TJ Admissions

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2028 2027 2026 2025 2024 Asian 315 340 330 299 355 Black 19 37 32 39 10 Hispanic 41 33 45 62 16 Multiracial 34 35 26 27 29 White 140 105 117 123 86

Would never know it based on the complaining but looks like Asian is enrollment is at a historic high.

The school got bigger in the class of 2025 and yet the asian population got smaller. The asian population had been getting bigger pretty much every year since the school opened as more and more asians moved into the area.

So? One race doesn’t “own” the magnet school. Asians remain by far the overwhelming majority at TJ despite being a notable minority in the areas it draws from.

No one owns TJ but we shouldn't be stacking the deck racially either.

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It’s not stacked. Asians remain the overwhelming majority of the school despite being a much smaller minority of the student area.

PP here, the method is currently so random it's not stacked against anyone but they made it random to reduce the asian population and increase everyone else's and reduced the merit filter to do so.

+ A million

The current policy is most unfair to the most deserving students. While every system has its drawbacks, the current system makes it very difficult to identify truly gifted students.

Agree each system has its drawbacks and I like the current one better than the old one but they will need to figure out how to add another layer to the general pool criteria at least like counselor recc’s since there is not a way presently for the true genius kids to show that. Froshmore process is the main route for it.

Agree. This is better than before but could use some fine tuning.

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2028 2027 2026 2025 2024 Asian 315 340 330 299 355 Black 19 37 32 39 10 Hispanic 41 33 45 62 16 Multiracial 34 35 26 27 29 White 140 105 117 123 86

Would never know it based on the complaining but looks like Asian is enrollment is at a historic high.

The school got bigger in the class of 2025 and yet the asian population got smaller. The asian population had been getting bigger pretty much every year since the school opened as more and more asians moved into the area.

So? One race doesn’t “own” the magnet school. Asians remain by far the overwhelming majority at TJ despite being a notable minority in the areas it draws from.

No one owns TJ but we shouldn't be stacking the deck racially either.

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It’s not stacked. Asians remain the overwhelming majority of the school despite being a much smaller minority of the student area.

PP here, the method is currently so random it's not stacked against anyone but they made it random to reduce the asian population and increase everyone else's and reduced the merit filter to do so.

+ A million

The current policy is most unfair to the most deserving students. While every system has its drawbacks, the current system makes it very difficult to identify truly gifted students.

The whole SO team in my DC MS was accepted at TJ plus some kids who won the math olympiad, debate and such, and some random kids who also known smart.
I don’t know who is the most deserving and the truly gifted according to you.

Ironically, not a single kid on the math count team at our DC's middle school received an offer. How could they have known who is and is not proficient?

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2028 2027 2026 2025 2024 Asian 315 340 330 299 355 Black 19 37 32 39 10 Hispanic 41 33 45 62 16 Multiracial 34 35 26 27 29 White 140 105 117 123 86

Would never know it based on the complaining but looks like Asian is enrollment is at a historic high.

The school got bigger in the class of 2025 and yet the asian population got smaller. The asian population had been getting bigger pretty much every year since the school opened as more and more asians moved into the area.

So? One race doesn’t “own” the magnet school. Asians remain by far the overwhelming majority at TJ despite being a notable minority in the areas it draws from.

No one owns TJ but we shouldn't be stacking the deck racially either.

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It’s not stacked. Asians remain the overwhelming majority of the school despite being a much smaller minority of the student area.

PP here, the method is currently so random it's not stacked against anyone but they made it random to reduce the asian population and increase everyone else's and reduced the merit filter to do so.

+ A million

The current policy is most unfair to the most deserving students. While every system has its drawbacks, the current system makes it very difficult to identify truly gifted students.

The whole SO team in my DC MS was accepted at TJ plus some kids who won the math olympiad, debate and such, and some random kids who also known smart.
I don’t know who is the most deserving and the truly gifted according to you.

Ironically, not a single kid on the math count team at our DC's middle school received an offer. How could they have known who is and is not proficient?

Being in just math count team is not really that special. That team is a large team in certain MS, unless you won state or national level. Beside, TJ is not all about math.
My kid who is get in, is not in any kind of math club. DC is just typical laid back all A geometry kid, but his verbal IQ is very high.
Maybe you need to redefining who is the “most deserving and truly gifted”, that statement is very broad, and really you don’t know personally one by one who gets in.

