TJ Failure to Notify Letter of Commendation Winners

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
If her statement in the article was correct, would mean that there were 132 NMSF, 108 commended and 210 students who scored below the 207 cutoff in the class of 2023. (Which does not make sense given the average SAT score of 1510 the schools.) https://tjhsst.fcps.edu/sites/default/files/media/inline-files/TJ%20Profile%202020-21.pdf

I'm not following why this makes no sense.

Is it that you think the number of commended and semifinalists is too low?

If they are doing PSAT as before with verbal counting more, that would lower the TJ scores. The 1510 average instead of corresponding to 226, would be more like 215.

Also, the max score is 1600, so some low scores could push the average down from the median.
Plus 210 students would mean the median student did make the cutoff.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Wasn’t Asra the TJ PTSA President during this time period?

Why didn’t she work with the TJ Admin to address this when she was in a position of influence? Why hold on to it until 2 days before Christmas and publish to a National audience?

How would she know the information was being withheld?

If, as she claims in the article, it has been going on for YEARS and impacted college admissions, then certainly parents were mentioning it. And she, as the PTSA president, should have advocated for a change.

But, I suspect parents/students don't actually care and recognize that national merit commended means nothing to colleges coming from TJ. Therefore, she is manufacturing a crisis.

There is no way it affected college admissions. Being Commended just doesn’t have that much meaning.

Which is bs. A student in VA gets a 218 and is "commended" which doesn't have much meaning. Meanwhile a student in North Dakota gets a 206 and is a semi-finalist. Why does the North Dakota student's lower score have more meaning than the Virginia student's high score?

I know it seems unfair, but it is what it is. Life isn’t fair. The students at TJ have many more options than those in NK or WV ot even many parts of VA.

[Anonymous]

I think this is the dumbest non-issue I've seen on this board and that's saying a lot.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think this is the dumbest non-issue I've seen on this board and that's saying a lot.

Your warm embrace of mediocrity is duly noted.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wasn’t Asra the TJ PTSA President during this time period?

Why didn’t she work with the TJ Admin to address this when she was in a position of influence? Why hold on to it until 2 days before Christmas and publish to a National audience?

How would she know the information was being withheld?

If, as she claims in the article, it has been going on for YEARS and impacted college admissions, then certainly parents were mentioning it. And she, as the PTSA president, should have advocated for a change.

But, I suspect parents/students don't actually care and recognize that national merit commended means nothing to colleges coming from TJ. Therefore, she is manufacturing a crisis.

There is no way it affected college admissions. Being Commended just doesn’t have that much meaning.

Which is bs. A student in VA gets a 218 and is "commended" which doesn't have much meaning. Meanwhile a student in North Dakota gets a 206 and is a semi-finalist. Why does the North Dakota student's lower score have more meaning than the Virginia student's high score?

I know it seems unfair, but it is what it is. Life isn’t fair. The students at TJ have many more options than those in NK or WV ot even many parts of VA.

Right, that's the thing. The students in these other parts of VA are judged by the same standards as TJ, even though they have fewer options. Why do students in ND and WV get the break but not the students in these non-TJ schools in VA?

[Anonymous]

Being commended IS the very definition of mediocrity PP. (at TJ). Stop whining and tell your child to aim for NMSF.

Twitter is insane right now over this.

Parents are claiming that they are going to personally sue the principal over this.

Parents claim that their child was denied college admission over this.

What has happened to
Our world?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wasn’t Asra the TJ PTSA President during this time period?

Why didn’t she work with the TJ Admin to address this when she was in a position of influence? Why hold on to it until 2 days before Christmas and publish to a National audience?

How would she know the information was being withheld?

If, as she claims in the article, it has been going on for YEARS and impacted college admissions, then certainly parents were mentioning it. And she, as the PTSA president, should have advocated for a change.

But, I suspect parents/students don't actually care and recognize that national merit commended means nothing to colleges coming from TJ. Therefore, she is manufacturing a crisis.

There is no way it affected college admissions. Being Commended just doesn’t have that much meaning.

Which is bs. A student in VA gets a 218 and is "commended" which doesn't have much meaning. Meanwhile a student in North Dakota gets a 206 and is a semi-finalist. Why does the North Dakota student's lower score have more meaning than the Virginia student's high score?

