When are NMSF announced?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:lol at the fine tooth comb over something so obvious.

What's funny is that they had 4 years to figure out how they were going to explain this and this is what they came up with.

What's to explain? Everyone already knows the pandemic impacted students.

I know! COVID especially impacted TJ students.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:lol at the fine tooth comb over something so obvious.

What's funny is that they had 4 years to figure out how they were going to explain this and this is what they came up with.

What's to explain? Everyone already knows the pandemic impacted students.

I know! COVID especially impacted TJ students.

+1

The data from NMSF for TJ is an damning an indictment as you can get about the impact of changes to the TJ admission policies. The changes to TJ admissions were blatantly made to score political points.

The person who claims the TJ changes were to address test-buying has been caught in a dead lie. The person is just a racist low life and now we have data to prove that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:lol at the fine tooth comb over something so obvious.

What's funny is that they had 4 years to figure out how they were going to explain this and this is what they came up with.

What's to explain? Everyone already knows the pandemic impacted students.

I know! COVID especially impacted TJ students.

+1

The data from NMSF for TJ is an damning an indictment as you can get about the impact of changes to the TJ admission policies. The changes to TJ admissions were blatantly made to score political points.

The person who claims the TJ changes were to address test-buying has been caught in a dead lie. The person is just a racist low life and now we have data to prove that.

It's a form of white supremacy. A form that is acceptable in liberal circles.
The only way these south asians could be testing so much better than whites is because they cheat.

[Anonymous]

In 2022 and 2023, 67% and 63% of the NMSF in FCPS were from TJ. In 2024, only 42% of the NMSF in FCPS are from TJ, despite an increase in the number of TJ juniors from 440 to 500. I expect that next year, TJ’s performance will be even worse than this year, compared to other FCPS schools, because the only academic essay in TJ’s admission test for the class of 2026 was related to biology and was much easier than the math essay for the class of 2025.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In 2022 and 2023, 67% and 63% of the NMSF in FCPS were from TJ. In 2024, only 42% of the NMSF in FCPS are from TJ, despite an increase in the number of TJ juniors from 440 to 500. I expect that next year, TJ’s performance will be even worse than this year, compared to other FCPS schools, because the only academic essay in TJ’s admission test for the class of 2026 was related to biology and was much easier than the math essay for the class of 2025.

It’s fine if they continue to make Langley, McLean, Chantilly, and Oakton look more attractive and TJ look less attractive.

Of course, that wasn’t their intent, so they’ll no doubt look for other ways to tear down those pyramids in the coming years, too.

[Anonymous]

Last year, TJ had 35.3% of the VA NMSF. This year, they only have 20.6% of the VA NMSF.

It's a huge drop, no matter how people try to spin things. It should have been obvious to everyone that when you admit kids based on geographic diversity, essays, and experience factors rather than test scores, test scores will drop.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Last year, TJ had 35.3% of the VA NMSF. This year, they only have 20.6% of the VA NMSF.

It's a huge drop, no matter how people try to spin things. It should have been obvious to everyone that when you admit kids based on geographic diversity, essays, and experience factors rather than test scores, test scores will drop.

What are the FCPS percentages of VA semifinalists?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Last year, TJ had 35.3% of the VA NMSF. This year, they only have 20.6% of the VA NMSF.

It's a huge drop, no matter how people try to spin things. It should have been obvious to everyone that when you admit kids based on geographic diversity, essays, and experience factors rather than test scores, test scores will drop.

What are the FCPS percentages of VA semifinalists?

If TJ was 63% of FCPS and 35% of the state, then just divide 35% by 63% and you should get the percentage of FCPS students in the state that got NMSF or 55%

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Last year, TJ had 35.3% of the VA NMSF. This year, they only have 20.6% of the VA NMSF.

It's a huge drop, no matter how people try to spin things. It should have been obvious to everyone that when you admit kids based on geographic diversity, essays, and experience factors rather than test scores, test scores will drop.

What are the FCPS percentages of VA semifinalists?

FCPS (including TJ) had 56.5% of the VA semifinalists last year. It has 48.6% of the semifinalists this year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:lol at the fine tooth comb over something so obvious.

What's funny is that they had 4 years to figure out how they were going to explain this and this is what they came up with.

What's to explain? Everyone already knows the pandemic impacted students.

I know! COVID especially impacted TJ students.

+1

The data from NMSF for TJ is an damning an indictment as you can get about the impact of changes to the TJ admission policies. The changes to TJ admissions were blatantly made to score political points.

The person who claims the TJ changes were to address test-buying has been caught in a dead lie. The person is just a racist low life and now we have data to prove that.

Obviously NOT! The admission changes had nothing to do with the learning loss caused by the pandemic. The person is just a racist pushing their far-right agenda to discriminate against the poor and favor wealthy feeders.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Last year, TJ had 35.3% of the VA NMSF. This year, they only have 20.6% of the VA NMSF.

It's a huge drop, no matter how people try to spin things. It should have been obvious to everyone that when you admit kids based on geographic diversity, essays, and experience factors rather than test scores, test scores will drop.

What are the FCPS percentages of VA semifinalists?

FCPS (including TJ) had 56.5% of the VA semifinalists last year. It has 48.6% of the semifinalists this year.

It's not uncommon for a place with such a high percentage to have YoY variation. I'm sure it will be different next year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Last year, TJ had 35.3% of the VA NMSF. This year, they only have 20.6% of the VA NMSF.

It's a huge drop, no matter how people try to spin things. It should have been obvious to everyone that when you admit kids based on geographic diversity, essays, and experience factors rather than test scores, test scores will drop.

What are the FCPS percentages of VA semifinalists?

Is VA a lot lower again this year than MD?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Last year, TJ had 35.3% of the VA NMSF. This year, they only have 20.6% of the VA NMSF.

It's a huge drop, no matter how people try to spin things. It should have been obvious to everyone that when you admit kids based on geographic diversity, essays, and experience factors rather than test scores, test scores will drop.

What are the FCPS percentages of VA semifinalists?

Is VA a lot lower again this year than MD?

No. It was not “a lot” lower last year and the cutoff was the same for the Class of 2025.

[Anonymous]

Va was 219 last year and is 222 this year. Md was 221 last year, 222 this year.

It’s always harder to get NMSF in DC than in either Va or Md.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Last year, TJ had 35.3% of the VA NMSF. This year, they only have 20.6% of the VA NMSF.

It's a huge drop, no matter how people try to spin things. It should have been obvious to everyone that when you admit kids based on geographic diversity, essays, and experience factors rather than test scores, test scores will drop.

What are the FCPS percentages of VA semifinalists?

FCPS (including TJ) had 56.5% of the VA semifinalists last year. It has 48.6% of the semifinalists this year.

The NMSF ratio of FCPS/VA hasn’t changed significantly, but the NMSF ratios of TJ/FCPS (67% and 63% in 2022 and 2023 vs. 42% in 2024) and TJ/VA (35.3% in 2023 vs. 20.6% in 2024) have decreased significantly. COVID and the learning loss caused by the pandemic are not valid excuses as they affected all FCPS schools. In fact, the COVID positive rate at TJ was much lower than the rates in base schools.