2025 - TJ Admission Results Thread

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This thread is just racism waiting to happen. Everyone wants a reason to why your kid wasn’t accepted. Maybe accept it, do better next year, and move on.

The reason that a lot of the higher achieving students with the highest levels of math abilities aren’t getting in is 💯 because of racism. The school board changed the admissions policy to try to make the TH student body more of a reflection of the overall FCPS student body (less Asian).

Nobody can honestly think that a student with only 1 grading period of Algebra I, a 3.5 GPA, and bonus points for “experience factors” would be a better fit for TJ than students who are in Algebra II, with 4.0 GPA, on the math counts or Science Olympiad teams. That is completely ridiculous. Students entering TJ with only Algebra I will not get any benefit out of the advanced post AP classes that only TJ offers. Those students can take four years of math at their base high school and never run out of classes. There are so many students failing Geometry and Algebra II at TJ now that they have a special math path for those students. This is a direct reflection of not ensuring that the students they are choosing have strong math abilities. At a minimum, all students offers should be contingent on receiving a pass advanced score on all middle school math/science SOLs and for this year especially with the retake policy the students should be required to pass math/science with a 4.0 (unweighted). There are so many tests that students already take that the admissions committee could look at. Cogat, NNAT, iReady, MAP.

~I am a parent of a TJ student (not Asian).

Honestly, they could keep the admissions policy pretty much the same and just add a standardized test. Keep all the quotas, dial back the experience factors a bit and it would make a pretty huge difference.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why do you want your kid in a pressure cooker that lessens his chances to stand out because their whole lives are about academics and nothing else? Constant competition all day, every day when they can easily stand out at their local high school and not have to compete with the entire class for a top 10?

Run with the Swift

[Anonymous]

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]TJ Admission Results come out today. Creating this thread to standardize the results. While sharing your DC's result, please share:

[b]Admission Decision[/b] - (Offered Admission / Waitlisted / Rejected)
[b]Middle School[/b] -
[b]GPA [/b]-
[b]Highest Level Math Course[/b] -
[b]Ethnicity [/b]-
[b]Experience Factors [/b]- (Economically Disadvantaged / English Language Learners / Special Ed / None)

Thank you, and good luck!
[/quote]

Rejected
Carson
4.0
Algebra 2
Asian
None[/quote]

oh my i’m so sorry you must be very disappointed. TJ really isn’t choosing the brightest, they are trying to be “equal”…[/quote]

The kid might wrote on their essay that they don’t want to go to TJ. Or the essay could be just not tell anything, or they could just not do well on the test.
4.0 + Algebra 2 =/= brightest.[/quote]

That's not our experience. All the students that got in at our school were the very top kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This thread is just racism waiting to happen. Everyone wants a reason to why your kid wasn’t accepted. Maybe accept it, do better next year, and move on.

Why do you believe this thread is “just racism waiting to happen” ??

BTW:

- the current student body of TJ (grades 9-12) is 81% minority. Look it up.

81% minority but 95% Asian?

[Anonymous]

Admission Decision - Admitted
Middle School - Loudoun County area
GPA - 4.0 (+ 4.0 in foreign language 1 and 2 since they also count that if you do HS-level foreign languages)
Highest Level Math Course - Geometry*
Ethnicity - Provided demographic data saying we're Caucasian (we're "functionally white")
Experience Factors - No

* there's no "honors" level in LCPS that I know of and he'd have had to go to the HS to take Algebra II/Trig

FYI,
"I can prove anything by statistics except the truth." ~George Canning
(Seriously, I'm all for stats/data but some of y'all are...special...)

[Authenticate: DTbC081224]

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Before the admissions changes they used to give the number of students applying % and the number of students accepted and the % from each race:

This is from 2020 admissions
https://www.fcps.edu/news/tjhsst-offers-admission-486-students

It would be interesting to see how many kids applied from each category and then were accepted and the percentages for 2029.

Revealing that would show that the Asian American students acceptance rate is the lowest compared to other race groups. That would be like shooting themselves in the foot.

It would explicitly show the democrats blatant racism against Asian people in Northern Virginia.

FALSE.

It shows that Asian students were accepted at a HIGHER rate than most others.

Some groups can claim discrimination based on disparate acceptance rates, but it’s not Asian students.

Everyone: don’t believe PP’s democrat lies.

She and her democrat/progressive allies on the FCPS school board already watered-down TJ admissions and diminished the AAP program. But she will lie to your face about it.

Democrats hate TJ and the AAP program.

what?!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Before the admissions changes they used to give the number of students applying % and the number of students accepted and the % from each race:

This is from 2020 admissions
https://www.fcps.edu/news/tjhsst-offers-admission-486-students

It would be interesting to see how many kids applied from each category and then were accepted and the percentages for 2029.

Revealing that would show that the Asian American students acceptance rate is the lowest compared to other race groups. That would be like shooting themselves in the foot.

