Class 2025 TJHSST Results

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How are they admitting students now? Is it lottery system or on merit basis.

Equity

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:How are they admitting students now? Is it lottery system or on merit basis.

The top 1.5% of each MS are guaranteed admission if they apply. No one is sure how they are going to determine the top 1.5% at schools with lots of kids in the same classes and with the same grades.

The remainder of the class will be selected by merit but no one is sure how that will work without the Quant test or teacher recommendations.

All kids have to have a minimum of a 3.5 gpa and taken Algebra Honors.

Wrong. The top 1.5% OF APPLICANTS from each school get offered admission. If you are in the 20% percentile and have a 3.5 GPA but on of the top 1.5% that applied from your school - you are in.

I think you are both essentially saying the same thing.
Meet the minimum criteria. Apply. Top 1.5% (nobody knows how to measure this) from applicant pool from each MS gets in. All others go to pool.

Good luck to all applicants

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How are they admitting students now? Is it lottery system or on merit basis.

The top 1.5% of each MS are guaranteed admission if they apply. No one is sure how they are going to determine the top 1.5% at schools with lots of kids in the same classes and with the same grades.

The remainder of the class will be selected by merit but no one is sure how that will work without the Quant test or teacher recommendations.

All kids have to have a minimum of a 3.5 gpa and taken Algebra Honors.

Wrong. The top 1.5% OF APPLICANTS from each school get offered admission. If you are in the 20% percentile and have a 3.5 GPA but on of the top 1.5% that applied from your school - you are in.

Don't know where you're getting this idea that it's the top 1.5% of applicants. It's not. Each public MS gets a guaranteed number of slots equivalent to 1.5% of the 8th grade class, not the applicants.

Meaning - you do not have to be in the top 1.5% of your class generally. You can be one of the top 1.5% of APPLICANTS from your middle school even if you are nowhere near the top of your class. Let's say the middle school has 400 kids. You get 6 seats. Let's say the top 1.5% of kids at that school do not apply, but kids in the 20% percentile of class rank apply. The top 6 ranked APPLICANTS get in. It's not like if the best 6 students at a school decide not to apply, therefore those 6 seats go back into the general pool for all schools. That middle school gets 6 seats and if and only if there are less than 6 applicants meeting the minimum GPA will the left over seats go back in the general pool.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How are they admitting students now? Is it lottery system or on merit basis.

The top 1.5% of each MS are guaranteed admission if they apply. No one is sure how they are going to determine the top 1.5% at schools with lots of kids in the same classes and with the same grades.

The remainder of the class will be selected by merit but no one is sure how that will work without the Quant test or teacher recommendations.

All kids have to have a minimum of a 3.5 gpa and taken Algebra Honors.

Wrong. The top 1.5% OF APPLICANTS from each school get offered admission. If you are in the 20% percentile and have a 3.5 GPA but on of the top 1.5% that applied from your school - you are in.

Don't know where you're getting this idea that it's the top 1.5% of applicants. It's not. Each public MS gets a guaranteed number of slots equivalent to 1.5% of the 8th grade class, not the applicants.

Meaning - you do not have to be in the top 1.5% of your class generally. You can be one of the top 1.5% of APPLICANTS from your middle school even if you are nowhere near the top of your class. Let's say the middle school has 400 kids. You get 6 seats. Let's say the top 1.5% of kids at that school do not apply, but kids in the 20% percentile of class rank apply. The top 6 ranked APPLICANTS get in. It's not like if the best 6 students at a school decide not to apply, therefore those 6 seats go back into the general pool for all schools. That middle school gets 6 seats and if and only if there are less than 6 applicants meeting the minimum GPA will the left over seats go back in the general pool.

I get it. You get 1.5% of the student population as guaranteed slots. Those slots are then filled with the best applicants, regardless of where they stand with the general in terms of the students who did not apply.

[Anonymous]

I know it's a little stupid question.
But is 1.5% of the each middle school determined mainly by GPA? (4.0?) Then if like they say no weighted on honor classes, and taking easy classes with higher GPA can be picked then kids taking harder classes with some of A- with highly background of stem? Or do they pick 1.5 kids with "holistic review" in the first place? (Considering GPA, essay, and problem solving Q and experience factor)

I think holistic review in the first round should make sense comparing to considering only GPA to pick top 1.5%, otherwise this admission system is mess.

[Anonymous]

Will the results be out tomorrow, Friday ? I heard it is holiday for FCPS !!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I know it's a little stupid question.
But is 1.5% of the each middle school determined mainly by GPA? (4.0?) Then if like they say no weighted on honor classes, and taking easy classes with higher GPA can be picked then kids taking harder classes with some of A- with highly background of stem? Or do they pick 1.5 kids with "holistic review" in the first place? (Considering GPA, essay, and problem solving Q and experience factor)

I think holistic review in the first round should make sense comparing to considering only GPA to pick top 1.5%, otherwise this admission system is mess.

Do the teachers perhaps know the brilliant ones?

[Anonymous]

The criteria were 3.5 or higher GPA, honors Algebra 1 or higher in 8th grade, and AAP or Honors level courses for math, science and one other area (English or Social Studies). An applicant not meeting those requirements would not have made it past the application stage completed in February.

I believe being in AAP class is considered slightly better than Honors. At least at my child's school, the schoolwork is mote demanding and the grading is stricter. I think they may take these into account.

I have no insider knowledge- I am going by what the previous years' detailed admissions data imply.

[Anonymous]

Does the holiday tomorrow mean the results are coming today?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does the holiday tomorrow mean the results are coming today?

make a call to TJ ..

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does the holiday tomorrow mean the results are coming today?

Holiday applies to all FCPS personnel, so I guess no one is working tomorrow. Thanks for pointing out the holiday. I guess we check today and if nothing shows up, we wait another week

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I know it's a little stupid question.
But is 1.5% of the each middle school determined mainly by GPA? (4.0?) Then if like they say no weighted on honor classes, and taking easy classes with higher GPA can be picked then kids taking harder classes with some of A- with highly background of stem? Or do they pick 1.5 kids with "holistic review" in the first place? (Considering GPA, essay, and problem solving Q and experience factor)

I think holistic review in the first round should make sense comparing to considering only GPA to pick top 1.5%, otherwise this admission system is mess.

In the past, kids with higher level math classes had greater chances of getting in. After the semifinalist stage (previous years), about 3 in 4 kids taking Alg2 got in, whereas only 1 in to got in with Geometry. The Alg 1 kids were getting in at 1 I. 4 rate. The handful of kids taking Pre-Calc had even higher success at getting in. The data did not specify the level of courses (reg, HN or AAP in science, for instance) but I imagine the levels were also taken into account

[Anonymous]

3 in 4, 1 in 2, 1 in 4

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I know it's a little stupid question.
But is 1.5% of the each middle school determined mainly by GPA? (4.0?) Then if like they say no weighted on honor classes, and taking easy classes with higher GPA can be picked then kids taking harder classes with some of A- with highly background of stem? Or do they pick 1.5 kids with "holistic review" in the first place? (Considering GPA, essay, and problem solving Q and experience factor)

I think holistic review in the first round should make sense comparing to considering only GPA to pick top 1.5%, otherwise this admission system is mess.

Yes. They do the holistic review and rank the students. Then the top ranked students get offers based on the seats allotted to their middle school. The rest of the students get put in the general seat pool.

[Anonymous]

Well I guess it is not today. Just checked at 4:35 pm