Youngkin and TJ

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Like they have the time, money and wherewithal to address this properly, lol.

Gaming the system wins often.

Money always wins.

It will probably catch up to them

In the case of TJ over the past decade a lot of families have been able to buy admission by spending tens of thousands at the various prep centers. One even boasted that 30% of the incoming class attended their center. THe problem is this makes often average kids seem gifted and once they're there it starts to cause problems. It has helped foster the toxicity that people are always talking about.

I love how people mask their racism by using a term like “toxicity” instead.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Like they have the time, money and wherewithal to address this properly, lol.

Gaming the system wins often.

Money always wins.

It will probably catch up to them

In the case of TJ over the past decade a lot of families have been able to buy admission by spending tens of thousands at the various prep centers. One even boasted that 30% of the incoming class attended their center. THe problem is this makes often average kids seem gifted and once they're there it starts to cause problems. It has helped foster the toxicity that people are always talking about.

what problems? Do tell! For the parents whose kids that didn't get in and are losing sleep, maybe. For the kids that are in TJ, nada.

foster the toxicity - Like snakebite? confused..

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Like they have the time, money and wherewithal to address this properly, lol.

Gaming the system wins often.

Money always wins.

It will probably catch up to them

In the case of TJ over the past decade a lot of families have been able to buy admission by spending tens of thousands at the various prep centers. One even boasted that 30% of the incoming class attended their center. THe problem is this makes often average kids seem gifted and once they're there it starts to cause problems. It has helped foster the toxicity that people are always talking about.

Well not much changed for the class of 2025. The same prep center claimed that they got 95 kids into the class of 2025. Down from the high of 133 for the class of 2024, but more than the 80 kids in the class of 2023. They published first and last names for the classes of 2023 and 2024, but did not post names for the class of 2025, so who know how accurate their claim was.

Bottom line - the current admissions process is still very gameable. Claiming low income and moving to another middle school are the two easiest.

[Anonymous]

I heard they're going to disqualify anyone who claim low income who can't prove it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I heard they're going to disqualify anyone who claim low income who can't prove it.

Source?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I heard they're going to disqualify anyone who claim low income who can't prove it.

They should

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Like they have the time, money and wherewithal to address this properly, lol.

Gaming the system wins often.

Money always wins.

It will probably catch up to them

In the case of TJ over the past decade a lot of families have been able to buy admission by spending tens of thousands at the various prep centers. One even boasted that 30% of the incoming class attended their center. THe problem is this makes often average kids seem gifted and once they're there it starts to cause problems. It has helped foster the toxicity that people are always talking about.

I love how people mask their racism by using a term like “toxicity” instead.

This is a nice try, but if you have been around TJ for any length of time you know that its unique brand of toxicity long predates the dominance by South Asians.

Toxicity at TJ takes the form of:

1) A slavish obsession with elite college admissions
2) Constant comparison between students
3) A belief that TJ students are inherently better than everyone else
4) A belief that TJ should be entirely populated with only students who are completely STEM-focused and are certain at the age of 12-13 that they intend to pursue a career in STEM

These attitudes around TJ have ALWAYS existed and are by no means particular to Asians or even South Asians.

People who insist that “toxicity” is a surrogate for “Asian-ness” betray their lack of understanding of TJ’s history and are not to be taken seriously.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Like they have the time, money and wherewithal to address this properly, lol.

Gaming the system wins often.

Money always wins.

It will probably catch up to them

In the case of TJ over the past decade a lot of families have been able to buy admission by spending tens of thousands at the various prep centers. One even boasted that 30% of the incoming class attended their center. THe problem is this makes often average kids seem gifted and once they're there it starts to cause problems. It has helped foster the toxicity that people are always talking about.

I love how people mask their racism by using a term like “toxicity” instead.

This is a nice try, but if you have been around TJ for any length of time you know that its unique brand of toxicity long predates the dominance by South Asians.

Toxicity at TJ takes the form of:

1) A slavish obsession with elite college admissions
2) Constant comparison between students
3) A belief that TJ students are inherently better than everyone else
4) A belief that TJ should be entirely populated with only students who are completely STEM-focused and are certain at the age of 12-13 that they intend to pursue a career in STEM

These attitudes around TJ have ALWAYS existed and are by no means particular to Asians or even South Asians.

People who insist that “toxicity” is a surrogate for “Asian-ness” betray their lack of understanding of TJ’s history and are not to be taken seriously.

I don't find that toxic, and you cannot deny the school's success. They are #1 in the country for a reason.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Like they have the time, money and wherewithal to address this properly, lol.

Gaming the system wins often.

Money always wins.

It will probably catch up to them

In the case of TJ over the past decade a lot of families have been able to buy admission by spending tens of thousands at the various prep centers. One even boasted that 30% of the incoming class attended their center. THe problem is this makes often average kids seem gifted and once they're there it starts to cause problems. It has helped foster the toxicity that people are always talking about.

I love how people mask their racism by using a term like “toxicity” instead.

This is a nice try, but if you have been around TJ for any length of time you know that its unique brand of toxicity long predates the dominance by South Asians.

