Official TJ Admissions Decisions Results for the Class of 2025

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Anonymous wrote:I feel bad for this year’s kids, who worked hard and got screwed over. But, this will self correct quickly. Whether officially or unofficially. I know three families in our Western County neighborhood that rented a 1 Br. Apartment in the Herndon MS district for next year and changed the mom and kids residency on paper. Kids will sleep in their own beds and someone will check the mail a couple of times a week. At least one also plans to self id as “mixed race” (mixture of two different subsets of Indians, which cracks me up). And in another case, the kid’s case even found an MD who gave him a neuropsych diagnosis because his parents wrote a check. The parents requested and got an iEP this spring. The parent figure this will help with standardized testing down the line.

And instead of an Indian kid from Carson who stands no chance, suddenly they have a mixed race kid with an IEP from Herndon.

I’ve even heard speculation from parents with SAHMs about parents officially separating for a few months so the kid can qualify as FARMs.

None of their rising 8th graders have been in the Carson building this year anyway so they don’t care that much about switching schools. And, the parents believe that it’s an easy path to TJ. It looks like they are right. They’ll take turns carpooling and do a lot of supplementing, AOPS, etc. at home. And, they have already signed up for one of those Asian style after school schools. They think think it’s a much easier path to TJ than staying at Carson. It’s smart. And since the system is going out of its way to screw over AAPIs who sacrificed to buy into good school Districts, more power to them.

One of these three sets of parents mentioned that a group at their mosque is doing basically the same thing, except in their case it’s RRMS with a temporary transfer to South County.

One thing all these parents have in common? They are donating and organizing for Glen Younkin. I think VA may really flip red this year.

What a bunch of loons In Virginia!

This is the result of hunger marketing for STEM education, the strategy is to drive parents into emotional rather than rational decision making by means of making advanced STEM curriculums scarce commodity & exclusive to TJ.

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Anonymous wrote:Curie had more kids admitted in the class of 2025 than any previous year!!! They had an open house yesterday for the summer session. I am shocked!

Fake news?

I went to the Curie thing and 90 people were accepted and 130 (at least) waitlisted. Usually they got over a 100 students in previous years so this is a huge decrease and most students are from feeder schools so it was expected anyways.

It is still great with no test !! 20% of class is from Curie Curie Curie ..

The reason so many students get in from Curie is not because of their test prep but because a lot of students that go to Curie are willing to put in hard work and effort. Probably over 300 people went there this year but not everyone will get in.

The new system is gameable. Plenty of ideas have already been discussed here. I know that are other (genius-level) admissions tricks that are being discussed in a WhatsAp group that haven’t been mentioned here. Parents that moved to the US for TJ are not going to give up.

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Anonymous wrote:Curie had more kids admitted in the class of 2025 than any previous year!!! They had an open house yesterday for the summer session. I am shocked!

Fake news?

I went to the Curie thing and 90 people were accepted and 130 (at least) waitlisted. Usually they got over a 100 students in previous years so this is a huge decrease and most students are from feeder schools so it was expected anyways.

It is still great with no test !! 20% of class is from Curie Curie Curie ..

The reason so many students get in from Curie is not because of their test prep but because a lot of students that go to Curie are willing to put in hard work and effort. Probably over 300 people went there this year but not everyone will get in.

The new system is gameable. Plenty of ideas have already been discussed here. I know that are other (genius-level) admissions tricks that are being discussed in a WhatsAp group that haven’t been mentioned here. Parents that moved to the US for TJ are not going to give up.

but far less so than the old one for sure!

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Anonymous wrote:Curie had more kids admitted in the class of 2025 than any previous year!!! They had an open house yesterday for the summer session. I am shocked!

Fake news?

I went to the Curie thing and 90 people were accepted and 130 (at least) waitlisted. Usually they got over a 100 students in previous years so this is a huge decrease and most students are from feeder schools so it was expected anyways.

It is still great with no test !! 20% of class is from Curie Curie Curie ..

The reason so many students get in from Curie is not because of their test prep but because a lot of students that go to Curie are willing to put in hard work and effort. Probably over 300 people went there this year but not everyone will get in.

