit well with me.

Hard to compete on some essay when many of the kids are getting $5k-$10k in coaching on how to manipulate the judges when some low-income kid has none of that.

Interesting how folks just assert claims as fact. Not to mention the assumptions that go into their "logic".

https://curielearning.com/middle-program-7-8

If you qualify for free-reduced meal, you can be considered for the free or reduced tuition in Curie Learning.

In case we were wondering whether or not their staffers are on these boards regularly....

Not a staffer. I just scrolled down the link that was shared by previous poster and saw this.

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Anonymous wrote:When you are accustomed to privilege, equity feels like oppression.

The more I read these posts the more this rings true!

+1

It is a nice line. Has a good ring to it. Privilege is being able to change the rules of the game so that you don't need to put in the hard yards or sacrifice needed for success. Privilege is using political power to browbeat a minority group and try to pull them down.

I wrote that line in here but I can't take credit for it. Been around for a long time.

I honestly use it because I genuinely believe that a lot of these families cannot imagine a situation where they have much tougher things to worry about than TJ admissions. There are tons of hardworking families in Northern Virginia where both parents work multiple jobs in order to keep the family afloat - and because no one from their kid's elementary school has attended TJ in recent years they have no connection to the admissions process or the strategies to deal with it.

They are concerned with their family's food and shelter security, and perhaps even their child's physical safety, and they trust the public school that they've sent their child to with giving them all of the tools that they need to succeed. They sign their children up for activities not based on what will optimize their chances in the TJ Admissions process, but rather based on what is free and creates supervision for the largest amount of time possible.

Their child takes the bus to school every day, not because it's more convenient for the parents but because they don't have a car, or money for insurance, or for the gas that it takes to get them from A to B. There is no bus that takes them to or from any prep courses that may be available - even if they are free to attend!

But they still believe education to be extremely important to their child's - and their family's - future. Their bright child who gets As in school - even in the face of an environment where being smart is a social pariah, where raising your hand in class is a recipe for ridicule - is their hope for a better tomorrow for their younger siblings.

Not saying I don't respect the struggles of the hypothetical kid in the story, but if my kid lost out to that "experience factors" essay, it wouldn't sit well with me.

Hard to compete on some essay when many of the kids are getting $5k-$10k in coaching on how to manipulate the judges when some low-income kid has none of that.

Interesting how folks just assert claims as fact. Not to mention the assumptions that go into their "logic".

https://curielearning.com/middle-program-7-8

Is that supposed to be proof of the assertion? Many schools offer similar programs that provide a solid foundation for educational success. I missed the reference to judge manipulation...

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Anonymous wrote:When you are accustomed to privilege, equity feels like oppression.

The more I read these posts the more this rings true!

+1

It is a nice line. Has a good ring to it. Privilege is being able to change the rules of the game so that you don't need to put in the hard yards or sacrifice needed for success. Privilege is using political power to browbeat a minority group and try to pull them down.

I wrote that line in here but I can't take credit for it. Been around for a long time.

I honestly use it because I genuinely believe that a lot of these families cannot imagine a situation where they have much tougher things to worry about than TJ admissions. There are tons of hardworking families in Northern Virginia where both parents work multiple jobs in order to keep the family afloat - and because no one from their kid's elementary school has attended TJ in recent years they have no connection to the admissions process or the strategies to deal with it.

They are concerned with their family's food and shelter security, and perhaps even their child's physical safety, and they trust the public school that they've sent their child to with giving them all of the tools that they need to succeed. They sign their children up for activities not based on what will optimize their chances in the TJ Admissions process, but rather based on what is free and creates supervision for the largest amount of time possible.

Their child takes the bus to school every day, not because it's more convenient for the parents but because they don't have a car, or money for insurance, or for the gas that it takes to get them from A to B. There is no bus that takes them to or from any prep courses that may be available - even if they are free to attend!

But they still believe education to be extremely important to their child's - and their family's - future. Their bright child who gets As in school - even in the face of an environment where being smart is a social pariah, where raising your hand in class is a recipe for ridicule - is their hope for a better tomorrow for their younger siblings.

Not saying I don't respect the struggles of the hypothetical kid in the story, but if my kid lost out to that "experience factors" essay, it wouldn't sit well with me.

Hard to compete on some essay when many of the kids are getting $5k-$10k in coaching on how to manipulate the judges when some low-income kid has none of that.

Interesting how folks just assert claims as fact. Not to mention the assumptions that go into their "logic".

https://curielearning.com/middle-program-7-8

If you qualify for free-reduced meal, you can be considered for the free or reduced tuition in Curie Learning.