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2028 2027 2026 2025 2024 Asian 315 340 330 299 355 Black 19 37 32 39 10 Hispanic 41 33 45 62 16 Multiracial 34 35 26 27 29 White 140 105 117 123 86

Would never know it based on the complaining but looks like Asian is enrollment is at a historic high.

The school got bigger in the class of 2025 and yet the asian population got smaller. The asian population had been getting bigger pretty much every year since the school opened as more and more asians moved into the area.

So? One race doesn’t “own” the magnet school. Asians remain by far the overwhelming majority at TJ despite being a notable minority in the areas it draws from.

No one owns TJ but we shouldn't be stacking the deck racially either.

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It’s not stacked. Asians remain the overwhelming majority of the school despite being a much smaller minority of the student area.

PP here, the method is currently so random it's not stacked against anyone but they made it random to reduce the asian population and increase everyone else's and reduced the merit filter to do so.

+ A million

The current policy is most unfair to the most deserving students. While every system has its drawbacks, the current system makes it very difficult to identify truly gifted students.

The whole SO team in my DC MS was accepted at TJ plus some kids who won the math olympiad, debate and such, and some random kids who also known smart.
I don’t know who is the most deserving and the truly gifted according to you.

Ironically, not a single kid on the math count team at our DC's middle school received an offer. How could they have known who is and is not proficient?

Proficient in what? math?
Alot of TJ kid end up pursuing medical, bio, neuroscience degree and etc (non math). I doubt it math is the only consideration.

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2028 2027 2026 2025 2024 Asian 315 340 330 299 355 Black 19 37 32 39 10 Hispanic 41 33 45 62 16 Multiracial 34 35 26 27 29 White 140 105 117 123 86

Would never know it based on the complaining but looks like Asian is enrollment is at a historic high.

The school got bigger in the class of 2025 and yet the asian population got smaller. The asian population had been getting bigger pretty much every year since the school opened as more and more asians moved into the area.

So? One race doesn’t “own” the magnet school. Asians remain by far the overwhelming majority at TJ despite being a notable minority in the areas it draws from.

No one owns TJ but we shouldn't be stacking the deck racially either.

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It’s not stacked. Asians remain the overwhelming majority of the school despite being a much smaller minority of the student area.

PP here, the method is currently so random it's not stacked against anyone but they made it random to reduce the asian population and increase everyone else's and reduced the merit filter to do so.

+ A million

The current policy is most unfair to the most deserving students. While every system has its drawbacks, the current system makes it very difficult to identify truly gifted students.

Agree each system has its drawbacks and I like the current one better than the old one but they will need to figure out how to add another layer to the general pool criteria at least like counselor recc’s since there is not a way presently for the true genius kids to show that. Froshmore process is the main route for it.

How is there not a way? They'd be shining in a variety of math and science activities, and their application would reflect that.

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2028 2027 2026 2025 2024 Asian 315 340 330 299 355 Black 19 37 32 39 10 Hispanic 41 33 45 62 16 Multiracial 34 35 26 27 29 White 140 105 117 123 86

Would never know it based on the complaining but looks like Asian is enrollment is at a historic high.

The school got bigger in the class of 2025 and yet the asian population got smaller. The asian population had been getting bigger pretty much every year since the school opened as more and more asians moved into the area.

So? One race doesn’t “own” the magnet school. Asians remain by far the overwhelming majority at TJ despite being a notable minority in the areas it draws from.

No one owns TJ but we shouldn't be stacking the deck racially either.

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It’s not stacked. Asians remain the overwhelming majority of the school despite being a much smaller minority of the student area.

PP here, the method is currently so random it's not stacked against anyone but they made it random to reduce the asian population and increase everyone else's and reduced the merit filter to do so.

+ A million

The current policy is most unfair to the most deserving students. While every system has its drawbacks, the current system makes it very difficult to identify truly gifted students.

Agree each system has its drawbacks and I like the current one better than the old one but they will need to figure out how to add another layer to the general pool criteria at least like counselor recc’s since there is not a way presently for the true genius kids to show that. Froshmore process is the main route for it.

