TJ admissions results out?
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Anonymous
| Geometry and Algebra 2 grades are counted for college application. A lot of middle schoolers take these two math courses. TJ should set the math requirement to Geometry HN or Algebra1 HN. This will help to ensure the academic success in TJ. |
Anonymous
I guess he got in under the new 1.5% / school from an under represented school and met the minimum requirements GPA 3.5. If you and your child are surprised he got in, you have a serious decision to make. It is going to be very competitive and stressful and some kids can go into depression not being able to handle the load and pressure. If he can handle those to come in par with other top students, accept it else give this opportunity to other deserving GPA 4 students so a top kid from Longfellow or Carson can make it. These top kids from these top middle schools have worked a lot and been involved in lot of STEM ECs and disappointed for not getting in due to per school quota. Hope you do the right thing. |
Anonymous
Different poster: calm yourself. Don’t guilt someone into giving up a spot because YOU think your kid is more Deserving. |
Anonymous
| Hopefully there will be statistics come out soon to show how many 2025 students go back to the base school this year. It will help the 2026 students to make their decisions. |
Anonymous
Chill out. The child was accepted into TJ. Just because the path that they took is different then the path that your kid took or what you think the path should look like doesn't mean that the kid doesn't belong at TJ. I would hope that the kids doing all that STEM work in extra curriculars are doing it because they enjoy that work and not because their parents want them to go to TJ. If the kids are doing those activities because they like them, then their enjoyment and the skills they gain should be worth it to them, regardless if they attend TJ. My kid does activities that he enjoys, Scouts, sports, math competitions, because he likes them. If they help him get into a school like TJ, awesome. If they don't but he enjoyed them while he was doing them, great. TJ or an amazing college down the line, would be a wonderful bonus. But he is doing what he is doing because he enjoys it and it is a part of who he is as a person not because he is trying to build a resume. |
Anonymous
| I don’t think kids can get National awards if they do not love the EC buy themselves. These kids are usually very self motivated. |
Anonymous
I know a child who did great at TJ but was only there so that she could get a car when she graduated. She got great grades, did well in ECs, and went on to major in English in college. She didn't care about STEM, she did care about getting a brand new car. So yes, there are kids who win national awards because they are self motivated. There are also kids who could care less about the activity but have the skills to do amazingly well and can be cajoled into winning national awards. Regardless of how the child is motivated, they should be doing EC because they enjoy it and because they experience and knowledge they gain from the EC is something that they appreciate not because they think it will get them into TJ or Harvard or MIT. Parents who are complaining that kids who have all these great EC accomplishments were not accepted at TJ while kids without them are missing the point. TJ is a public school that is open to kids from all over FCPS and that includes kids who have not spent a substantial amount of time in STEM ECs. If you placed your child into STEM ECs hoping for a boost to attending TJ and not because your child was interested in them and wanted to participate, that is on you. For the kids who did those ECs because they loved them, awesome. They learned something and enjoyed themselves, which should have been the goal all along. And yes, my kid does STEM activities. And finishes in the 95th percentile in national and international math competitions. He does it because he likes to. It will probably help him do well in math and science in school which will increase his chances of being in a position to apply to TJ. More importantly, he likes the activities. We don't care if he goes to his base school and not TJ. I hope that he is accepted if he wants to attend TJ in a few years but we know he will be fine regardless. |
Anonymous
I agree with the above poster that those extra STEM activities are important on their own, and that the kids, who loved them, benefited from them greatly either way. Having said that, I believe that TJ has high-level labs and teachers, which are not available anywhere else. If the majority of kids admitted to TJ cannot make use of those resources (because they lack the necessary background or are disinterested), these resources are effectively wasted, and the kids, who could make use of them, are deprived of such an opportunity. As a taxpayer, I very much object to having a school, which hoards so many great resources but effectively wastes them. |
Anonymous
DP. It is possible to feel happy for the kids who got in while still recognizing that the current system doesn't have enough inputs for the TJ selection committees to make appropriate decisions. I'm happy for PP's kid and wish him the best. I also know of kids who are extraordinary who absolutely would have been identified and admitted under any system that gave any weight at all to achievements or that had teacher recommendations. These kids aren't achieving at high levels in STEM competitions simply to get into TJ, but the fact that they are achieving at such high levels shows that they will not be well served with the course offerings and EC teams at their base high schools. These kids absolutely belong at TJ, but aren't getting in because there's no way to identify them in the current process. TJ absolutely should support kids like PP's kid and do everything in their power to help him succeed. TJ also should look closely at whether the admission process needs more inputs, like teacher recommendations, a few more problem solving questions, and a requirement for Geometry in 8th rather than Algebra I, so they can identify the kids who are the most likely to succeed at TJ. I don't have an 8th or 9th grader and have no horse in this race. It's still pretty obvious that the current system is highly flawed. |
Anonymous
You show up again! Tell us what data FCPS have to override the FARMS question in the application. Put up or shut up. Repeating a lie without evidence does not make it the truth. Unless you subscribe to Trumpian approach. But nothing is beyond you So what data does FCPS have on applicants’ income. Tell us. |
Anonymous
Why are you even opining on the TJ threads when your kid is only a 4th grader? You have zero understanding of what it takes to excel in 7th and 8th grade STEM extracurriculars, just how much students can push themselves and avail themselves of resources, and what it even means when some of these kids are qualifying for JMO in 8th, making Mathcounts nationals top 12 in 8th, or winning national Science Olympiad awards. You don't have experience in middle school AAP coursework, middle school math tracks, or much of anything in FCPS middle schools. You're embarrassing yourself by even thinking that you have anything valuable to contribute in these threads. |
Anonymous
Oh no. Are you afraid you’re going to get caught lying? |
Anonymous
| I feel very sad for those AAP center school students. They are the victims of the politics. Vote for republicans. Democratic is destroying this country and our kids. |
Anonymous
| Dem is destroying the hope of this country |
Anonymous
Are the only people allowed to have opinion people who you think are allowed to have opinions? |