2025 - TJ Admission Results Thread

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is there is an entire class of Algebra II students at Carson?

There are two classes of Algebra two at Cooper

So basically attending a high SES school that offers more opportunities for enrichment gives students a big edge on TJ offers?

Having a STEM oriented peer group that raises the bar at school and after aschool is more important for student's learning.

TJ offer with the nonsensical essay is pretty much a lottery selection, but survival after admission is an entirely different ballgame.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Kilmer
Algebra II
3.85
Caucasian
Waitlisted

Does your child’s name start with S?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is there is an entire class of Algebra II students at Carson?

There are two classes of Algebra two at Cooper

So basically attending a high SES school that offers more opportunities for enrichment gives students a big edge on TJ offers?

Having a STEM oriented peer group that raises the bar at school and after aschool is more important for student's learning.

TJ offer with the nonsensical essay is pretty much a lottery selection, but survival after admission is an entirely different ballgame.

+100

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Offered, mostly As with a couple A-, geometry honors, Longfellow.

I am shocked at the number of DS’s friends at Longfellow that got in.

Why shocked? Too many or too little?
Last year first round announcement was about 29 got in, some reject the offer (including some of the brightest, for various reasons).At the end after the waitlist moved, it end up around 40, include the whole SciOl team.

PP here. Just about everyone he knew that applied and was seriously interested got in. I think at least 30-35 kids. I know of one kid who was rejected but wasn't really interested, and 2 who were waitlisted (one of them was really surprising).

i was expecting to hear of more of a mix of results but news of acceptances came in fast and furious at approximately 6:03.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Offered, mostly As with a couple A-, geometry honors, Longfellow.

I am shocked at the number of DS’s friends at Longfellow that got in.

Why shocked? Too many or too little?
Last year first round announcement was about 29 got in, some reject the offer (including some of the brightest, for various reasons).At the end after the waitlist moved, it end up around 40, include the whole SciOl team.

PP here. Just about everyone he knew that applied and was seriously interested got in. I think at least 30-35 kids. I know of one kid who was rejected but wasn't really interested, and 2 who were waitlisted (one of them was really surprising).

i was expecting to hear of more of a mix of results but news of acceptances came in fast and furious at approximately 6:03.

^^ PP again - for the one surprising waitlisted kid I was surprised he didn't get in. He was probably the kid most passionate about getting in so I'm sure he's devastated being on the wait list given Longfellow's high acceptance rate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is there is an entire class of Algebra II students at Carson?

There are two classes of Algebra two at Cooper

As in 2 classes IN the building and not having to go to high school to take class? Is that same for Longfellow and Carson? If so, makes more sense why so many more from those schools apply (and get in)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So Carson has been the largest feeder to TJ, not Longfellow?

Carson always sends the most kids to TJ and Longfellow usually has a higher percentage of applicants admitted.

Carson has a lot more AAP kids as they come from areas zoned to four different pyramids - Chantilly, Oakton, South Lakes, and Westfield. The Longfellow AAP kids all come from a single pyramid (McLean).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is there is an entire class of Algebra II students at Carson?

There are two classes of Algebra two at Cooper

As in 2 classes IN the building and not having to go to high school to take class? Is that same for Longfellow and Carson? If so, makes more sense why so many more from those schools apply (and get in)

Yes for Cooper. Last year they only had 1 Algebra II Honors class. This year they had enough students for 2 full classes. My son said he probably has 24 kids in his class. The majority, if not all of the Algebra II Honors students applied to TJ (other than the 7th graders in the class). TJ has traditionally admitted a high perfect of the 8th grade students in Algebra II Honors or higher. Those kids have already shown that they can handle several years of high school level math courses.

We know a 9th grader at TJ who took Algebra II Honors at high middle school (online because his middle school didn’t have enough for a class and he didn’t want to go to the high school to take the class). He told us that all of the kids who took Algebra II Honors from his middle school were the ones to get in from his school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So Carson has been the largest feeder to TJ, not Longfellow?

Carson always sends the most kids to TJ and Longfellow usually has a higher percentage of applicants admitted.

Carson has a lot more AAP kids as they come from areas zoned to four different pyramids - Chantilly, Oakton, South Lakes, and Westfield. The Longfellow AAP kids all come from a single pyramid (McLean).

Cooper Middle School also only has AAP kids from one high school pyramid, Langley.

[Anonymous]

My kid got in but our school doesn’t offer algebra 2. Kid is doing geometry honors. Can it be made up over the course of the next 4 years? We don’t want to do it in summer

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Offered, mostly As with a couple A-, geometry honors, Longfellow.