There is a fair amount of space between "qualifies for free or reduced price meals" and "can afford several mortgage payments for a prep course".

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:When you are accustomed to privilege, equity feels like oppression.

The more I read these posts the more this rings true!

+1

It is a nice line. Has a good ring to it. Privilege is being able to change the rules of the game so that you don't need to put in the hard yards or sacrifice needed for success. Privilege is using political power to browbeat a minority group and try to pull them down.

I wrote that line in here but I can't take credit for it. Been around for a long time.

I honestly use it because I genuinely believe that a lot of these families cannot imagine a situation where they have much tougher things to worry about than TJ admissions. There are tons of hardworking families in Northern Virginia where both parents work multiple jobs in order to keep the family afloat - and because no one from their kid's elementary school has attended TJ in recent years they have no connection to the admissions process or the strategies to deal with it.

They are concerned with their family's food and shelter security, and perhaps even their child's physical safety, and they trust the public school that they've sent their child to with giving them all of the tools that they need to succeed. They sign their children up for activities not based on what will optimize their chances in the TJ Admissions process, but rather based on what is free and creates supervision for the largest amount of time possible.

Their child takes the bus to school every day, not because it's more convenient for the parents but because they don't have a car, or money for insurance, or for the gas that it takes to get them from A to B. There is no bus that takes them to or from any prep courses that may be available - even if they are free to attend!

But they still believe education to be extremely important to their child's - and their family's - future. Their bright child who gets As in school - even in the face of an environment where being smart is a social pariah, where raising your hand in class is a recipe for ridicule - is their hope for a better tomorrow for their younger siblings.

Not saying I don't respect the struggles of the hypothetical kid in the story, but if my kid lost out to that "experience factors" essay, it wouldn't sit well with me.

Hard to compete on some essay when many of the kids are getting $5k-$10k in coaching on how to manipulate the judges when some low-income kid has none of that.

Interesting how folks just assert claims as fact. Not to mention the assumptions that go into their "logic".

https://curielearning.com/middle-program-7-8

If you qualify for free-reduced meal, you can be considered for the free or reduced tuition in Curie Learning.

There is a fair amount of space between "qualifies for free or reduced price meals" and "can afford several mortgage payments for a prep course".

Huh? Now even free is not good enough?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:When you are accustomed to privilege, equity feels like oppression.

The more I read these posts the more this rings true!

+1

It is a nice line. Has a good ring to it. Privilege is being able to change the rules of the game so that you don't need to put in the hard yards or sacrifice needed for success. Privilege is using political power to browbeat a minority group and try to pull them down.

I wrote that line in here but I can't take credit for it. Been around for a long time.

I honestly use it because I genuinely believe that a lot of these families cannot imagine a situation where they have much tougher things to worry about than TJ admissions. There are tons of hardworking families in Northern Virginia where both parents work multiple jobs in order to keep the family afloat - and because no one from their kid's elementary school has attended TJ in recent years they have no connection to the admissions process or the strategies to deal with it.

They are concerned with their family's food and shelter security, and perhaps even their child's physical safety, and they trust the public school that they've sent their child to with giving them all of the tools that they need to succeed. They sign their children up for activities not based on what will optimize their chances in the TJ Admissions process, but rather based on what is free and creates supervision for the largest amount of time possible.

Their child takes the bus to school every day, not because it's more convenient for the parents but because they don't have a car, or money for insurance, or for the gas that it takes to get them from A to B. There is no bus that takes them to or from any prep courses that may be available - even if they are free to attend!

But they still believe education to be extremely important to their child's - and their family's - future. Their bright child who gets As in school - even in the face of an environment where being smart is a social pariah, where raising your hand in class is a recipe for ridicule - is their hope for a better tomorrow for their younger siblings.

Not saying I don't respect the struggles of the hypothetical kid in the story, but if my kid lost out to that "experience factors" essay, it wouldn't sit well with me.

Hard to compete on some essay when many of the kids are getting $5k-$10k in coaching on how to manipulate the judges when some low-income kid has none of that.

Interesting how folks just assert claims as fact. Not to mention the assumptions that go into their "logic".

https://curielearning.com/middle-program-7-8

If you qualify for free-reduced meal, you can be considered for the free or reduced tuition in Curie Learning.

There is a fair amount of space between "qualifies for free or reduced price meals" and "can afford several mortgage payments for a prep course".

Huh? Now even free is not good enough?

*smacking my forehead* No - what I'm saying is that there are many, many people who are between the two categories. These programs are prohibitively expensive unless you have a significant amount of disposable income.

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Anonymous wrote:When you are accustomed to privilege, equity feels like oppression.