Just put back the SHSAT. Keep the 1.5%. Keep the "experience factors" Then watch closely to see if we are helping or hurting the kids that are getting preferences.

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2028 2027 2026 2025 2024 Asian 315 340 330 299 355 Black 19 37 32 39 10 Hispanic 41 33 45 62 16 Multiracial 34 35 26 27 29 White 140 105 117 123 86

Would never know it based on the complaining but looks like Asian is enrollment is at a historic high.

The school got bigger in the class of 2025 and yet the asian population got smaller. The asian population had been getting bigger pretty much every year since the school opened as more and more asians moved into the area.

So? One race doesn’t “own” the magnet school. Asians remain by far the overwhelming majority at TJ despite being a notable minority in the areas it draws from.

No one owns TJ but we shouldn't be stacking the deck racially either.

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It’s not stacked. Asians remain the overwhelming majority of the school despite being a much smaller minority of the student area.

PP here, the method is currently so random it's not stacked against anyone but they made it random to reduce the asian population and increase everyone else's and reduced the merit filter to do so.

+ A million

The current policy is most unfair to the most deserving students. While every system has its drawbacks, the current system makes it very difficult to identify truly gifted students.

The whole SO team in my DC MS was accepted at TJ plus some kids who won the math olympiad, debate and such, and some random kids who also known smart.
I don’t know who is the most deserving and the truly gifted according to you.

DP here.

This kid is at woodson instead of TJ
https://www.washingtonian.com/2024/08/15/time-magazines-kid-of-the-year-is-a-fairfax-high-schooler-trying-to-cure-skin-cancer/

The best honors math students (as judged by the math teachers) from frost last year are not at TJ. Frost give s an award to the best honors geometry and honors algebra 8th graders at a private awards ceremony.

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2028 2027 2026 2025 2024 Asian 315 340 330 299 355 Black 19 37 32 39 10 Hispanic 41 33 45 62 16 Multiracial 34 35 26 27 29 White 140 105 117 123 86

Would never know it based on the complaining but looks like Asian is enrollment is at a historic high.

The school got bigger in the class of 2025 and yet the asian population got smaller. The asian population had been getting bigger pretty much every year since the school opened as more and more asians moved into the area.

So? One race doesn’t “own” the magnet school. Asians remain by far the overwhelming majority at TJ despite being a notable minority in the areas it draws from.

No one owns TJ but we shouldn't be stacking the deck racially either.

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It’s not stacked. Asians remain the overwhelming majority of the school despite being a much smaller minority of the student area.

PP here, the method is currently so random it's not stacked against anyone but they made it random to reduce the asian population and increase everyone else's and reduced the merit filter to do so.

+ A million

The current policy is most unfair to the most deserving students. While every system has its drawbacks, the current system makes it very difficult to identify truly gifted students.

The whole SO team in my DC MS was accepted at TJ plus some kids who won the math olympiad, debate and such, and some random kids who also known smart.
I don’t know who is the most deserving and the truly gifted according to you.

Ironically, not a single kid on the math count team at our DC's middle school received an offer. How could they have known who is and is not proficient?

Being in just math count team is not really that special. That team is a large team in certain MS, unless you won state or national level. Beside, TJ is not all about math.
My kid who is get in, is not in any kind of math club. DC is just typical laid back all A geometry kid, but his verbal IQ is very high.
Maybe you need to redefining who is the “most deserving and truly gifted”, that statement is very broad, and really you don’t know personally one by one who gets in.

Your kid might deserve to be there but we do know on average the students aren't as smart as they used to be. It's an average.

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2028 2027 2026 2025 2024 Asian 315 340 330 299 355 Black 19 37 32 39 10 Hispanic 41 33 45 62 16 Multiracial 34 35 26 27 29 White 140 105 117 123 86

Would never know it based on the complaining but looks like Asian is enrollment is at a historic high.

The school got bigger in the class of 2025 and yet the asian population got smaller. The asian population had been getting bigger pretty much every year since the school opened as more and more asians moved into the area.

So? One race doesn’t “own” the magnet school. Asians remain by far the overwhelming majority at TJ despite being a notable minority in the areas it draws from.