It would explicitly show the democrats blatant racism against Asian people in Northern Virginia.

FALSE.

It shows that Asian students were accepted at a HIGHER rate than most others.

Some groups can claim discrimination based on disparate acceptance rates, but it’s not Asian students.

Everyone: don’t believe PP’s democrat lies.

She and her democrat/progressive allies on the FCPS school board already watered-down TJ admissions and diminished the AAP program. But she will lie to your face about it.

Democrats hate TJ and the AAP program.

what?!

They're the poster angry that the school board shut down people buying their way into TJ before the admission change. They try to make it about "merit," but what they want is the opposite.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:TJ Admission Results come out today. Creating this thread to standardize the results. While sharing your DC's result, please share:

Admission Decision - (Offered Admission / Waitlisted / Rejected)
Middle School -
GPA -
Highest Level Math Course -
Ethnicity -
Experience Factors - (Economically Disadvantaged / English Language Learners / Special Ed / None)

Thank you, and good luck!

Waitlisted
Not a feeder
4.0 unweighted
Algebra 1 HN
Black
Economically Disadvantaged

Also, is taking Geometry HN over the summer a bad idea? I recently realized you can accelerate like this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:TJ Admission Results come out today. Creating this thread to standardize the results. While sharing your DC's result, please share:

Admission Decision - (Offered Admission / Waitlisted / Rejected)
Middle School -
GPA -
Highest Level Math Course -
Ethnicity -
Experience Factors - (Economically Disadvantaged / English Language Learners / Special Ed / None)

Thank you, and good luck!

Waitlisted
Not a feeder
4.0 unweighted
Algebra 1 HN
Black
Economically Disadvantaged

Also, is taking Geometry HN over the summer a bad idea? I recently realized you can accelerate like this.

It is intense and we did it over summer of 2020 when Covid was at a peak and we did not have any other plans.

But the course is very well structured. If student wants to spend 7-8 hours a day to learn the material then it is fine.

It was surprisingly more time-consuming than my kid expected, who is very strong in math, having qualified later on for USAMO and MOP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Before the admissions changes they used to give the number of students applying % and the number of students accepted and the % from each race:

This is from 2020 admissions
https://www.fcps.edu/news/tjhsst-offers-admission-486-students

It would be interesting to see how many kids applied from each category and then were accepted and the percentages for 2029.

Revealing that would show that the Asian American students acceptance rate is the lowest compared to other race groups. That would be like shooting themselves in the foot.

It would explicitly show the democrats blatant racism against Asian people in Northern Virginia.

FALSE.

It shows that Asian students were accepted at a HIGHER rate than most others.

Some groups can claim discrimination based on disparate acceptance rates, but it’s not Asian students.

Everyone: don’t believe PP’s democrat lies.

She and her democrat/progressive allies on the FCPS school board already watered-down TJ admissions and diminished the AAP program. But she will lie to your face about it.

Democrats hate TJ and the AAP program.

what?!

What do you mean, “what?!”

- do you think it was republicans who did this? https://reason.com/2024/04/04/seattle-is-getting-rid-of-gifted-schools-in-a-bid-to-increase-equity/

- do you think it was republicans who eliminated NYC’s version of AAP ?

It was the democrats, PP. democrats: just like Reid and every single member of the FCPS school board.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Before the admissions changes they used to give the number of students applying % and the number of students accepted and the % from each race:

This is from 2020 admissions
https://www.fcps.edu/news/tjhsst-offers-admission-486-students

It would be interesting to see how many kids applied from each category and then were accepted and the percentages for 2029.

Revealing that would show that the Asian American students acceptance rate is the lowest compared to other race groups. That would be like shooting themselves in the foot.

It would explicitly show the democrats blatant racism against Asian people in Northern Virginia.

FALSE.

It shows that Asian students were accepted at a HIGHER rate than most others.

Some groups can claim discrimination based on disparate acceptance rates, but it’s not Asian students.

Everyone: don’t believe PP’s democrat lies.

She and her democrat/progressive allies on the FCPS school board already watered-down TJ admissions and diminished the AAP program. But she will lie to your face about it.

Democrats hate TJ and the AAP program.

what?!

What do you mean, “what?!”

- do you think it was republicans who did this? https://reason.com/2024/04/04/seattle-is-getting-rid-of-gifted-schools-in-a-bid-to-increase-equity/

- do you think it was republicans who eliminated NYC’s version of AAP ?

It was the democrats, PP. democrats: just like Reid and every single member of the FCPS school board.

This is a good point:

it was democrats who came up with, and implemented the failed “Lucy Calkins” reading curriculum, which damaged the education of so many children. Democrats implemented the failed “whole language” approach before the Calkins debacle. Both failures sought to displace phonics, which had always worked well (and still does).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Before the admissions changes they used to give the number of students applying % and the number of students accepted and the % from each race:

This is from 2020 admissions
https://www.fcps.edu/news/tjhsst-offers-admission-486-students

It would be interesting to see how many kids applied from each category and then were accepted and the percentages for 2029.