The more I read these posts the more this rings true!

+1

It is a nice line. Has a good ring to it. Privilege is being able to change the rules of the game so that you don't need to put in the hard yards or sacrifice needed for success. Privilege is using political power to browbeat a minority group and try to pull them down.

I wrote that line in here but I can't take credit for it. Been around for a long time.

I honestly use it because I genuinely believe that a lot of these families cannot imagine a situation where they have much tougher things to worry about than TJ admissions. There are tons of hardworking families in Northern Virginia where both parents work multiple jobs in order to keep the family afloat - and because no one from their kid's elementary school has attended TJ in recent years they have no connection to the admissions process or the strategies to deal with it.

They are concerned with their family's food and shelter security, and perhaps even their child's physical safety, and they trust the public school that they've sent their child to with giving them all of the tools that they need to succeed. They sign their children up for activities not based on what will optimize their chances in the TJ Admissions process, but rather based on what is free and creates supervision for the largest amount of time possible.

Their child takes the bus to school every day, not because it's more convenient for the parents but because they don't have a car, or money for insurance, or for the gas that it takes to get them from A to B. There is no bus that takes them to or from any prep courses that may be available - even if they are free to attend!

But they still believe education to be extremely important to their child's - and their family's - future. Their bright child who gets As in school - even in the face of an environment where being smart is a social pariah, where raising your hand in class is a recipe for ridicule - is their hope for a better tomorrow for their younger siblings.

Not saying I don't respect the struggles of the hypothetical kid in the story, but if my kid lost out to that "experience factors" essay, it wouldn't sit well with me.

Hard to compete on some essay when many of the kids are getting $5k-$10k in coaching on how to manipulate the judges when some low-income kid has none of that.

Interesting how folks just assert claims as fact. Not to mention the assumptions that go into their "logic".

https://curielearning.com/middle-program-7-8

If you qualify for free-reduced meal, you can be considered for the free or reduced tuition in Curie Learning.

There is a fair amount of space between "qualifies for free or reduced price meals" and "can afford several mortgage payments for a prep course".

Huh? Now even free is not good enough?

*smacking my forehead* No - what I'm saying is that there are many, many people who are between the two categories. These programs are prohibitively expensive unless you have a significant amount of disposable income.

You are a tough person to please I can tell you some secrets on how to prioritize and save money. Involves maybe an alien concept called sacrifice. But I know you will have some other concerns.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:When you are accustomed to privilege, equity feels like oppression.

The more I read these posts the more this rings true!

+1

It is a nice line. Has a good ring to it. Privilege is being able to change the rules of the game so that you don't need to put in the hard yards or sacrifice needed for success. Privilege is using political power to browbeat a minority group and try to pull them down.

I wrote that line in here but I can't take credit for it. Been around for a long time.

I honestly use it because I genuinely believe that a lot of these families cannot imagine a situation where they have much tougher things to worry about than TJ admissions. There are tons of hardworking families in Northern Virginia where both parents work multiple jobs in order to keep the family afloat - and because no one from their kid's elementary school has attended TJ in recent years they have no connection to the admissions process or the strategies to deal with it.

They are concerned with their family's food and shelter security, and perhaps even their child's physical safety, and they trust the public school that they've sent their child to with giving them all of the tools that they need to succeed. They sign their children up for activities not based on what will optimize their chances in the TJ Admissions process, but rather based on what is free and creates supervision for the largest amount of time possible.

Their child takes the bus to school every day, not because it's more convenient for the parents but because they don't have a car, or money for insurance, or for the gas that it takes to get them from A to B. There is no bus that takes them to or from any prep courses that may be available - even if they are free to attend!

But they still believe education to be extremely important to their child's - and their family's - future. Their bright child who gets As in school - even in the face of an environment where being smart is a social pariah, where raising your hand in class is a recipe for ridicule - is their hope for a better tomorrow for their younger siblings.

Not saying I don't respect the struggles of the hypothetical kid in the story, but if my kid lost out to that "experience factors" essay, it wouldn't sit well with me.

Hard to compete on some essay when many of the kids are getting $5k-$10k in coaching on how to manipulate the judges when some low-income kid has none of that.

Interesting how folks just assert claims as fact. Not to mention the assumptions that go into their "logic".

https://curielearning.com/middle-program-7-8

If you qualify for free-reduced meal, you can be considered for the free or reduced tuition in Curie Learning.

There is a fair amount of space between "qualifies for free or reduced price meals" and "can afford several mortgage payments for a prep course".

Huh? Now even free is not good enough?

