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Anonymous wrote:I have heard some superstars, who were winning STEM awards at the state level, were getting rejected. And it had nothing to do with bad grades as others here like to claim.

This was true at our feeder school.

Same here. All kids know it. 7th graders are even told not to mention any STEM achievements in essays. The so called “top 1.5%” is fake when there is no clear standards.

+1. Also know a kid from traditional feeder school who is a STEM super star with multiple awards at regional, state, and national level. Was put to "wait pool".

That didn't happen. But congrats on driving your narrative.

NP here. It did happen at two feeders I know about. Seriously, what is TJ admissions doing? They are sabotaging the school. From the outside, it looks intentional.

Absolutely, I heard kids are saying that those very top students are rejected on purpose so that those Unqualified but admitted won’ t look so bad at TJ.

Did you hear this from Q or just when you take off the tinfoil hat?

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Anonymous wrote:At my child's school, it does seem like those who took the essay prep classes and/or had tutors to help them with the essays fared better.

It's always the case but I suspect that's only widespread at the more competitive wealthy schools.

What is your obsession with wealth? Cooper is the wealthiest middle school and does not come even close to sending the most kids to TJ.

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Anonymous wrote:The “fourth tier” posters remind me of Trump. People say it. Many, many people. Fourth tier. The real superstars are staying at Carson. Spread the word. (I look forward to your justifications in four years about how Harvard is a dump for the stupidest people, the very stupidest. Fifth tier, they say. None of the top shelf students got in.

Nah, it's the person who talks about test buying- 'I hire all the best people.'

Except the test buying happened. It's well-documented in many threads here, but sure some would like to keep these inconvenient facts under wraps and pretend the old system was based on merit.

“Documented by n multiple threads” - all by one loser intentionally spreading malicious misinformation

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Anonymous wrote:I have heard some superstars, who were winning STEM awards at the state level, were getting rejected. And it had nothing to do with bad grades as others here like to claim.

This was true at our feeder school.

Same here. All kids know it. 7th graders are even told not to mention any STEM achievements in essays. The so called “top 1.5%” is fake when there is no clear standards.

+1. Also know a kid from traditional feeder school who is a STEM super star with multiple awards at regional, state, and national level. Was put to "wait pool".

That didn't happen. But congrats on driving your narrative.

NP here. It did happen at two feeders I know about. Seriously, what is TJ admissions doing? They are sabotaging the school. From the outside, it looks intentional.

Absolutely, I heard kids are saying that those very top students are rejected on purpose so that those Unqualified but admitted won’ t look so bad at TJ.

Did you hear this from Q or just when you take off the tinfoil hat?

Lady you need to get out of the VR/AR world and look at the data. Close to 10% of the class of 2025 has moved out (including 2 in March). I do not believe that the TJ admission is deliberately rejecting the top students but certainly the data points they have to identify the top students need to be re-visited (at least include some achievements, teacher recommendations etc. in addition to grades and essays)

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Anonymous wrote:I have heard some superstars, who were winning STEM awards at the state level, were getting rejected. And it had nothing to do with bad grades as others here like to claim.

This was true at our feeder school.

Same here. All kids know it. 7th graders are even told not to mention any STEM achievements in essays. The so called “top 1.5%” is fake when there is no clear standards.

+1. Also know a kid from traditional feeder school who is a STEM super star with multiple awards at regional, state, and national level. Was put to "wait pool".

That didn't happen. But congrats on driving your narrative.

NP here. It did happen at two feeders I know about. Seriously, what is TJ admissions doing? They are sabotaging the school. From the outside, it looks intentional.

Absolutely, I heard kids are saying that those very top students are rejected on purpose so that those Unqualified but admitted won’ t look so bad at TJ.

Did you hear this from Q or just when you take off the tinfoil hat?

I suspect they hear Q's voice when they take off my tinfoil hat.

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Anonymous wrote:The “fourth tier” posters remind me of Trump. People say it. Many, many people. Fourth tier. The real superstars are staying at Carson. Spread the word. (I look forward to your justifications in four years about how Harvard is a dump for the stupidest people, the very stupidest. Fifth tier, they say. None of the top shelf students got in.