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Anonymous wrote:Curie had more kids admitted in the class of 2025 than any previous year!!! They had an open house yesterday for the summer session. I am shocked!

Fake news?

I went to the Curie thing and 90 people were accepted and 130 (at least) waitlisted. Usually they got over a 100 students in previous years so this is a huge decrease and most students are from feeder schools so it was expected anyways.

It is still great with no test !! 20% of class is from Curie Curie Curie ..

The reason so many students get in from Curie is not because of their test prep but because a lot of students that go to Curie are willing to put in hard work and effort. Probably over 300 people went there this year but not everyone will get in.

The new system is gameable. Plenty of ideas have already been discussed here. I know that are other (genius-level) admissions tricks that are being discussed in a WhatsAp group that haven’t been mentioned here. Parents that moved to the US for TJ are not going to give up.

but far less so than the old one for sure!

Keep telling yourself that. I'm sure you convinced yourself

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Anonymous wrote:Curie had more kids admitted in the class of 2025 than any previous year!!! They had an open house yesterday for the summer session. I am shocked!

Fake news?

I went to the Curie thing and 90 people were accepted and 130 (at least) waitlisted. Usually they got over a 100 students in previous years so this is a huge decrease and most students are from feeder schools so it was expected anyways.

It is still great with no test !! 20% of class is from Curie Curie Curie ..

The reason so many students get in from Curie is not because of their test prep but because a lot of students that go to Curie are willing to put in hard work and effort. Probably over 300 people went there this year but not everyone will get in.

The new system is gameable. Plenty of ideas have already been discussed here. I know that are other (genius-level) admissions tricks that are being discussed in a WhatsAp group that haven’t been mentioned here. Parents that moved to the US for TJ are not going to give up.

Who does that? We are Indian and had one kid graduate this year. We know a lot of TJ families (obviously) but not a single Indian family that moved to the US to attend TJ. This is likely an urban myth along the lines of "All Asians prep".

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Anonymous wrote:Curie had more kids admitted in the class of 2025 than any previous year!!! They had an open house yesterday for the summer session. I am shocked!

Fake news?

I went to the Curie thing and 90 people were accepted and 130 (at least) waitlisted. Usually they got over a 100 students in previous years so this is a huge decrease and most students are from feeder schools so it was expected anyways.

It is still great with no test !! 20% of class is from Curie Curie Curie ..

The reason so many students get in from Curie is not because of their test prep but because a lot of students that go to Curie are willing to put in hard work and effort. Probably over 300 people went there this year but not everyone will get in.

The new system is gameable. Plenty of ideas have already been discussed here. I know that are other (genius-level) admissions tricks that are being discussed in a WhatsAp group that haven’t been mentioned here. Parents that moved to the US for TJ are not going to give up.

Who does that? We are Indian and had one kid graduate this year. We know a lot of TJ families (obviously) but not a single Indian family that moved to the US to attend TJ. This is likely an urban myth along the lines of "All Asians prep".

My child graduated from TJ a few years ago and we did know one family whose mom told me they moved here for TJ from another country. And then they had to do some complicated things to stay here for the younger kids in the family. She said she knew others who were doing the same thing and they helped each other out. She told me this about 8 or 9 years ago, so maybe no one is doing that anymore.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Curie had more kids admitted in the class of 2025 than any previous year!!! They had an open house yesterday for the summer session. I am shocked!

Fake news?

I went to the Curie thing and 90 people were accepted and 130 (at least) waitlisted. Usually they got over a 100 students in previous years so this is a huge decrease and most students are from feeder schools so it was expected anyways.

It is still great with no test !! 20% of class is from Curie Curie Curie ..

The reason so many students get in from Curie is not because of their test prep but because a lot of students that go to Curie are willing to put in hard work and effort. Probably over 300 people went there this year but not everyone will get in.

The new system is gameable. Plenty of ideas have already been discussed here. I know that are other (genius-level) admissions tricks that are being discussed in a WhatsAp group that haven’t been mentioned here. Parents that moved to the US for TJ are not going to give up.