*smacking my forehead* No - what I'm saying is that there are many, many people who are between the two categories. These programs are prohibitively expensive unless you have a significant amount of disposable income.

You are a tough person to please I can tell you some secrets on how to prioritize and save money. Involves maybe an alien concept called sacrifice. But I know you will have some other concerns.

Tell me you don't understand America without telling me you don't understand America.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:When you are accustomed to privilege, equity feels like oppression.

The more I read these posts the more this rings true!

+1

It is a nice line. Has a good ring to it. Privilege is being able to change the rules of the game so that you don't need to put in the hard yards or sacrifice needed for success. Privilege is using political power to browbeat a minority group and try to pull them down.

I wrote that line in here but I can't take credit for it. Been around for a long time.

I honestly use it because I genuinely believe that a lot of these families cannot imagine a situation where they have much tougher things to worry about than TJ admissions. There are tons of hardworking families in Northern Virginia where both parents work multiple jobs in order to keep the family afloat - and because no one from their kid's elementary school has attended TJ in recent years they have no connection to the admissions process or the strategies to deal with it.

They are concerned with their family's food and shelter security, and perhaps even their child's physical safety, and they trust the public school that they've sent their child to with giving them all of the tools that they need to succeed. They sign their children up for activities not based on what will optimize their chances in the TJ Admissions process, but rather based on what is free and creates supervision for the largest amount of time possible.

Their child takes the bus to school every day, not because it's more convenient for the parents but because they don't have a car, or money for insurance, or for the gas that it takes to get them from A to B. There is no bus that takes them to or from any prep courses that may be available - even if they are free to attend!

But they still believe education to be extremely important to their child's - and their family's - future. Their bright child who gets As in school - even in the face of an environment where being smart is a social pariah, where raising your hand in class is a recipe for ridicule - is their hope for a better tomorrow for their younger siblings.

Not saying I don't respect the struggles of the hypothetical kid in the story, but if my kid lost out to that "experience factors" essay, it wouldn't sit well with me.

Hard to compete on some essay when many of the kids are getting $5k-$10k in coaching on how to manipulate the judges when some low-income kid has none of that.

Interesting how folks just assert claims as fact. Not to mention the assumptions that go into their "logic".

https://curielearning.com/middle-program-7-8

If you qualify for free-reduced meal, you can be considered for the free or reduced tuition in Curie Learning.

There is a fair amount of space between "qualifies for free or reduced price meals" and "can afford several mortgage payments for a prep course".

Huh? Now even free is not good enough?

*smacking my forehead* No - what I'm saying is that there are many, many people who are between the two categories. These programs are prohibitively expensive unless you have a significant amount of disposable income.

You are a tough person to please I can tell you some secrets on how to prioritize and save money. Involves maybe an alien concept called sacrifice. But I know you will have some other concerns.

Tell me you don't understand America without telling me you don't understand America.

Absolutely Didn't take any sacrifice to build this country.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:When you are accustomed to privilege, equity feels like oppression.

The more I read these posts the more this rings true!

+1

It is a nice line. Has a good ring to it. Privilege is being able to change the rules of the game so that you don't need to put in the hard yards or sacrifice needed for success. Privilege is using political power to browbeat a minority group and try to pull them down.

I wrote that line in here but I can't take credit for it. Been around for a long time.

I honestly use it because I genuinely believe that a lot of these families cannot imagine a situation where they have much tougher things to worry about than TJ admissions. There are tons of hardworking families in Northern Virginia where both parents work multiple jobs in order to keep the family afloat - and because no one from their kid's elementary school has attended TJ in recent years they have no connection to the admissions process or the strategies to deal with it.

They are concerned with their family's food and shelter security, and perhaps even their child's physical safety, and they trust the public school that they've sent their child to with giving them all of the tools that they need to succeed. They sign their children up for activities not based on what will optimize their chances in the TJ Admissions process, but rather based on what is free and creates supervision for the largest amount of time possible.

Their child takes the bus to school every day, not because it's more convenient for the parents but because they don't have a car, or money for insurance, or for the gas that it takes to get them from A to B. There is no bus that takes them to or from any prep courses that may be available - even if they are free to attend!

But they still believe education to be extremely important to their child's - and their family's - future. Their bright child who gets As in school - even in the face of an environment where being smart is a social pariah, where raising your hand in class is a recipe for ridicule - is their hope for a better tomorrow for their younger siblings.

Not saying I don't respect the struggles of the hypothetical kid in the story, but if my kid lost out to that "experience factors" essay, it wouldn't sit well with me.

Hard to compete on some essay when many of the kids are getting $5k-$10k in coaching on how to manipulate the judges when some low-income kid has none of that.