No one owns TJ but we shouldn't be stacking the deck racially either.

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It’s not stacked. Asians remain the overwhelming majority of the school despite being a much smaller minority of the student area.

PP here, the method is currently so random it's not stacked against anyone but they made it random to reduce the asian population and increase everyone else's and reduced the merit filter to do so.

+ A million

The current policy is most unfair to the most deserving students. While every system has its drawbacks, the current system makes it very difficult to identify truly gifted students.

Agree each system has its drawbacks and I like the current one better than the old one but they will need to figure out how to add another layer to the general pool criteria at least like counselor recc’s since there is not a way presently for the true genius kids to show that. Froshmore process is the main route for it.

How is there not a way? They'd be shining in a variety of math and science activities, and their application would reflect that.

Not necessarily. Not all of them do math/science ECs (and not all MSs even offer these). Yes they will have As but so will just the run of the mill very bright kids. Teacher recc’s really are essential to tease out the true outliers.

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2028 2027 2026 2025 2024 Asian 315 340 330 299 355 Black 19 37 32 39 10 Hispanic 41 33 45 62 16 Multiracial 34 35 26 27 29 White 140 105 117 123 86

Would never know it based on the complaining but looks like Asian is enrollment is at a historic high.

The school got bigger in the class of 2025 and yet the asian population got smaller. The asian population had been getting bigger pretty much every year since the school opened as more and more asians moved into the area.

So? One race doesn’t “own” the magnet school. Asians remain by far the overwhelming majority at TJ despite being a notable minority in the areas it draws from.

No one owns TJ but we shouldn't be stacking the deck racially either.

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It’s not stacked. Asians remain the overwhelming majority of the school despite being a much smaller minority of the student area.

PP here, the method is currently so random it's not stacked against anyone but they made it random to reduce the asian population and increase everyone else's and reduced the merit filter to do so.

+ A million

The current policy is most unfair to the most deserving students. While every system has its drawbacks, the current system makes it very difficult to identify truly gifted students.

The whole SO team in my DC MS was accepted at TJ plus some kids who won the math olympiad, debate and such, and some random kids who also known smart.
I don’t know who is the most deserving and the truly gifted according to you.

DP here.

This kid is at woodson instead of TJ
https://www.washingtonian.com/2024/08/15/time-magazines-kid-of-the-year-is-a-fairfax-high-schooler-trying-to-cure-skin-cancer/

The best honors math students (as judged by the math teachers) from frost last year are not at TJ. Frost give s an award to the best honors geometry and honors algebra 8th graders at a private awards ceremony.

There is handfull of smart kid in every high school (and this is good), and not all of them interesting in TJ. I personally know some of my kid’s friends who is very smart and decline the offer.
Reason? Commute, pressure, friendships, want to stay in base school sports team, and it can be anything else.
Not to mention kids who wrote in essay that they apply because of parents pressure and they actually don’t want to go to TJ.

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2028 2027 2026 2025 2024 Asian 315 340 330 299 355 Black 19 37 32 39 10 Hispanic 41 33 45 62 16 Multiracial 34 35 26 27 29 White 140 105 117 123 86

Would never know it based on the complaining but looks like Asian is enrollment is at a historic high.

The school got bigger in the class of 2025 and yet the asian population got smaller. The asian population had been getting bigger pretty much every year since the school opened as more and more asians moved into the area.

So? One race doesn’t “own” the magnet school. Asians remain by far the overwhelming majority at TJ despite being a notable minority in the areas it draws from.

No one owns TJ but we shouldn't be stacking the deck racially either.

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It’s not stacked. Asians remain the overwhelming majority of the school despite being a much smaller minority of the student area.

PP here, the method is currently so random it's not stacked against anyone but they made it random to reduce the asian population and increase everyone else's and reduced the merit filter to do so.

+ A million

The current policy is most unfair to the most deserving students. While every system has its drawbacks, the current system makes it very difficult to identify truly gifted students.

The whole SO team in my DC MS was accepted at TJ plus some kids who won the math olympiad, debate and such, and some random kids who also known smart.
I don’t know who is the most deserving and the truly gifted according to you.

Ironically, not a single kid on the math count team at our DC's middle school received an offer. How could they have known who is and is not proficient?