Revealing that would show that the Asian American students acceptance rate is the lowest compared to other race groups. That would be like shooting themselves in the foot.

It would explicitly show the democrats blatant racism against Asian people in Northern Virginia.

FALSE.

It shows that Asian students were accepted at a HIGHER rate than most others.

Some groups can claim discrimination based on disparate acceptance rates, but it’s not Asian students.

Everyone: don’t believe PP’s democrat lies.

She and her democrat/progressive allies on the FCPS school board already watered-down TJ admissions and diminished the AAP program. But she will lie to your face about it.

Democrats hate TJ and the AAP program.

what?!

What do you mean, “what?!”

- do you think it was republicans who did this? https://reason.com/2024/04/04/seattle-is-getting-rid-of-gifted-schools-in-a-bid-to-increase-equity/

- do you think it was republicans who eliminated NYC’s version of AAP ?

It was the democrats, PP. democrats: just like Reid and every single member of the FCPS school board.

This is a good point:

it was democrats who came up with, and implemented the failed “Lucy Calkins” reading curriculum, which damaged the education of so many children. Democrats implemented the failed “whole language” approach before the Calkins debacle. Both failures sought to displace phonics, which had always worked well (and still does).

Can you provide any evidence that supports your theory?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Before the admissions changes they used to give the number of students applying % and the number of students accepted and the % from each race:

This is from 2020 admissions
https://www.fcps.edu/news/tjhsst-offers-admission-486-students

It would be interesting to see how many kids applied from each category and then were accepted and the percentages for 2029.

Revealing that would show that the Asian American students acceptance rate is the lowest compared to other race groups. That would be like shooting themselves in the foot.

It would explicitly show the democrats blatant racism against Asian people in Northern Virginia.

FALSE.

It shows that Asian students were accepted at a HIGHER rate than most others.

Some groups can claim discrimination based on disparate acceptance rates, but it’s not Asian students.

Everyone: don’t believe PP’s democrat lies.

She and her democrat/progressive allies on the FCPS school board already watered-down TJ admissions and diminished the AAP program. But she will lie to your face about it.

Democrats hate TJ and the AAP program.

what?!

What do you mean, “what?!”

- do you think it was republicans who did this? https://reason.com/2024/04/04/seattle-is-getting-rid-of-gifted-schools-in-a-bid-to-increase-equity/

- do you think it was republicans who eliminated NYC’s version of AAP ?

It was the democrats, PP. democrats: just like Reid and every single member of the FCPS school board.

This is a good point:

it was democrats who came up with, and implemented the failed “Lucy Calkins” reading curriculum, which damaged the education of so many children. Democrats implemented the failed “whole language” approach before the Calkins debacle. Both failures sought to displace phonics, which had always worked well (and still does).

Can you provide any evidence that supports your theory?

While you are at it, could you please also provide proof that the sun will rise tomorrow?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:TJ Admission Results come out today. Creating this thread to standardize the results. While sharing your DC's result, please share:

Admission Decision - (Offered Admission / Waitlisted / Rejected)
Middle School -
GPA -
Highest Level Math Course -
Ethnicity -
Experience Factors - (Economically Disadvantaged / English Language Learners / Special Ed / None)

Thank you, and good luck!

Waitlisted
Not a feeder
4.0 unweighted
Algebra 1 HN
Black
Economically Disadvantaged

Also, is taking Geometry HN over the summer a bad idea? I recently realized you can accelerate like this.

Yes. Taking it in the summer is a horrible idea. We registered my son for the class over the summer and it's basically self taught. You have a quiz everyday and you need to teach yourself the WHOLE THING. We ended up pulling him from the class before the deadline to drop the class with no penalty. We had changed travel plans just so he can take it. It was the worst.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:TJ Admission Results come out today. Creating this thread to standardize the results. While sharing your DC's result, please share:

Admission Decision - (Offered Admission / Waitlisted / Rejected)
Middle School -
GPA -
Highest Level Math Course -
Ethnicity -
Experience Factors - (Economically Disadvantaged / English Language Learners / Special Ed / None)

Thank you, and good luck!

Waitlisted
Not a feeder
4.0 unweighted
Algebra 1 HN
Black
Economically Disadvantaged

Also, is taking Geometry HN over the summer a bad idea? I recently realized you can accelerate like this.

Yes. Taking it in the summer is a horrible idea. We registered my son for the class over the summer and it's basically self taught. You have a quiz everyday and you need to teach yourself the WHOLE THING. We ended up pulling him from the class before the deadline to drop the class with no penalty. We had changed travel plans just so he can take it. It was the worst.

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