Nah, it's the person who talks about test buying- 'I hire all the best people.'

Except the test buying happened. It's well-documented in many threads here, but sure some would like to keep these inconvenient facts under wraps and pretend the old system was based on merit.

“Documented by n multiple threads” - all by one loser intentionally spreading malicious misinformation

Nope. Curie posted the first and last names of their students who were admitted. Those same students have gone public on TJ Vents on Facebook in the comment threads to confirm the entire story.

It may be posted maliciously, but it’s 100% true and confirmed. And it implicates about 70% of the South Asian students in TJ’s class of 2024, given that Curie virtually exclusively serves Indian families.

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Anonymous wrote:The “fourth tier” posters remind me of Trump. People say it. Many, many people. Fourth tier. The real superstars are staying at Carson. Spread the word. (I look forward to your justifications in four years about how Harvard is a dump for the stupidest people, the very stupidest. Fifth tier, they say. None of the top shelf students got in.

Nah, it's the person who talks about test buying- 'I hire all the best people.'

Except the test buying happened. It's well-documented in many threads here, but sure some would like to keep these inconvenient facts under wraps and pretend the old system was based on merit.

“Documented by n multiple threads” - all by one loser intentionally spreading malicious misinformation

Nope. Curie posted the first and last names of their students who were admitted. Those same students have gone public on TJ Vents on Facebook in the comment threads to confirm the entire story.

It may be posted maliciously, but it’s 100% true and confirmed. And it implicates about 70% of the South Asian students in TJ’s class of 2024, given that Curie virtually exclusively serves Indian families.

Thanks for the nice laugh! "100% true and confirmed" you say on an anonymous internet message board!!

What about Area 51? Confirmed aliens as well I would guess.

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Anonymous wrote:I have heard some superstars, who were winning STEM awards at the state level, were getting rejected. And it had nothing to do with bad grades as others here like to claim.

This was true at our feeder school.

Same here. All kids know it. 7th graders are even told not to mention any STEM achievements in essays. The so called “top 1.5%” is fake when there is no clear standards.

+1. Also know a kid from traditional feeder school who is a STEM super star with multiple awards at regional, state, and national level. Was put to "wait pool".

That didn't happen. But congrats on driving your narrative.

NP here. It did happen at two feeders I know about. Seriously, what is TJ admissions doing? They are sabotaging the school. From the outside, it looks intentional.

Absolutely, I heard kids are saying that those very top students are rejected on purpose so that those Unqualified but admitted won’ t look so bad at TJ.

Did you hear this from Q or just when you take off the tinfoil hat?

Lady you need to get out of the VR/AR world and look at the data. Close to 10% of the class of 2025 has moved out (including 2 in March). I do not believe that the TJ admission is deliberately rejecting the top students but certainly the data points they have to identify the top students need to be re-visited (at least include some achievements, teacher recommendations etc. in addition to grades and essays)

I'm not so sure after I've seen some top students get rejected, not even waitlisted. And these are students who I would put as locks to get admitted.

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Anonymous wrote:I have heard some superstars, who were winning STEM awards at the state level, were getting rejected. And it had nothing to do with bad grades as others here like to claim.

This was true at our feeder school.

Same here. All kids know it. 7th graders are even told not to mention any STEM achievements in essays. The so called “top 1.5%” is fake when there is no clear standards.

+1. Also know a kid from traditional feeder school who is a STEM super star with multiple awards at regional, state, and national level. Was put to "wait pool".

That didn't happen. But congrats on driving your narrative.

NP here. It did happen at two feeders I know about. Seriously, what is TJ admissions doing? They are sabotaging the school. From the outside, it looks intentional.

Absolutely, I heard kids are saying that those very top students are rejected on purpose so that those Unqualified but admitted won’ t look so bad at TJ.

Did you hear this from Q or just when you take off the tinfoil hat?