I am shocked at the number of DS’s friends at Longfellow that got in.

Why shocked? Too many or too little?
Last year first round announcement was about 29 got in, some reject the offer (including some of the brightest, for various reasons).At the end after the waitlist moved, it end up around 40, include the whole SciOl team.

PP here. Just about everyone he knew that applied and was seriously interested got in. I think at least 30-35 kids. I know of one kid who was rejected but wasn't really interested, and 2 who were waitlisted (one of them was really surprising).

i was expecting to hear of more of a mix of results but news of acceptances came in fast and furious at approximately 6:03.

^^ PP again - for the one surprising waitlisted kid I was surprised he didn't get in. He was probably the kid most passionate about getting in so I'm sure he's devastated being on the wait list given Longfellow's high acceptance rate.

I’m actually surprised that my son got in based on the essays being the “test” to get in. He’s always been a science/math kid and doesn’t enjoy writing. He would be fine with all PSE problems, but the SPS is harder for a kid who isn’t a “writer”. That could have been what happened to this kid from Longfellow. Hopefully he gets in off of the waitlist. The new admissions process definitely misses a lot of kids who should get in.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is there is an entire class of Algebra II students at Carson?

There are two classes of Algebra two at Cooper

As in 2 classes IN the building and not having to go to high school to take class? Is that same for Longfellow and Carson? If so, makes more sense why so many more from those schools apply (and get in)

Yes for Cooper. Last year they only had 1 Algebra II Honors class. This year they had enough students for 2 full classes. My son said he probably has 24 kids in his class. The majority, if not all of the Algebra II Honors students applied to TJ (other than the 7th graders in the class). TJ has traditionally admitted a high perfect of the 8th grade students in Algebra II Honors or higher. Those kids have already shown that they can handle several years of high school level math courses.

We know a 9th grader at TJ who took Algebra II Honors at high middle school (online because his middle school didn’t have enough for a class and he didn’t want to go to the high school to take the class). He told us that all of the kids who took Algebra II Honors from his middle school were the ones to get in from his school.

My son is in Algebra 2 honors class at Kilmer and most of his classmates were waitlisted. Some got in but most did not at this time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kid got in but our school doesn’t offer algebra 2. Kid is doing geometry honors. Can it be made up over the course of the next 4 years? We don’t want to do it in summer

Your son will be fine with entering TJ with Honors Geometry. Most middle schools other than Carson, Longfellow, Cooper, and maybe a few others don’t have many if any students taking Algebra II in 8th grade. The only math honors class offered over summer through FCPS is Honors Geometry. A few kids take Algebra I in 6th grade, the majority took Honors Geometry during the summer between 7th and 8th grade.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kid got in but our school doesn’t offer algebra 2. Kid is doing geometry honors. Can it be made up over the course of the next 4 years? We don’t want to do it in summer

About one-fifth of the class starts with Geometry, and another fifth starts with Precalculus in freshman. The remaining three-fifths, like your student, start with Algebra 2. From there, students choose whether to accelerate in the math track based on their comfort level and overall course load.

This is TJ, where students of different abilities and talents from 5 counties come to learn. It’s a great school with an exceptional peer group, and many students find themselves humbled along the way.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Offered, mostly As with a couple A-, geometry honors, Longfellow.

I am shocked at the number of DS’s friends at Longfellow that got in.

Why shocked? Too many or too little?
Last year first round announcement was about 29 got in, some reject the offer (including some of the brightest, for various reasons).At the end after the waitlist moved, it end up around 40, include the whole SciOl team.

PP here. Just about everyone he knew that applied and was seriously interested got in. I think at least 30-35 kids. I know of one kid who was rejected but wasn't really interested, and 2 who were waitlisted (one of them was really surprising).

i was expecting to hear of more of a mix of results but news of acceptances came in fast and furious at approximately 6:03.

^^ PP again - for the one surprising waitlisted kid I was surprised he didn't get in. He was probably the kid most passionate about getting in so I'm sure he's devastated being on the wait list given Longfellow's high acceptance rate.

I’m actually surprised that my son got in based on the essays being the “test” to get in. He’s always been a science/math kid and doesn’t enjoy writing. He would be fine with all PSE problems, but the SPS is harder for a kid who isn’t a “writer”. That could have been what happened to this kid from Longfellow. Hopefully he gets in off of the waitlist. The new admissions process definitely misses a lot of kids who should get in.

This is my “opinion”, take with grain of salt. I sort of believe that the admission team already “know” whose going to get in and Essay is just a little or maybe not a factor at all and more like just to understand the kids profile.
Contrary to what people screaming here about the lottery and nonsense essay.