Who does that? We are Indian and had one kid graduate this year. We know a lot of TJ families (obviously) but not a single Indian family that moved to the US to attend TJ. This is likely an urban myth along the lines of "All Asians prep".

My child graduated from TJ a few years ago and we did know one family whose mom told me they moved here for TJ from another country. And then they had to do some complicated things to stay here for the younger kids in the family. She said she knew others who were doing the same thing and they helped each other out. She told me this about 8 or 9 years ago, so maybe no one is doing that anymore.

Trust me - no one is doing that anymore

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Curie had more kids admitted in the class of 2025 than any previous year!!! They had an open house yesterday for the summer session. I am shocked!

Fake news?

I went to the Curie thing and 90 people were accepted and 130 (at least) waitlisted. Usually they got over a 100 students in previous years so this is a huge decrease and most students are from feeder schools so it was expected anyways.

It is still great with no test !! 20% of class is from Curie Curie Curie ..

The reason so many students get in from Curie is not because of their test prep but because a lot of students that go to Curie are willing to put in hard work and effort. Probably over 300 people went there this year but not everyone will get in.

The new system is gameable. Plenty of ideas have already been discussed here. I know that are other (genius-level) admissions tricks that are being discussed in a WhatsAp group that haven’t been mentioned here. Parents that moved to the US for TJ are not going to give up.

Who does that? We are Indian and had one kid graduate this year. We know a lot of TJ families (obviously) but not a single Indian family that moved to the US to attend TJ. This is likely an urban myth along the lines of "All Asians prep".

My child graduated from TJ a few years ago and we did know one family whose mom told me they moved here for TJ from another country. And then they had to do some complicated things to stay here for the younger kids in the family. She said she knew others who were doing the same thing and they helped each other out. She told me this about 8 or 9 years ago, so maybe no one is doing that anymore.

Trust me - no one is doing that anymore

This. Unless they keep it a secret.

I do know a couple of Chinese families with kids in Private school, where the husband lives and works in China and the mother is in the US with the Child. Both the kids have been here for a very long time. I'd certainly not group them under "Parents that moved to the US so their kids can go to school here".

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Curie had more kids admitted in the class of 2025 than any previous year!!! They had an open house yesterday for the summer session. I am shocked!

Fake news?

I went to the Curie thing and 90 people were accepted and 130 (at least) waitlisted. Usually they got over a 100 students in previous years so this is a huge decrease and most students are from feeder schools so it was expected anyways.

It is still great with no test !! 20% of class is from Curie Curie Curie ..

The reason so many students get in from Curie is not because of their test prep but because a lot of students that go to Curie are willing to put in hard work and effort. Probably over 300 people went there this year but not everyone will get in.

The new system is gameable. Plenty of ideas have already been discussed here. I know that are other (genius-level) admissions tricks that are being discussed in a WhatsAp group that haven’t been mentioned here. Parents that moved to the US for TJ are not going to give up.

Who does that? We are Indian and had one kid graduate this year. We know a lot of TJ families (obviously) but not a single Indian family that moved to the US to attend TJ. This is likely an urban myth along the lines of "All Asians prep".

My child graduated from TJ a few years ago and we did know one family whose mom told me they moved here for TJ from another country. And then they had to do some complicated things to stay here for the younger kids in the family. She said she knew others who were doing the same thing and they helped each other out. She told me this about 8 or 9 years ago, so maybe no one is doing that anymore.

Trust me - no one is doing that anymore

This. Unless they keep it a secret.

I do know a couple of Chinese families with kids in Private school, where the husband lives and works in China and the mother is in the US with the Child. Both the kids have been here for a very long time. I'd certainly not group them under "Parents that moved to the US so their kids can go to school here".

So what is the problem? Are not they paying taxes to US Govt ?

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Anonymous wrote:Langston Hughes, straight 4.0 GPA in both 7 and 8th grade, all honors, geometry in 8th, URM-Black, waitlisted!

Your kid should have gotten in and might have under the old system.

Yes we are all very confused...

He is also an excellent writer so I am sure he did well on his essay.