Interesting how folks just assert claims as fact. Not to mention the assumptions that go into their "logic".

https://curielearning.com/middle-program-7-8

If you qualify for free-reduced meal, you can be considered for the free or reduced tuition in Curie Learning.

There is a fair amount of space between "qualifies for free or reduced price meals" and "can afford several mortgage payments for a prep course".

Huh? Now even free is not good enough?

*smacking my forehead* No - what I'm saying is that there are many, many people who are between the two categories. These programs are prohibitively expensive unless you have a significant amount of disposable income.

You are a tough person to please I can tell you some secrets on how to prioritize and save money. Involves maybe an alien concept called sacrifice. But I know you will have some other concerns.

Tell me you don't understand America without telling me you don't understand America.

Please school me dear sir. I am just a lowly immigrant.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:When you are accustomed to privilege, equity feels like oppression.

The more I read these posts the more this rings true!

+1

It is a nice line. Has a good ring to it. Privilege is being able to change the rules of the game so that you don't need to put in the hard yards or sacrifice needed for success. Privilege is using political power to browbeat a minority group and try to pull them down.

I wrote that line in here but I can't take credit for it. Been around for a long time.

I honestly use it because I genuinely believe that a lot of these families cannot imagine a situation where they have much tougher things to worry about than TJ admissions. There are tons of hardworking families in Northern Virginia where both parents work multiple jobs in order to keep the family afloat - and because no one from their kid's elementary school has attended TJ in recent years they have no connection to the admissions process or the strategies to deal with it.

They are concerned with their family's food and shelter security, and perhaps even their child's physical safety, and they trust the public school that they've sent their child to with giving them all of the tools that they need to succeed. They sign their children up for activities not based on what will optimize their chances in the TJ Admissions process, but rather based on what is free and creates supervision for the largest amount of time possible.

Their child takes the bus to school every day, not because it's more convenient for the parents but because they don't have a car, or money for insurance, or for the gas that it takes to get them from A to B. There is no bus that takes them to or from any prep courses that may be available - even if they are free to attend!

But they still believe education to be extremely important to their child's - and their family's - future. Their bright child who gets As in school - even in the face of an environment where being smart is a social pariah, where raising your hand in class is a recipe for ridicule - is their hope for a better tomorrow for their younger siblings.

Not saying I don't respect the struggles of the hypothetical kid in the story, but if my kid lost out to that "experience factors" essay, it wouldn't sit well with me.

Hard to compete on some essay when many of the kids are getting $5k-$10k in coaching on how to manipulate the judges when some low-income kid has none of that.

Interesting how folks just assert claims as fact. Not to mention the assumptions that go into their "logic".

https://curielearning.com/middle-program-7-8

If you qualify for free-reduced meal, you can be considered for the free or reduced tuition in Curie Learning.

There is a fair amount of space between "qualifies for free or reduced price meals" and "can afford several mortgage payments for a prep course".

Huh? Now even free is not good enough?

*smacking my forehead* No - what I'm saying is that there are many, many people who are between the two categories. These programs are prohibitively expensive unless you have a significant amount of disposable income.

You are a tough person to please I can tell you some secrets on how to prioritize and save money. Involves maybe an alien concept called sacrifice. But I know you will have some other concerns.

Oh, stop it. Don't you know everything must be reduced to a discussion of how everything in America is based on systemic racism that must be addressed by sacrificing all objective assessments of achievement?

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Anonymous wrote:When you are accustomed to privilege, equity feels like oppression.

The more I read these posts the more this rings true!

+1

It is a nice line. Has a good ring to it. Privilege is being able to change the rules of the game so that you don't need to put in the hard yards or sacrifice needed for success. Privilege is using political power to browbeat a minority group and try to pull them down.

I wrote that line in here but I can't take credit for it. Been around for a long time.

I honestly use it because I genuinely believe that a lot of these families cannot imagine a situation where they have much tougher things to worry about than TJ admissions. There are tons of hardworking families in Northern Virginia where both parents work multiple jobs in order to keep the family afloat - and because no one from their kid's elementary school has attended TJ in recent years they have no connection to the admissions process or the strategies to deal with it.

They are concerned with their family's food and shelter security, and perhaps even their child's physical safety, and they trust the public school that they've sent their child to with giving them all of the tools that they need to succeed. They sign their children up for activities not based on what will optimize their chances in the TJ Admissions process, but rather based on what is free and creates supervision for the largest amount of time possible.

Their child takes the bus to school every day, not because it's more convenient for the parents but because they don't have a car, or money for insurance, or for the gas that it takes to get them from A to B. There is no bus that takes them to or from any prep courses that may be available - even if they are free to attend!

