2025 - TJ Admission Results Thread

[Anonymous]

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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?!

I think they meant far left liberals

They far left liberals on the FCPS school board changed the admissions policy to make it more random in an effort to achieve more "equity"

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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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.

You are denying something that is plainly obvious to even the casual observer. Denying it does the opposite of what you intend. Everybody knows that the left discriminates against Asians. No matter how well intentioned that discrimination is, it is still racial discrimination that many people find both obvious and offensive.

[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?!

I think they meant far left liberals

They far left liberals on the FCPS school board changed the admissions policy to make it more random in an effort to achieve more "equity"

They also put in an end to the rampant cheating and restored merit.

[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?!

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.

You are denying something that is plainly obvious to even the casual observer. Denying it does the opposite of what you intend. Everybody knows that the left discriminates against Asians. No matter how well intentioned that discrimination is, it is still racial discrimination that many people find both obvious and offensive.

Yes, it discriminates against Asians! Nevermind that Asians were the largest beneficiary of the selection changes and Asian enrollment at TJ is at a historic high.

[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?!

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.

You are denying something that is plainly obvious to even the casual observer. Denying it does the opposite of what you intend. Everybody knows that the left discriminates against Asians. No matter how well intentioned that discrimination is, it is still racial discrimination that many people find both obvious and offensive.

Yes, it discriminates against Asians! Nevermind that Asians were the largest beneficiary of the selection changes and Asian enrollment at TJ is at a historic high.

Replying your own post multiple times like it is some kind of enganging topic, when it is basically just you and you again, huh?

[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).

DP

I didn't think calkins is particularly political. I think that a lot of liberal educators were deeply disturbed by the racial achievement gap and saw that as the single most important mission for public education. So they tried anytime that promised to close that gap and while language learning was an attempt to close the achievement gap. If it worked at all it was by reducing the reading ability of white and asian kids rather than improving the reading ability of black and hispanic kids.

Nowadays they avoid testing to try and make the playing field LOOK more level. But it's not.

[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 was not advised by my kid’s two different math teachers, in top feeder MS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For the parent thinking of having their kid in Geometry honors over the summer, don't do it. Foundational principles are so important and rushing through them in the summer isn't good idea for long term success in math. Your kid is on a fine trajectory for advanced math in high school, no need to push them through. Even TJ seems to be distancing itself from the summer math programs and pushing for kids to have taken the year long course.


A better option for your kid would be to take summer PE/Health 9 and get it out of the way so that your kid can take a fun class to balance out their schedule or take an easy AP class like intro to comp science.

Of all the math classes you can accelerate, geometry is not a bad one. It's not algebra which is truly foundational to every class you take.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For the parent thinking of having their kid in Geometry honors over the summer, don't do it. Foundational principles are so important and rushing through them in the summer isn't good idea for long term success in math. Your kid is on a fine trajectory for advanced math in high school, no need to push them through. Even TJ seems to be distancing itself from the summer math programs and pushing for kids to have taken the year long course.


A better option for your kid would be to take summer PE/Health 9 and get it out of the way so that your kid can take a fun class to balance out their schedule or take an easy AP class like intro to comp science.

I did this years ago. It was in person, and I had zero regrets.

In person would be very different then an online class with about an hour of time with the teacher. From what I ahve read, that is not even an hour of instruction. The students are supposed to learn the material on their own, complete 1-2 quizzes a day, complete a test a day, and complete their homework. I think the final exam is in person to make sure that there is no cheating on the final.

I would still discourage taking Geometry in the summer with an in-person teacher, but I fall into the camp that it is good for kids to have some down time during the summer. Kids taking HS math in MS are ahead in math, I don't understand the desire to be even further ahead, but that is our philosophy. DS will be in Geometry as an 8th grader. He'll take Calculus as a Junior. I don't see why ne needs to be in Calculus as a sophmore. He'll use this summer to go backpacking, attending some camps, visit family, and hang out at the pool. We know other families have their kids in geometry and wish the kids the best completing their course work and enjoying the summer that they will have.

I agree with the PE comment but there are some kids that can benefit from accelerated math and if you are going to TJ, then starting with at least algebra 2 is pretty important.

[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.

It was not advised by my kid’s two different math teachers, in top feeder MS.

Half the people posting here seem bent on keeping others down. I would take this advice with a large helping of salt. I took geometry in summer school and still managed a 4.0 in HS, but I became a math major in college. It really depends on the student and their level of interest.

[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?!

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.

You are denying something that is plainly obvious to even the casual observer. Denying it does the opposite of what you intend. Everybody knows that the left discriminates against Asians. No matter how well intentioned that discrimination is, it is still racial discrimination that many people find both obvious and offensive.

There is no racial discrimination in TJ admissions. The process is race blind.

Asians students have one of the highest acceptance rates. Some groups could possibly make a case about discrimination, but it’s not Asian students.

[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?!

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.

+1

Prior to the admissions change, less than 1% of the accepted class came from economically-disadvantaged families. In a county with 35% of kids coming from ED families that was ridiculous.

The change opened opportunities for kids throughout the area, not just the wealthy feeder schools filled with families who knew how to game the system.

The pay-to-play

[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?!

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.

You are denying something that is plainly obvious to even the casual observer. Denying it does the opposite of what you intend. Everybody knows that the left discriminates against Asians. No matter how well intentioned that discrimination is, it is still racial discrimination that many people find both obvious and offensive.

There is no racial discrimination in TJ admissions. The process is race blind.

Asians students have one of the highest acceptance rates. Some groups could possibly make a case about discrimination, but it’s not Asian students.

Let's be real...it is not race blind in the true sense because first or last names can sometimes be very revealing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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?!

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.

You are denying something that is plainly obvious to even the casual observer. Denying it does the opposite of what you intend. Everybody knows that the left discriminates against Asians. No matter how well intentioned that discrimination is, it is still racial discrimination that many people find both obvious and offensive.

There is no racial discrimination in TJ admissions. The process is race blind.

Asians students have one of the highest acceptance rates. Some groups could possibly make a case about discrimination, but it’s not Asian students.

Let's be real...it is not race blind in the true sense because first or last names can sometimes be very revealing.

The admissions team can’t see the student’s name.

[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?!

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.

+1

Prior to the admissions change, less than 1% of the accepted class came from economically-disadvantaged families. In a county with 35% of kids coming from ED families that was ridiculous.

The change opened opportunities for kids throughout the area, not just the wealthy feeder schools filled with families who knew how to game the system.

The pay-to-play

^ the pay-to-play model was unethical.