I know it seems unfair, but it is what it is. Life isn’t fair. The students at TJ have many more options than those in NK or WV ot even many parts of VA.

Right, that's the thing. The students in these other parts of VA are judged by the same standards as TJ, even though they have fewer options. Why do students in ND and WV get the break but not the students in these non-TJ schools in VA?

PP is correct.

It would actually make more sense if the kids in NVa were held to the same standard as the kids in DC.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think this is the dumbest non-issue I've seen on this board and that's saying a lot.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Being commended IS the very definition of mediocrity PP. (at TJ). Stop whining and tell your child to aim for NMSF.

Twitter is insane right now over this.

Parents are claiming that they are going to personally sue the principal over this.

Parents claim that their child was denied college admission over this.

What has happened to
Our world?

They should sue. This is information that the school was required to pass on to families.

NMSF helps you qualify for numerous scholarships. Commended might help in some situations. And it can be included on college apps.

It won't take much to pull some basic facts together.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
If her statement in the article was correct, would mean that there were 132 NMSF, 108 commended and 210 students who scored below the 207 cutoff in the class of 2023. (Which does not make sense given the average SAT score of 1510 the schools.) https://tjhsst.fcps.edu/sites/default/files/media/inline-files/TJ%20Profile%202020-21.pdf

I'm not following why this makes no sense.

Is it that you think the number of commended and semifinalists is too low?

If they are doing PSAT as before with verbal counting more, that would lower the TJ scores. The 1510 average instead of corresponding to 226, would be more like 215.

Also, the max score is 1600, so some low scores could push the average down from the median.
Plus 210 students would mean the median student did make the cutoff.

Asra now has a screenshot on her Twitter page showing 130 NMSF and 240 commended.

The statement in her article is not correct.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Being commended IS the very definition of mediocrity PP. (at TJ). Stop whining and tell your child to aim for NMSF.

Twitter is insane right now over this.

Parents are claiming that they are going to personally sue the principal over this.

Parents claim that their child was denied college admission over this.

What has happened to
Our world?

They should sue. This is information that the school was required to pass on to families.

NMSF helps you qualify for numerous scholarships. Commended might help in some situations. And it can be included on college apps.

It won't take much to pull some basic facts together.

"Commended" is basically saying "If you lived in most parts of the country you would have been a semi finalist, but since you live in a smart state we're going to discriminate against you."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Being commended IS the very definition of mediocrity PP. (at TJ). Stop whining and tell your child to aim for NMSF.

Twitter is insane right now over this.

Parents are claiming that they are going to personally sue the principal over this.

Parents claim that their child was denied college admission over this.

What has happened to
Our world?

They should sue. This is information that the school was required to pass on to families.

NMSF helps you qualify for numerous scholarships. Commended might help in some situations. And it can be included on college apps.

It won't take much to pull some basic facts together.

"Commended" is basically saying "If you lived in most parts of the country you would have been a semi finalist, but since you live in a smart state we're going to discriminate against you."

This.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Being commended IS the very definition of mediocrity PP. (at TJ). Stop whining and tell your child to aim for NMSF.

Twitter is insane right now over this.

Parents are claiming that they are going to personally sue the principal over this.

Parents claim that their child was denied college admission over this.

What has happened to
Our world?

Fox News, conspiracy theories, etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Being commended IS the very definition of mediocrity PP. (at TJ). Stop whining and tell your child to aim for NMSF.

Twitter is insane right now over this.

Parents are claiming that they are going to personally sue the principal over this.

Parents claim that their child was denied college admission over this.

What has happened to
Our world?

They should sue. This is information that the school was required to pass on to families.

NMSF helps you qualify for numerous scholarships. Commended might help in some situations. And it can be included on college apps.

It won't take much to pull some basic facts together.

"Commended" is basically saying "If you lived in most parts of the country you would have been a semi finalist, but since you live in a smart state we're going to discriminate against you."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think this is the dumbest non-issue I've seen on this board and that's saying a lot.

Your warm embrace of mediocrity is duly noted.

Your warm embrace of fabricated conspiracies that are meaningless is also noted.