But they still believe education to be extremely important to their child's - and their family's - future. Their bright child who gets As in school - even in the face of an environment where being smart is a social pariah, where raising your hand in class is a recipe for ridicule - is their hope for a better tomorrow for their younger siblings.

Not saying I don't respect the struggles of the hypothetical kid in the story, but if my kid lost out to that "experience factors" essay, it wouldn't sit well with me.

Hard to compete on some essay when many of the kids are getting $5k-$10k in coaching on how to manipulate the judges when some low-income kid has none of that.

Interesting how folks just assert claims as fact. Not to mention the assumptions that go into their "logic".

https://curielearning.com/middle-program-7-8

If you qualify for free-reduced meal, you can be considered for the free or reduced tuition in Curie Learning.

There is a fair amount of space between "qualifies for free or reduced price meals" and "can afford several mortgage payments for a prep course".

Huh? Now even free is not good enough?

*smacking my forehead* No - what I'm saying is that there are many, many people who are between the two categories. These programs are prohibitively expensive unless you have a significant amount of disposable income.

You are a tough person to please I can tell you some secrets on how to prioritize and save money. Involves maybe an alien concept called sacrifice. But I know you will have some other concerns.

Tell me you don't understand America without telling me you don't understand America.

Absolutely Didn't take any sacrifice to build this country.

Yeah, and the ones who did are still massively behind the 8-ball because of the wealth that they built for others.

It's incredibly clueless to blame people's inability to spend money on prep courses on "budgeting".

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Anonymous wrote:When you are accustomed to privilege, equity feels like oppression.

The more I read these posts the more this rings true!

+1

It is a nice line. Has a good ring to it. Privilege is being able to change the rules of the game so that you don't need to put in the hard yards or sacrifice needed for success. Privilege is using political power to browbeat a minority group and try to pull them down.

I wrote that line in here but I can't take credit for it. Been around for a long time.

I honestly use it because I genuinely believe that a lot of these families cannot imagine a situation where they have much tougher things to worry about than TJ admissions. There are tons of hardworking families in Northern Virginia where both parents work multiple jobs in order to keep the family afloat - and because no one from their kid's elementary school has attended TJ in recent years they have no connection to the admissions process or the strategies to deal with it.

They are concerned with their family's food and shelter security, and perhaps even their child's physical safety, and they trust the public school that they've sent their child to with giving them all of the tools that they need to succeed. They sign their children up for activities not based on what will optimize their chances in the TJ Admissions process, but rather based on what is free and creates supervision for the largest amount of time possible.

Their child takes the bus to school every day, not because it's more convenient for the parents but because they don't have a car, or money for insurance, or for the gas that it takes to get them from A to B. There is no bus that takes them to or from any prep courses that may be available - even if they are free to attend!

But they still believe education to be extremely important to their child's - and their family's - future. Their bright child who gets As in school - even in the face of an environment where being smart is a social pariah, where raising your hand in class is a recipe for ridicule - is their hope for a better tomorrow for their younger siblings.

Not saying I don't respect the struggles of the hypothetical kid in the story, but if my kid lost out to that "experience factors" essay, it wouldn't sit well with me.

Hard to compete on some essay when many of the kids are getting $5k-$10k in coaching on how to manipulate the judges when some low-income kid has none of that.

Interesting how folks just assert claims as fact. Not to mention the assumptions that go into their "logic".

https://curielearning.com/middle-program-7-8

If you qualify for free-reduced meal, you can be considered for the free or reduced tuition in Curie Learning.

There is a fair amount of space between "qualifies for free or reduced price meals" and "can afford several mortgage payments for a prep course".

Huh? Now even free is not good enough?

*smacking my forehead* No - what I'm saying is that there are many, many people who are between the two categories. These programs are prohibitively expensive unless you have a significant amount of disposable income.

You are a tough person to please I can tell you some secrets on how to prioritize and save money. Involves maybe an alien concept called sacrifice. But I know you will have some other concerns.

Oh, stop it. Don't you know everything must be reduced to a discussion of how everything in America is based on systemic racism that must be addressed by sacrificing all objective assessments of achievement?

Had you stopped there, you'd have been okay.

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Anonymous wrote:When you are accustomed to privilege, equity feels like oppression.

The more I read these posts the more this rings true!

+1

It is a nice line. Has a good ring to it. Privilege is being able to change the rules of the game so that you don't need to put in the hard yards or sacrifice needed for success. Privilege is using political power to browbeat a minority group and try to pull them down.