Considering it lucky the excellent writer doesn't get into TJ, where the curriculums heavily biased on STEM and English lit is a joke.

You are probably right. Also as a university STEM Prof at a top institution I am a bit weary of all the intensity surrounding TJ, and the pressure in general. Being on the other side of admissions and selection processes into STEM uni programs I am not convinced that this level of intensity is warranted at the high school level, but my son wanted to apply...so here we are...

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Anonymous wrote:Waitlisted from Longfellow, looking forward to McLean HS!

Has your kid done with course selection already at McLean HS?

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Anonymous wrote:Curie had more kids admitted in the class of 2025 than any previous year!!! They had an open house yesterday for the summer session. I am shocked!

Fake news?

I went to the Curie thing and 90 people were accepted and 130 (at least) waitlisted. Usually they got over a 100 students in previous years so this is a huge decrease and most students are from feeder schools so it was expected anyways.

It is still great with no test !! 20% of class is from Curie Curie Curie ..

The reason so many students get in from Curie is not because of their test prep but because a lot of students that go to Curie are willing to put in hard work and effort. Probably over 300 people went there this year but not everyone will get in.

The new system is gameable. Plenty of ideas have already been discussed here. I know that are other (genius-level) admissions tricks that are being discussed in a WhatsAp group that haven’t been mentioned here. Parents that moved to the US for TJ are not going to give up.

Just stop. It sounds pathetic.

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Anonymous wrote:I feel bad for this year’s kids, who worked hard and got screwed over. But, this will self correct quickly. Whether officially or unofficially. I know three families in our Western County neighborhood that rented a 1 Br. Apartment in the Herndon MS district for next year and changed the mom and kids residency on paper. Kids will sleep in their own beds and someone will check the mail a couple of times a week. At least one also plans to self id as “mixed race” (mixture of two different subsets of Indians, which cracks me up). And in another case, the kid’s case even found an MD who gave him a neuropsych diagnosis because his parents wrote a check. The parents requested and got an iEP this spring. The parent figure this will help with standardized testing down the line.

And instead of an Indian kid from Carson who stands no chance, suddenly they have a mixed race kid with an IEP from Herndon.

I’ve even heard speculation from parents with SAHMs about parents officially separating for a few months so the kid can qualify as FARMs.

None of their rising 8th graders have been in the Carson building this year anyway so they don’t care that much about switching schools. And, the parents believe that it’s an easy path to TJ. It looks like they are right. They’ll take turns carpooling and do a lot of supplementing, AOPS, etc. at home. And, they have already signed up for one of those Asian style after school schools. They think think it’s a much easier path to TJ than staying at Carson. It’s smart. And since the system is going out of its way to screw over AAPIs who sacrificed to buy into good school Districts, more power to them.

One of these three sets of parents mentioned that a group at their mosque is doing basically the same thing, except in their case it’s RRMS with a temporary transfer to South County.

One thing all these parents have in common? They are donating and organizing for Glen Younkin. I think VA may really flip red this year.

What a bunch of loons In Virginia!

This is the result of hunger marketing for STEM education, the strategy is to drive parents into emotional rather than rational decision making by means of making advanced STEM curriculums scarce commodity & exclusive to TJ.

The mere mention of STEM sends the area into a state of excitement.

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Anonymous wrote:Curie had more kids admitted in the class of 2025 than any previous year!!! They had an open house yesterday for the summer session. I am shocked!

Why shocked?

wasn't the purpose to eliminate the prep centers? they seem to do even better in this new system

The only thing that has any chance of reducing highly prepped kids is teacher recommendations. Most prepped kids will have a perfect GPA. Most prepped kid can ace any standardized test. Most prepped kids have been coached on how to write a wonderful essay. The only potential weakness for highly prepped kids is that the teachers might be able to tell the difference between the truly brilliant kids and the kids who are hard workers who pre-learned the material, but aren't necessarily that brilliant.

But teacher recommendations are apparently racist, so they eliminated those as well.

They aren't objective and are often inconsistent. I once had a teacher who disliked kids who wore certain kinds of shoes seriously. Let's stick to objective measures.

Let's stick to a holistic review.