Proficient in what? math?
Alot of TJ kid end up pursuing medical, bio, neuroscience degree and etc (non math). I doubt it math is the only consideration.

Calc AB is required to graduate, even for those at the bottom of the class. Top three hundred students take at least one to three levels of math above that, with significant number among them going into medical and life sciences. So math is important, and there is no escape but to face the calculus music. Sob essay cant come to the rescue.

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2028 2027 2026 2025 2024 Asian 315 340 330 299 355 Black 19 37 32 39 10 Hispanic 41 33 45 62 16 Multiracial 34 35 26 27 29 White 140 105 117 123 86

Would never know it based on the complaining but looks like Asian is enrollment is at a historic high.

The school got bigger in the class of 2025 and yet the asian population got smaller. The asian population had been getting bigger pretty much every year since the school opened as more and more asians moved into the area.

So? One race doesn’t “own” the magnet school. Asians remain by far the overwhelming majority at TJ despite being a notable minority in the areas it draws from.

No one owns TJ but we shouldn't be stacking the deck racially either.

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It’s not stacked. Asians remain the overwhelming majority of the school despite being a much smaller minority of the student area.

PP here, the method is currently so random it's not stacked against anyone but they made it random to reduce the asian population and increase everyone else's and reduced the merit filter to do so.

+ A million

The current policy is most unfair to the most deserving students. While every system has its drawbacks, the current system makes it very difficult to identify truly gifted students.

The whole SO team in my DC MS was accepted at TJ plus some kids who won the math olympiad, debate and such, and some random kids who also known smart.
I don’t know who is the most deserving and the truly gifted according to you.

DP here.

This kid is at woodson instead of TJ
https://www.washingtonian.com/2024/08/15/time-magazines-kid-of-the-year-is-a-fairfax-high-schooler-trying-to-cure-skin-cancer/

The best honors math students (as judged by the math teachers) from frost last year are not at TJ. Frost give s an award to the best honors geometry and honors algebra 8th graders at a private awards ceremony.

There is handfull of smart kid in every high school (and this is good), and not all of them interesting in TJ. I personally know some of my kid’s friends who is very smart and decline the offer.
Reason? Commute, pressure, friendships, want to stay in base school sports team, and it can be anything else.
Not to mention kids who wrote in essay that they apply because of parents pressure and they actually don’t want to go to TJ.

All the declined offers from bottom schools go back to the top three or four middle schools with stem hungry and math proficient students, more than willing to take on the TJ rigor.

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2028 2027 2026 2025 2024 Asian 315 340 330 299 355 Black 19 37 32 39 10 Hispanic 41 33 45 62 16 Multiracial 34 35 26 27 29 White 140 105 117 123 86

Would never know it based on the complaining but looks like Asian is enrollment is at a historic high.

The school got bigger in the class of 2025 and yet the asian population got smaller. The asian population had been getting bigger pretty much every year since the school opened as more and more asians moved into the area.

So? One race doesn’t “own” the magnet school. Asians remain by far the overwhelming majority at TJ despite being a notable minority in the areas it draws from.

No one owns TJ but we shouldn't be stacking the deck racially either.

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It’s not stacked. Asians remain the overwhelming majority of the school despite being a much smaller minority of the student area.

PP here, the method is currently so random it's not stacked against anyone but they made it random to reduce the asian population and increase everyone else's and reduced the merit filter to do so.

+ A million

The current policy is most unfair to the most deserving students. While every system has its drawbacks, the current system makes it very difficult to identify truly gifted students.

The whole SO team in my DC MS was accepted at TJ plus some kids who won the math olympiad, debate and such, and some random kids who also known smart.
I don’t know who is the most deserving and the truly gifted according to you.

DP here.

This kid is at woodson instead of TJ
https://www.washingtonian.com/2024/08/15/time-magazines-kid-of-the-year-is-a-fairfax-high-schooler-trying-to-cure-skin-cancer/

The best honors math students (as judged by the math teachers) from frost last year are not at TJ. Frost give s an award to the best honors geometry and honors algebra 8th graders at a private awards ceremony.

