U.S. News Unveils 2022 Best High Schools Rankings

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Wait a few years after the quotas kick in.

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It always baffling me to read comments from people who really wish and can't hardly wait that something so bad happens to other, especially to innocent students. I have 2 kids still in lower grade, they are smart, but I don't think they will accepted to TJ, but the kid who made it there is always amaze me, I am proud of them and to the school as that is the school in the area where I live, regardless of the old system or new system admission.

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Anonymous wrote:It always baffling me to read comments from people who really wish and can't hardly wait that something so bad happens to other, especially to innocent students. I have 2 kids still in lower grade, they are smart, but I don't think they will accepted to TJ, but the kid who made it there is always amaze me, I am proud of them and to the school as that is the school in the area where I live, regardless of the old system or new system admission.

As long as they're not getting what they want, the Coalition folks will do absolutely everything within their power to destroy the school.

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Anonymous wrote:Wait a few years after the quotas kick in.

It will be 2027 or 2028 before there will be rankings based on how the Class of 2025 at TJ performed. That assumes these rankings are still coming out. It’s depressing to think anyone would drag this obsession over who goes to TJ out for another 5-6 years just to score some rhetorical points.

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Anonymous wrote:It always baffling me to read comments from people who really wish and can't hardly wait that something so bad happens to other, especially to innocent students. I have 2 kids still in lower grade, they are smart, but I don't think they will accepted to TJ, but the kid who made it there is always amaze me, I am proud of them and to the school as that is the school in the area where I live, regardless of the old system or new system admission.

As long as they're not getting what they want, the Coalition folks will do absolutely everything within their power to destroy the school.

As if that wasn’t the motivation of the likes of Ricardy Anderson, Karen Keys Gamarra, and Karen Corbett Sanders? They weren’t getting enough seats to suit their liking so they blew up TJ so they’d have more bacon to bring home to their constituents. And Scott Brabrand was a colossal failure as Superintendent who played along because he was foolish enough to think it would improve his standing with School Board members, who then didn’t waste a second before they threw him under a bus.

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To those who think Niche ranking is better, you are wrong!

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Anonymous wrote:It always baffling me to read comments from people who really wish and can't hardly wait that something so bad happens to other, especially to innocent students. I have 2 kids still in lower grade, they are smart, but I don't think they will accepted to TJ, but the kid who made it there is always amaze me, I am proud of them and to the school as that is the school in the area where I live, regardless of the old system or new system admission.

As long as they're not getting what they want, the Coalition folks will do absolutely everything within their power to destroy the school.

"If I lost, the world go down with me"

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Anonymous wrote:It always baffling me to read comments from people who really wish and can't hardly wait that something so bad happens to other, especially to innocent students. I have 2 kids still in lower grade, they are smart, but I don't think they will accepted to TJ, but the kid who made it there is always amaze me, I am proud of them and to the school as that is the school in the area where I live, regardless of the old system or new system admission.

As long as they're not getting what they want, the Coalition folks will do absolutely everything within their power to destroy the school.

As if that wasn’t the motivation of the likes of Ricardy Anderson, Karen Keys Gamarra, and Karen Corbett Sanders? They weren’t getting enough seats to suit their liking so they blew up TJ so they’d have more bacon to bring home to their constituents. And Scott Brabrand was a colossal failure as Superintendent who played along because he was foolish enough to think it would improve his standing with School Board members, who then didn’t waste a second before they threw him under a bus.

No. Destroying the school wasn't their motivation. Ensuring that every strong student in Fairfax County and the rest of the catchment areas feels as though they have access to TJ was. Ensuring that exceptional Black and Hispanic students who were admitted didn't leave because they didn't see anyone else who looked like them at Freshmen Preview was.

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To those who think Niche ranking is better, you are wrong!

Who would think that? Everyone knows that Niche is based on parent reviews only.

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Anonymous wrote:It always baffling me to read comments from people who really wish and can't hardly wait that something so bad happens to other, especially to innocent students. I have 2 kids still in lower grade, they are smart, but I don't think they will accepted to TJ, but the kid who made it there is always amaze me, I am proud of them and to the school as that is the school in the area where I live, regardless of the old system or new system admission.

As long as they're not getting what they want, the Coalition folks will do absolutely everything within their power to destroy the school.

As if that wasn’t the motivation of the likes of Ricardy Anderson, Karen Keys Gamarra, and Karen Corbett Sanders? They weren’t getting enough seats to suit their liking so they blew up TJ so they’d have more bacon to bring home to their constituents. And Scott Brabrand was a colossal failure as Superintendent who played along because he was foolish enough to think it would improve his standing with School Board members, who then didn’t waste a second before they threw him under a bus.

No. Destroying the school wasn't their motivation. Ensuring that every strong student in Fairfax County and the rest of the catchment areas feels as though they have access to TJ was. Ensuring that exceptional Black and Hispanic students who were admitted didn't leave because they didn't see anyone else who looked like them at Freshmen Preview was.

They did a public service by making it harder for people to game admission with expensive outside prep and hoard opportunities meant for all residents. People were literally buying access to the admission exam. It was a serious problem.

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To those who think Niche ranking is better, you are wrong!

Who would think that? Everyone knows that Niche is based on parent reviews only.

Which is precisely why it's garbage.

