Class 2025 TJHSST Results

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Also agree since preppers aren't gifted students typically but made to appear as such whereas the new system helps to better identify more talented students albeit ones with less prep. In the long run the new crop of students will be TJ's strongest class in decades.

How so? It sounds like they missed a lot of academic superstars and instead enrolled a lot of fairly above average kids. My neighbor got in. This is a super privileged kid who prepped like crazy for IAAT and didn't even come close to passing. He has been thoroughly mediocre at every STEM extracurricular he's tried. But he's a white kid who gets to check the Hispanic box, so it's all good, right?

Not really - sounds more like they missed some 2nd tier kids from schools who spent years prepping but the top kids from those school, the ones with actual talent, were selected just like the top kids from each ms

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Not really - sounds more like they missed some 2nd tier kids from schools who spent years prepping but the top kids from those school, the ones with actual talent, were selected just like the top kids from each ms

You should head over to the "What are the new TJ feeders" thread and tell the people there that the kids in this category are simply 2nd tier kids who spent years prepping. Perfect grades in AAP + super advanced in math + national level STEM awards + other high level achievements = 2nd tier prep robot.

From the other thread:
"There were a lot of kids from our school who weren’t admitted to TJ, despite Algebra 2 (or in one case pre-Calc) in 8th, state and national STEM awards, state level science fair wins, years of robotics and placing at worlds, national debate placement, perfect grades in all AAP, state level music recognition, etc., etc."

[Anonymous]

What I'm wondering is:
Did the 4 kids in FCPS who made it to National Mathcounts get in?
Did any of the kids who earned high placement in Science Olympiad get in?
Did the kids who either qualified or nearly qualified for USAMO get in?

If not, the selection process is deeply flawed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What I'm wondering is:
Did the 4 kids in FCPS who made it to National Mathcounts get in?
Did any of the kids who earned high placement in Science Olympiad get in?
Did the kids who either qualified or nearly qualified for USAMO get in?

If not, the selection process is deeply flawed.

I know a USAMO kid, 4.0, Pre-Calc who did not.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What I'm wondering is:
Did the 4 kids in FCPS who made it to National Mathcounts get in?
Did any of the kids who earned high placement in Science Olympiad get in?
Did the kids who either qualified or nearly qualified for USAMO get in?

If not, the selection process is deeply flawed.

Do you know if they applied????

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What I'm wondering is:
Did the 4 kids in FCPS who made it to National Mathcounts get in?
Did any of the kids who earned high placement in Science Olympiad get in?
Did the kids who either qualified or nearly qualified for USAMO get in?

If not, the selection process is deeply flawed.

No it is not, because just like all select colleges, they want more than a walking TI-84

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What I'm wondering is:
Did the 4 kids in FCPS who made it to National Mathcounts get in?
Did any of the kids who earned high placement in Science Olympiad get in?
Did the kids who either qualified or nearly qualified for USAMO get in?

If not, the selection process is deeply flawed.

No it is not, because just like all select colleges, they want more than a walking TI-84

Spoken like someone who has no clue at all how truly elite such achievements are. These kids are among the top 100 in the entire nation in mathematics, yet they can't get a seat at a school taking 550 local kids? Kids who make USAMO, especially in middle school, are beyond brilliant in math.

Also, perhaps you should inform MIT and other elite colleges that they're not doing a good job of selecting their incoming freshmen. All of the elite schools want USAMO index to decide if you're worthy of being in their math, science, or engineering programs. I'm sure they'd find more talent if they simply used GPA and an essay rather than a rigorous math competition.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What I'm wondering is:
Did the 4 kids in FCPS who made it to National Mathcounts get in?
Did any of the kids who earned high placement in Science Olympiad get in?
Did the kids who either qualified or nearly qualified for USAMO get in?

If not, the selection process is deeply flawed.

I wonder if the Lake Braddock kid that named the new Mars Rover was accepted? He spoke several times publicly about his dream of going to TJ.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What I'm wondering is:
Did the 4 kids in FCPS who made it to National Mathcounts get in?
Did any of the kids who earned high placement in Science Olympiad get in?
Did the kids who either qualified or nearly qualified for USAMO get in?

If not, the selection process is deeply flawed.

No it is not, because just like all select colleges, they want more than a walking TI-84

Spoken like someone who has no clue at all how truly elite such achievements are. These kids are among the top 100 in the entire nation in mathematics, yet they can't get a seat at a school taking 550 local kids? Kids who make USAMO, especially in middle school, are beyond brilliant in math.

Also, perhaps you should inform MIT and other elite colleges that they're not doing a good job of selecting their incoming freshmen. All of the elite schools want USAMO index to decide if you're worthy of being in their math, science, or engineering programs. I'm sure they'd find more talent if they simply used GPA and an essay rather than a rigorous math competition.

I have a BS in EE from Stanford. No it's not MIT, but it is an elite school for engineering. I'm not clueless about what elite colleges look for. Thanks, though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Spoken like someone who has no clue at all how truly elite such achievements are. These kids are among the top 100 in the entire nation in mathematics, yet they can't get a seat at a school taking 550 local kids? Kids who make USAMO, especially in middle school, are beyond brilliant in math.

Also, perhaps you should inform MIT and other elite colleges that they're not doing a good job of selecting their incoming freshmen. All of the elite schools want USAMO index to decide if you're worthy of being in their math, science, or engineering programs. I'm sure they'd find more talent if they simply used GPA and an essay rather than a rigorous math competition.

I have a BS in EE from Stanford. No it's not MIT, but it is an elite school for engineering. I'm not clueless about what elite colleges look for. Thanks, though.

And yet you still are acting as if it's right and proper to select kids who couldn't even qualify for Algebra in 7th grade over kids who are elite mathematicians???

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Spoken like someone who has no clue at all how truly elite such achievements are. These kids are among the top 100 in the entire nation in mathematics, yet they can't get a seat at a school taking 550 local kids? Kids who make USAMO, especially in middle school, are beyond brilliant in math.

Also, perhaps you should inform MIT and other elite colleges that they're not doing a good job of selecting their incoming freshmen. All of the elite schools want USAMO index to decide if you're worthy of being in their math, science, or engineering programs. I'm sure they'd find more talent if they simply used GPA and an essay rather than a rigorous math competition.

I have a BS in EE from Stanford. No it's not MIT, but it is an elite school for engineering. I'm not clueless about what elite colleges look for. Thanks, though.

And yet you still are acting as if it's right and proper to select kids who couldn't even qualify for Algebra in 7th grade over kids who are elite mathematicians???

That's not what is happening.

[Anonymous]

Evidence?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Evidence?

You first.

[Anonymous]

I have read most of this thread, have no kid applying to TJ this year, and really no dog in this fight.

My thoughts, this all reminds me of the college applications to UVA. Fairfax county seniors could fill the entire freshman class, but UVA is not the U of Fairfax. It is a public school which has a mission to educate the entire state. TJ has a mission to educate all of NOVA, not just McLean and Falls Church.

Perhaps some will game the system by renting a house in a lower performing area, but not many.

TJs mission is to educate and give opportunity, not to be rated #1 in the nation. Please move on to private school or stay at your base school.

[Anonymous]

Please see TJ’s actual mission statement and Governor’s School designation. It is supposed to be a specialized education for advanced students.