I wrote that line in here but I can't take credit for it. Been around for a long time.

I honestly use it because I genuinely believe that a lot of these families cannot imagine a situation where they have much tougher things to worry about than TJ admissions. There are tons of hardworking families in Northern Virginia where both parents work multiple jobs in order to keep the family afloat - and because no one from their kid's elementary school has attended TJ in recent years they have no connection to the admissions process or the strategies to deal with it.

They are concerned with their family's food and shelter security, and perhaps even their child's physical safety, and they trust the public school that they've sent their child to with giving them all of the tools that they need to succeed. They sign their children up for activities not based on what will optimize their chances in the TJ Admissions process, but rather based on what is free and creates supervision for the largest amount of time possible.

Their child takes the bus to school every day, not because it's more convenient for the parents but because they don't have a car, or money for insurance, or for the gas that it takes to get them from A to B. There is no bus that takes them to or from any prep courses that may be available - even if they are free to attend!

But they still believe education to be extremely important to their child's - and their family's - future. Their bright child who gets As in school - even in the face of an environment where being smart is a social pariah, where raising your hand in class is a recipe for ridicule - is their hope for a better tomorrow for their younger siblings.

Not saying I don't respect the struggles of the hypothetical kid in the story, but if my kid lost out to that "experience factors" essay, it wouldn't sit well with me.

Hard to compete on some essay when many of the kids are getting $5k-$10k in coaching on how to manipulate the judges when some low-income kid has none of that.

Interesting how folks just assert claims as fact. Not to mention the assumptions that go into their "logic".

https://curielearning.com/middle-program-7-8

If you qualify for free-reduced meal, you can be considered for the free or reduced tuition in Curie Learning.

There is a fair amount of space between "qualifies for free or reduced price meals" and "can afford several mortgage payments for a prep course".

Huh? Now even free is not good enough?

*smacking my forehead* No - what I'm saying is that there are many, many people who are between the two categories. These programs are prohibitively expensive unless you have a significant amount of disposable income.

You are a tough person to please I can tell you some secrets on how to prioritize and save money. Involves maybe an alien concept called sacrifice. But I know you will have some other concerns.

Oh, stop it. Don't you know everything must be reduced to a discussion of how everything in America is based on systemic racism that must be addressed by sacrificing all objective assessments of achievement?

Had you stopped there, you'd have been okay.

You do know more than one person comments here, right? That wasn't me. Yes, there is absolutely systemic racism in this country which needs to be addressed. There are ways of doing it without destroying the very institutions that we have built. Else it just becomes a pointless exercise. For example if TJ becomes a place no one wants to get into, then what's the point?

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Anonymous wrote:When you are accustomed to privilege, equity feels like oppression.

The more I read these posts the more this rings true!

+1

It is a nice line. Has a good ring to it. Privilege is being able to change the rules of the game so that you don't need to put in the hard yards or sacrifice needed for success. Privilege is using political power to browbeat a minority group and try to pull them down.

I wrote that line in here but I can't take credit for it. Been around for a long time.

I honestly use it because I genuinely believe that a lot of these families cannot imagine a situation where they have much tougher things to worry about than TJ admissions. There are tons of hardworking families in Northern Virginia where both parents work multiple jobs in order to keep the family afloat - and because no one from their kid's elementary school has attended TJ in recent years they have no connection to the admissions process or the strategies to deal with it.

They are concerned with their family's food and shelter security, and perhaps even their child's physical safety, and they trust the public school that they've sent their child to with giving them all of the tools that they need to succeed. They sign their children up for activities not based on what will optimize their chances in the TJ Admissions process, but rather based on what is free and creates supervision for the largest amount of time possible.

Their child takes the bus to school every day, not because it's more convenient for the parents but because they don't have a car, or money for insurance, or for the gas that it takes to get them from A to B. There is no bus that takes them to or from any prep courses that may be available - even if they are free to attend!

But they still believe education to be extremely important to their child's - and their family's - future. Their bright child who gets As in school - even in the face of an environment where being smart is a social pariah, where raising your hand in class is a recipe for ridicule - is their hope for a better tomorrow for their younger siblings.

Not saying I don't respect the struggles of the hypothetical kid in the story, but if my kid lost out to that "experience factors" essay, it wouldn't sit well with me.

Hard to compete on some essay when many of the kids are getting $5k-$10k in coaching on how to manipulate the judges when some low-income kid has none of that.

Interesting how folks just assert claims as fact. Not to mention the assumptions that go into their "logic".

https://curielearning.com/middle-program-7-8

If you qualify for free-reduced meal, you can be considered for the free or reduced tuition in Curie Learning.