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Anonymous wrote:It always baffling me to read comments from people who really wish and can't hardly wait that something so bad happens to other, especially to innocent students. I have 2 kids still in lower grade, they are smart, but I don't think they will accepted to TJ, but the kid who made it there is always amaze me, I am proud of them and to the school as that is the school in the area where I live, regardless of the old system or new system admission.

As long as they're not getting what they want, the Coalition folks will do absolutely everything within their power to destroy the school.

As if that wasn’t the motivation of the likes of Ricardy Anderson, Karen Keys Gamarra, and Karen Corbett Sanders? They weren’t getting enough seats to suit their liking so they blew up TJ so they’d have more bacon to bring home to their constituents. And Scott Brabrand was a colossal failure as Superintendent who played along because he was foolish enough to think it would improve his standing with School Board members, who then didn’t waste a second before they threw him under a bus.

No. Destroying the school wasn't their motivation. Ensuring that every strong student in Fairfax County and the rest of the catchment areas feels as though they have access to TJ was. Ensuring that exceptional Black and Hispanic students who were admitted didn't leave because they didn't see anyone else who looked like them at Freshmen Preview was.

Nonsense. And you agitators will just keep redefining who meets of the definition of a “strong student” until you get the geographic and race-based quotas that you’re seeking to advance your political agenda.

The role of TJ was to nurture the strongest STEM talent in the region, regardless of race and ethnicity, not to ensure that students of any particular race see a specific number of peers who “look like me.” You traffic in cliches with no understanding of their long-term implications. This is keeping the Jews out Harvard 2.0.

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Anonymous wrote:

To those who think Niche ranking is better, you are wrong!

Who would think that? Everyone knows that Niche is based on parent reviews only.

Which is precisely why it's garbage.

That has not been the case for some time.

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Anonymous wrote:It always baffling me to read comments from people who really wish and can't hardly wait that something so bad happens to other, especially to innocent students. I have 2 kids still in lower grade, they are smart, but I don't think they will accepted to TJ, but the kid who made it there is always amaze me, I am proud of them and to the school as that is the school in the area where I live, regardless of the old system or new system admission.

As long as they're not getting what they want, the Coalition folks will do absolutely everything within their power to destroy the school.

As if that wasn’t the motivation of the likes of Ricardy Anderson, Karen Keys Gamarra, and Karen Corbett Sanders? They weren’t getting enough seats to suit their liking so they blew up TJ so they’d have more bacon to bring home to their constituents. And Scott Brabrand was a colossal failure as Superintendent who played along because he was foolish enough to think it would improve his standing with School Board members, who then didn’t waste a second before they threw him under a bus.

No. Destroying the school wasn't their motivation. Ensuring that every strong student in Fairfax County and the rest of the catchment areas feels as though they have access to TJ was. Ensuring that exceptional Black and Hispanic students who were admitted didn't leave because they didn't see anyone else who looked like them at Freshmen Preview was.

Nonsense. And you agitators will just keep redefining who meets of the definition of a “strong student” until you get the geographic and race-based quotas that you’re seeking to advance your political agenda.

The role of TJ was to nurture the strongest STEM talent in the region, regardless of race and ethnicity, not to ensure that students of any particular race see a specific number of peers who “look like me.” You traffic in cliches with no understanding of their long-term implications. This is keeping the Jews out Harvard 2.0.

yeah, no. The difference is that keeping the Jews out of Harvard was about keeping a population OUT of a given school. TJ reform is about inviting populations IN to create a MORE inclusive environment. And this is why people like Asra Nomani make such jokes of themselves when they start talking about the new TJ admissions process as some sort of "Massive Resistance 2.0". It's idiotic and offensive, and yet people keep eating it up because grievance politics are effective in this day and age.

She keeps parlaying this trash into more and more appearances on Fox News and other right-wing affiliates that are also talking about an attempt to overthrow the government as legitimate political discourse and sees trans individuals as groomers. You're aligning yourself with the darkest forces at play in American politics and history is not going to look fondly on those who submit.

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Anonymous wrote:2022 Best High Schools National Rankings – Top 10

1. Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (VA)
2. Academic Magnet High School (SC)
3. Signature School (IN)
4. School for Advanced Studies (FL)
5. Payton College Preparatory High School (IL)
6. The Davidson Academy of Nevada
7. Central Magnet School (TN)
8. The School for the Talented and Gifted (TX)
9. Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science and Technology (GA)
10. Julia R. Masterman Secondary School (PA)


2022 Best Magnet High Schools – Top 5

1. Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
2. Academic Magnet High School
3. Central Magnet School (TN)
4. The School for the Talented and Gifted
5. Julia R. Masterman Secondary School

https://www.usnews.com/info/blogs/press-room/articles/2022-04-26/u-s-news-unveils-2022-best-high-schools-rankings

Congratulations to TJ!

Congratulations for what??? It's a magazine ranking on a piece of paper. It's not like they have won some competitions.

Congrats on being named the best high school in the country! You, the students, are doing great despite all the hate.

The latest rankings are based on a mix of 2018-19 and 2019-20 school data for graduating students. To the extent the rancor relates to the change in the TJ admissions process, that has no impact on the 2022 US News ratings.

I think the former Education Secretary Qarni had wrote to USNW in 2020 and complained that TJ should not be ranked number 1 high school in the country so yes, rancor related to the change in the TJ admissions process certainly had an affect.

He was pandering for political points.