Toxicity at TJ takes the form of:

1) A slavish obsession with elite college admissions
2) Constant comparison between students
3) A belief that TJ students are inherently better than everyone else
4) A belief that TJ should be entirely populated with only students who are completely STEM-focused and are certain at the age of 12-13 that they intend to pursue a career in STEM

These attitudes around TJ have ALWAYS existed and are by no means particular to Asians or even South Asians.

People who insist that “toxicity” is a surrogate for “Asian-ness” betray their lack of understanding of TJ’s history and are not to be taken seriously.

All the listed characteristics are those of any high performing environment, from elite high schools, colleges to workplaces. If you can't hack it, get out of the way. Quit whining and become an influencer or some such nonsense.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Like they have the time, money and wherewithal to address this properly, lol.

Gaming the system wins often.

Money always wins.

It will probably catch up to them

In the case of TJ over the past decade a lot of families have been able to buy admission by spending tens of thousands at the various prep centers. One even boasted that 30% of the incoming class attended their center. THe problem is this makes often average kids seem gifted and once they're there it starts to cause problems. It has helped foster the toxicity that people are always talking about.

I love how people mask their racism by using a term like “toxicity” instead.

This is a nice try, but if you have been around TJ for any length of time you know that its unique brand of toxicity long predates the dominance by South Asians.

Toxicity at TJ takes the form of:

1) A slavish obsession with elite college admissions
2) Constant comparison between students
3) A belief that TJ students are inherently better than everyone else
4) A belief that TJ should be entirely populated with only students who are completely STEM-focused and are certain at the age of 12-13 that they intend to pursue a career in STEM

These attitudes around TJ have ALWAYS existed and are by no means particular to Asians or even South Asians.

People who insist that “toxicity” is a surrogate for “Asian-ness” betray their lack of understanding of TJ’s history and are not to be taken seriously.

All the listed characteristics are those of any high performing environment, from elite high schools, colleges to workplaces. If you can't hack it, get out of the way. Quit whining and become an influencer or some such nonsense.

Not really, no. Not to the extent of being toxic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I heard they're going to disqualify anyone who claim low income who can't prove it.

They should

They can’t.

FCPS wrote the questions and it’s their fault if people responded literally.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Like they have the time, money and wherewithal to address this properly, lol.

Gaming the system wins often.

Money always wins.

It will probably catch up to them

In the case of TJ over the past decade a lot of families have been able to buy admission by spending tens of thousands at the various prep centers. One even boasted that 30% of the incoming class attended their center. THe problem is this makes often average kids seem gifted and once they're there it starts to cause problems. It has helped foster the toxicity that people are always talking about.

I love how people mask their racism by using a term like “toxicity” instead.

This is a nice try, but if you have been around TJ for any length of time you know that its unique brand of toxicity long predates the dominance by South Asians.

Toxicity at TJ takes the form of:

1) A slavish obsession with elite college admissions
2) Constant comparison between students
3) A belief that TJ students are inherently better than everyone else
4) A belief that TJ should be entirely populated with only students who are completely STEM-focused and are certain at the age of 12-13 that they intend to pursue a career in STEM

These attitudes around TJ have ALWAYS existed and are by no means particular to Asians or even South Asians.

People who insist that “toxicity” is a surrogate for “Asian-ness” betray their lack of understanding of TJ’s history and are not to be taken seriously.

I don't find that toxic, and you cannot deny the school's success. They are #1 in the country for a reason.

Here come all of the people who are the reason why TJ is toxic to tell on themselves.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I heard they're going to disqualify anyone who claim low income who can't prove it.

They should

They can’t.

FCPS wrote the questions and it’s their fault if people responded literally.

Nothing wrong with using additional information outside of the application to verify ED status.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I heard they're going to disqualify anyone who claim low income who can't prove it.

They didn’t for the class of 2025 that’s for sure!

I don’t see this happening. (It would mess up their press release!) And how would they even go about sorting applicants and disqualifying them? How could they possibly know? The only way I see this happening is if they contact everyone who said yes to either/both of the questions and then asked them fill out a FRMs application.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Like they have the time, money and wherewithal to address this properly, lol.

Gaming the system wins often.

Money always wins.

It will probably catch up to them

In the case of TJ over the past decade a lot of families have been able to buy admission by spending tens of thousands at the various prep centers. One even boasted that 30% of the incoming class attended their center. THe problem is this makes often average kids seem gifted and once they're there it starts to cause problems. It has helped foster the toxicity that people are always talking about.

I love how people mask their racism by using a term like “toxicity” instead.

This is a nice try, but if you have been around TJ for any length of time you know that its unique brand of toxicity long predates the dominance by South Asians.

Toxicity at TJ takes the form of:

1) A slavish obsession with elite college admissions
2) Constant comparison between students
3) A belief that TJ students are inherently better than everyone else
4) A belief that TJ should be entirely populated with only students who are completely STEM-focused and are certain at the age of 12-13 that they intend to pursue a career in STEM

These attitudes around TJ have ALWAYS existed and are by no means particular to Asians or even South Asians.

People who insist that “toxicity” is a surrogate for “Asian-ness” betray their lack of understanding of TJ’s history and are not to be taken seriously.

All the listed characteristics are those of any high performing environment, from elite high schools, colleges to workplaces. If you can't hack it, get out of the way. Quit whining and become an influencer or some such nonsense.

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