There is a fair amount of space between "qualifies for free or reduced price meals" and "can afford several mortgage payments for a prep course".

Huh? Now even free is not good enough?

*smacking my forehead* No - what I'm saying is that there are many, many people who are between the two categories. These programs are prohibitively expensive unless you have a significant amount of disposable income.

You are a tough person to please I can tell you some secrets on how to prioritize and save money. Involves maybe an alien concept called sacrifice. But I know you will have some other concerns.

Tell me you don't understand America without telling me you don't understand America.

Please school me dear sir. I am just a lowly immigrant.

Here's all the schooling you need - and don't call me "sir" as you have no information as to my gender.

In America, it is a privilege to be able to prioritize your child's education at the expense of everything else.

Many immigrants have this very admirable mindset and take a great deal of pride in it - but it is simply not an option for many, many people who have physical safety, food and shelter security to worry about while still making enough money to technically be above the poverty line.

Many immigrants would love to take all of their money and invest it into their bright children who may be able to singlehandedly lift their family out of the cycle that they are kept in. Some of them are doing it as we speak - they just have a lot less money than you to do it with even though they're still not FARMS-eligible.

Those somewhat expensive clothes and accessories that you love to look down on? Those are an attempt to signal that they have more money than they do so that they can be treated with some level of respect in social situations, networking opportunities, and job interviews - because if they don't have them, they're just another poor person who deserves their destitution.

I appreciate your request (however sarcastic) for context. I hope it's useful on some level - if not for you, then for someone else on this thread who's genuinely curious about expanding their horizons.

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Anonymous wrote:When you are accustomed to privilege, equity feels like oppression.

The more I read these posts the more this rings true!

+1

It is a nice line. Has a good ring to it. Privilege is being able to change the rules of the game so that you don't need to put in the hard yards or sacrifice needed for success. Privilege is using political power to browbeat a minority group and try to pull them down.

I wrote that line in here but I can't take credit for it. Been around for a long time.

I honestly use it because I genuinely believe that a lot of these families cannot imagine a situation where they have much tougher things to worry about than TJ admissions. There are tons of hardworking families in Northern Virginia where both parents work multiple jobs in order to keep the family afloat - and because no one from their kid's elementary school has attended TJ in recent years they have no connection to the admissions process or the strategies to deal with it.

They are concerned with their family's food and shelter security, and perhaps even their child's physical safety, and they trust the public school that they've sent their child to with giving them all of the tools that they need to succeed. They sign their children up for activities not based on what will optimize their chances in the TJ Admissions process, but rather based on what is free and creates supervision for the largest amount of time possible.

Their child takes the bus to school every day, not because it's more convenient for the parents but because they don't have a car, or money for insurance, or for the gas that it takes to get them from A to B. There is no bus that takes them to or from any prep courses that may be available - even if they are free to attend!

But they still believe education to be extremely important to their child's - and their family's - future. Their bright child who gets As in school - even in the face of an environment where being smart is a social pariah, where raising your hand in class is a recipe for ridicule - is their hope for a better tomorrow for their younger siblings.

Not saying I don't respect the struggles of the hypothetical kid in the story, but if my kid lost out to that "experience factors" essay, it wouldn't sit well with me.

Hard to compete on some essay when many of the kids are getting $5k-$10k in coaching on how to manipulate the judges when some low-income kid has none of that.

Interesting how folks just assert claims as fact. Not to mention the assumptions that go into their "logic".

https://curielearning.com/middle-program-7-8

If you qualify for free-reduced meal, you can be considered for the free or reduced tuition in Curie Learning.

There is a fair amount of space between "qualifies for free or reduced price meals" and "can afford several mortgage payments for a prep course".

Huh? Now even free is not good enough?

*smacking my forehead* No - what I'm saying is that there are many, many people who are between the two categories. These programs are prohibitively expensive unless you have a significant amount of disposable income.

You are a tough person to please I can tell you some secrets on how to prioritize and save money. Involves maybe an alien concept called sacrifice. But I know you will have some other concerns.

Oh, stop it. Don't you know everything must be reduced to a discussion of how everything in America is based on systemic racism that must be addressed by sacrificing all objective assessments of achievement?

Had you stopped there, you'd have been okay.

You do know more than one person comments here, right? That wasn't me. Yes, there is absolutely systemic racism in this country which needs to be addressed. There are ways of doing it without destroying the very institutions that we have built. Else it just becomes a pointless exercise. For example if TJ becomes a place no one wants to get into, then what's the point?

Applications went up by 20% for the Class of 2025 and increased across all demographics. Try again.