Lady you need to get out of the VR/AR world and look at the data. Close to 10% of the class of 2025 has moved out (including 2 in March). I do not believe that the TJ admission is deliberately rejecting the top students but certainly the data points they have to identify the top students need to be re-visited (at least include some achievements, teacher recommendations etc. in addition to grades and essays)

I'm not so sure after I've seen some top students get rejected, not even waitlisted. And these are students who I would put as locks to get admitted.
If they are truly top students, they don’t need TJ. They will be fine in their local high schools. Top private schools would love to have them as well. The world doesn’t stop because they got passed over by TJ.

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Anonymous wrote:I have heard some superstars, who were winning STEM awards at the state level, were getting rejected. And it had nothing to do with bad grades as others here like to claim.

This was true at our feeder school.

Same here. All kids know it. 7th graders are even told not to mention any STEM achievements in essays. The so called “top 1.5%” is fake when there is no clear standards.

+1. Also know a kid from traditional feeder school who is a STEM super star with multiple awards at regional, state, and national level. Was put to "wait pool".

That didn't happen. But congrats on driving your narrative.

NP here. It did happen at two feeders I know about. Seriously, what is TJ admissions doing? They are sabotaging the school. From the outside, it looks intentional.

Absolutely, I heard kids are saying that those very top students are rejected on purpose so that those Unqualified but admitted won’ t look so bad at TJ.

Did you hear this from Q or just when you take off the tinfoil hat?

Lady you need to get out of the VR/AR world and look at the data. Close to 10% of the class of 2025 has moved out (including 2 in March). I do not believe that the TJ admission is deliberately rejecting the top students but certainly the data points they have to identify the top students need to be re-visited (at least include some achievements, teacher recommendations etc. in addition to grades and essays)

I'm not so sure after I've seen some top students get rejected, not even waitlisted. And these are students who I would put as locks to get admitted.

If they are truly top students, they don’t need TJ. They will be fine in their local high schools. Top private schools would love to have them as well. The world doesn’t stop because they got passed over by TJ.

Makes one miss the good old days where you just buy access to the test and you were in but all this equity ensuring all students get a fair shot makes it so much more competitive and difficult

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If they are truly top students, they don’t need TJ. They will be fine in their local high schools. Top private schools would love to have them as well. The world doesn’t stop because they got passed over by TJ.

And there you have it in a nutshell. TJ isn’t about serving the top STEM kids any longer. It’s just an affirmative action program to get some moderately talented kids out of other, failing high schools that FCPS is too lazy to fix.

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Anonymous wrote:I have heard some superstars, who were winning STEM awards at the state level, were getting rejected. And it had nothing to do with bad grades as others here like to claim.

This was true at our feeder school.

Same here. All kids know it. 7th graders are even told not to mention any STEM achievements in essays. The so called “top 1.5%” is fake when there is no clear standards.

+1. Also know a kid from traditional feeder school who is a STEM super star with multiple awards at regional, state, and national level. Was put to "wait pool".

That didn't happen. But congrats on driving your narrative.

NP here. It did happen at two feeders I know about. Seriously, what is TJ admissions doing? They are sabotaging the school. From the outside, it looks intentional.

Absolutely, I heard kids are saying that those very top students are rejected on purpose so that those Unqualified but admitted won’ t look so bad at TJ.

Did you hear this from Q or just when you take off the tinfoil hat?

Lady you need to get out of the VR/AR world and look at the data. Close to 10% of the class of 2025 has moved out (including 2 in March). I do not believe that the TJ admission is deliberately rejecting the top students but certainly the data points they have to identify the top students need to be re-visited (at least include some achievements, teacher recommendations etc. in addition to grades and essays)

I'm not so sure after I've seen some top students get rejected, not even waitlisted. And these are students who I would put as locks to get admitted.

If they are truly top students, they don’t need TJ. They will be fine in their local high schools. Top private schools would love to have them as well. The world doesn’t stop because they got passed over by TJ.

Makes one miss the good old days where you just buy access to the test and you were in but all this equity ensuring all students get a fair shot makes it so much more competitive and difficult

So pathetically predictable parroting #BackDoorKaren #TestBuyingKaren

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Anonymous wrote:I have heard some superstars, who were winning STEM awards at the state level, were getting rejected. And it had nothing to do with bad grades as others here like to claim.

