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[Anonymous]

Our DD is in: 96, 98, 99 (math).

[Anonymous]

My son got in but I’m a bit confused about the scores. His were 97,100 and 99. I didn’t think there was such a thing as 100th percentile?? Wonder why they don’t give the SIS scores, too. It doesn’t matter but just wondering.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our son got in. 99 and 100 on the Aspire, but only 57 on the Quant. I think the percentiles are for the TJ applicants only

Was he accepted?

[Anonymous]

Can we email the office to ask for details on the sis/essay??

[Anonymous]

For the last two PP's:

- The poster who stated her DS got 99/100/57 did say that he got in - ie: accepted

- TJ does Not give any feedback on the SIS/Essay - only the scores on the First Round tests

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our son got in. 99 and 100 on the Aspire, but only 57 on the Quant. I think the percentiles are for the TJ applicants only

Was he accepted?

Yes that pp said "our son got in"

[Anonymous]

Our kid got accepted and score was 98,99,83(math)..thanks to all for sharing and good luck to kids...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My child is waitlisted. How do you know, what position on the waitlist? Say 5th vs 50th.

. Probably not numbered-and if WL your chances are great-they have said most of the entire waitlist was admitted in prior years on numberous threads-just a longer wait until July!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes, good luck to everyone. My DD is a finalist and I am keeping in mind that she will do well at her base school or at TJ. I'm sure the situation is the same for many/all TJ finalists.

For most folks living in NoVA we are very lucky that our options are not a good school and a bad school, but different varieties of great schools.

(As a side note, I really appreciate a positive thread! Let's keep up the positive, helpful comments.)

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our son got in. 99 and 100 on the Aspire, but only 57 on the Quant. I think the percentiles are for the TJ applicants only

To this PP-what level math was your child in (Geometry etc) and did they do a lot of STEM extracurriculars? Just trying to figure out if some amazing EC made up for the low-ish math score....

[Anonymous]

DD is in! 97 in Quant-Q, 94 Reading, 99 Science. DD is torn about whether to go to TJ or an IB program in our school district.

The website says that the percentiles are for TJ applicants, not nationally normed.

Other stats -- 15% overall admittance rate this year, just over 40% of finalists got in.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our son got in. 99 and 100 on the Aspire, but only 57 on the Quant. I think the percentiles are for the TJ applicants only

To this PP-what level math was your child in (Geometry etc) and did they do a lot of STEM extracurriculars? Just trying to figure out if some amazing EC made up for the low-ish math score....

He is taking Geometry now, and straight A’s in MS. I don’t think he has exceptional STEM EC”s, But he has done well in science fairs and went to VJAS last year

[Anonymous]

^^^Thanks for this-my oldest didn’t get in but have another kid who is more talented in math coming up the pipeline so trying to figure it out!

And to my understanding-the Quant Q percentiles are TJ applicants only while Readibg and Science are nationally Normed by the Aspire.

[Anonymous]

Remember admission is not based just on the initial test scores. The second stage had so many other factors including SIS and recommendations.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:^^^Thanks for this-my oldest didn’t get in but have another kid who is more talented in math coming up the pipeline so trying to figure it out!

And to my understanding-the Quant Q percentiles are TJ applicants only while Readibg and Science are nationally Normed by the Aspire.