There is handfull of smart kid in every high school (and this is good), and not all of them interesting in TJ. I personally know some of my kid’s friends who is very smart and decline the offer.
Reason? Commute, pressure, friendships, want to stay in base school sports team, and it can be anything else.
Not to mention kids who wrote in essay that they apply because of parents pressure and they actually don’t want to go to TJ.

The commute didn't change, friendships didn't change, sports didn't change, the academic ability of the students did.

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2028 2027 2026 2025 2024 Asian 315 340 330 299 355 Black 19 37 32 39 10 Hispanic 41 33 45 62 16 Multiracial 34 35 26 27 29 White 140 105 117 123 86

Would never know it based on the complaining but looks like Asian is enrollment is at a historic high.

The school got bigger in the class of 2025 and yet the asian population got smaller. The asian population had been getting bigger pretty much every year since the school opened as more and more asians moved into the area.

So? One race doesn’t “own” the magnet school. Asians remain by far the overwhelming majority at TJ despite being a notable minority in the areas it draws from.

No one owns TJ but we shouldn't be stacking the deck racially either.

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It’s not stacked. Asians remain the overwhelming majority of the school despite being a much smaller minority of the student area.

PP here, the method is currently so random it's not stacked against anyone but they made it random to reduce the asian population and increase everyone else's and reduced the merit filter to do so.

+ A million

The current policy is most unfair to the most deserving students. While every system has its drawbacks, the current system makes it very difficult to identify truly gifted students.

The whole SO team in my DC MS was accepted at TJ plus some kids who won the math olympiad, debate and such, and some random kids who also known smart.
I don’t know who is the most deserving and the truly gifted according to you.

DP here.

This kid is at woodson instead of TJ
https://www.washingtonian.com/2024/08/15/time-magazines-kid-of-the-year-is-a-fairfax-high-schooler-trying-to-cure-skin-cancer/

The best honors math students (as judged by the math teachers) from frost last year are not at TJ. Frost give s an award to the best honors geometry and honors algebra 8th graders at a private awards ceremony.

There is handfull of smart kid in every high school (and this is good), and not all of them interesting in TJ. I personally know some of my kid’s friends who is very smart and decline the offer.
Reason? Commute, pressure, friendships, want to stay in base school sports team, and it can be anything else.
Not to mention kids who wrote in essay that they apply because of parents pressure and they actually don’t want to go to TJ.

All the declined offers from bottom schools go back to the top three or four middle schools with stem hungry and math proficient students, more than willing to take on the TJ rigor.

I don't know how the waitlist works but I thought they tried to meet the 1.5% threshhold first before they released the spot to the rest of FCPS.

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2028 2027 2026 2025 2024 Asian 315 340 330 299 355 Black 19 37 32 39 10 Hispanic 41 33 45 62 16 Multiracial 34 35 26 27 29 White 140 105 117 123 86

Would never know it based on the complaining but looks like Asian is enrollment is at a historic high.

The school got bigger in the class of 2025 and yet the asian population got smaller. The asian population had been getting bigger pretty much every year since the school opened as more and more asians moved into the area.

So? One race doesn’t “own” the magnet school. Asians remain by far the overwhelming majority at TJ despite being a notable minority in the areas it draws from.

No one owns TJ but we shouldn't be stacking the deck racially either.

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It’s not stacked. Asians remain the overwhelming majority of the school despite being a much smaller minority of the student area.

PP here, the method is currently so random it's not stacked against anyone but they made it random to reduce the asian population and increase everyone else's and reduced the merit filter to do so.

+ A million

The current policy is most unfair to the most deserving students. While every system has its drawbacks, the current system makes it very difficult to identify truly gifted students.

The whole SO team in my DC MS was accepted at TJ plus some kids who won the math olympiad, debate and such, and some random kids who also known smart.
I don’t know who is the most deserving and the truly gifted according to you.

DP here.

This kid is at woodson instead of TJ
https://www.washingtonian.com/2024/08/15/time-magazines-kid-of-the-year-is-a-fairfax-high-schooler-trying-to-cure-skin-cancer/

The best honors math students (as judged by the math teachers) from frost last year are not at TJ. Frost give s an award to the best honors geometry and honors algebra 8th graders at a private awards ceremony.

There is no way that kid's parent is just a nobody. Gaurenteed it's a scientist, doctor or engineer.