This was true at our feeder school.

Same here. All kids know it. 7th graders are even told not to mention any STEM achievements in essays. The so called “top 1.5%” is fake when there is no clear standards.

+1. Also know a kid from traditional feeder school who is a STEM super star with multiple awards at regional, state, and national level. Was put to "wait pool".

That didn't happen. But congrats on driving your narrative.

NP here. It did happen at two feeders I know about. Seriously, what is TJ admissions doing? They are sabotaging the school. From the outside, it looks intentional.

Absolutely, I heard kids are saying that those very top students are rejected on purpose so that those Unqualified but admitted won’ t look so bad at TJ.

Did you hear this from Q or just when you take off the tinfoil hat?

Lady you need to get out of the VR/AR world and look at the data. Close to 10% of the class of 2025 has moved out (including 2 in March). I do not believe that the TJ admission is deliberately rejecting the top students but certainly the data points they have to identify the top students need to be re-visited (at least include some achievements, teacher recommendations etc. in addition to grades and essays)

I'm not so sure after I've seen some top students get rejected, not even waitlisted. And these are students who I would put as locks to get admitted.

If they are truly top students, they don’t need TJ. They will be fine in their local high schools. Top private schools would love to have them as well. The world doesn’t stop because they got passed over by TJ.

Makes one miss the good old days where you just buy access to the test and you were in but all this equity ensuring all students get a fair shot makes it so much more competitive and difficult

So pathetically predictable parroting #BackDoorKaren #TestBuyingKaren

I know she's always going on about the good old days. Well those days of test buying are gone and kids now have to compete based on actual merit.

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Anonymous wrote:I have heard some superstars, who were winning STEM awards at the state level, were getting rejected. And it had nothing to do with bad grades as others here like to claim.

This was true at our feeder school.

Same here. All kids know it. 7th graders are even told not to mention any STEM achievements in essays. The so called “top 1.5%” is fake when there is no clear standards.

+1. Also know a kid from traditional feeder school who is a STEM super star with multiple awards at regional, state, and national level. Was put to "wait pool".

That didn't happen. But congrats on driving your narrative.

NP here. It did happen at two feeders I know about. Seriously, what is TJ admissions doing? They are sabotaging the school. From the outside, it looks intentional.

Absolutely, I heard kids are saying that those very top students are rejected on purpose so that those Unqualified but admitted won’ t look so bad at TJ.

Did you hear this from Q or just when you take off the tinfoil hat?

Lady you need to get out of the VR/AR world and look at the data. Close to 10% of the class of 2025 has moved out (including 2 in March). I do not believe that the TJ admission is deliberately rejecting the top students but certainly the data points they have to identify the top students need to be re-visited (at least include some achievements, teacher recommendations etc. in addition to grades and essays)

I'm not so sure after I've seen some top students get rejected, not even waitlisted. And these are students who I would put as locks to get admitted.

If they are truly top students, they don’t need TJ. They will be fine in their local high schools. Top private schools would love to have them as well. The world doesn’t stop because they got passed over by TJ.

Makes one miss the good old days where you just buy access to the test and you were in but all this equity ensuring all students get a fair shot makes it so much more competitive and difficult

So pathetically predictable parroting #BackDoorKaren #TestBuyingKaren

I know she's always going on about the good old days. Well those days of test buying are gone and kids now have to compete based on actual merit.

No one believes you, TJAAG parrot. TJ is a joke now.

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Anonymous wrote:Diversity and equity over iq

You mean prep > IQ

You mean cheating and prep > IQ

I find your implication that TJ classes (with high percentage of asians) admitted under the old system cheat more than the classes (less asians, more racial diversity) admitted under the new system laughable. Do you think white/black/latinx students don't cheat? I have kids at both TJ and base school, and I can say there is more cheating happening in our base school. My base school Asian DC has been asked multiple times by white peers what was on an exam or if DC remembered his answers.