Disappointed by TJ decision?

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The capacity has increased too, which in a way ensures that there is room for error, while top kids would still get in.

If the top kids were getting in while a few weaker ones got thru over some better candidates, it would not be a big deal.
Instead the top kids are mostly not getting in. Not sure how it is at the top feeder schools, but the schools I've seen in Loudoun, Academies of Loudoun is mostly taking the top kids, while TJ is putting them on waitlist or rejecting them.

On the other hand, the top students are mostly getting opportunities for Academies of Loudoun, while the ones accepted to TJ under the current process would have had neither possibility under the old process.

TJ serves mainly fx county.

You keep saying the top kids are going elsewhere, but how can you determine who’s better than the other?

DP. They can't, plain and simple. They know what their kids grades are, and what their kids do with their time, and they assume that the other kids who do the same things (STEM competitions, events, etc) are the "top" kids. But unless they're exceedingly creepy, they have no idea what the other kids do with their time, or what their grades are, and so forth.

It's a bit of circular logic. I make my kid do these activities because they are the activities that TJ admissions should want - therefore my kids and the kids who also do those activities are the top kids, and if TJ admissions is not selecting those kids, then they're not selecting the "top" kids.

Makes you wonder how they expected their kids to get into a place like TJ when that's the level of intellect that the parents are working with.

You are doing the same circular logic- TJ has accepted them, therefore they are the top kids.
I can also use the same argument that these are top kids because they were accepted by Academies of Loudoun, while the kids accepted to TJ were not accepted.
Perhaps you are at a school that sends lots of students, but there are not that many people going to TJ from our school, and kids know who are the top students and if certain students are not good students. They are all good students, but it is relative.
I am hearing the same thing from other schools nearby. And then there is the matter of some superstars who were rejected, not even waitlisted, including some from Fairfax.

That's not true the committee that has access to the actual student data selected them. They are able to make an informed determination, unlike some randoparent who just guesses about others and likely doesn't even understand the criteria.

Propose to change the "Science and Technology" in the name to "Storytelling and Theatre", more aligned to the goal.

DP. The Storytelling and Theater that I'm seeing are the poster/posters who are confident that they know who the "top students" are and that only "less-than-top students" were admitted from multiple schools and multiple school districts.

I mean, really?

This is clearly true, given that students selected to TJ were not selected to Academies of Loudoun and vice versa. So by one measure almost all of these students are less than top. At least with TJ, we can say there weren't as many spots available. However, the students selected as the top in their school by TJ, say top 6, were not considered in the top 12 by Loudoun.
From what I've seen, Loudoun did a better job, with a top student outright rejected by TJ, while accepting students who were either waitlist or rejected by Academies of Loudoun, both AOS and AET.

It appears to be happening at multiple schools. I have heard this from parents elsewhere, with some students I know are top students not getting in, while the parents tell me some of the ones who got in were mediocre. This isn't a matter of jealousy, I have heard this from parents whose kids got in. At one school, the parent saying the kid they most would have expected didn't get in. In other cases it is students I am familiar with who have some substantial accomplishments.
A student posted early in this thread his or her experience with being accepted. It appears to be a student in Fairfax, but initially I thought it was someone from our school who I've met, it was very similar situation being described.

Top students rejected, mediocre students admitted, sounds like LoCo is going to stop aiming for TJ.

Good.

I know one top student admitted by both, who opted for Loudoun. Several more who are turning it down who are weaker candidates and probably TJ would be too hard for them. Too bad they can't do a swap system between the admissions.

So which is it? Top students are being rejected in favor of mediocre students or top students are getting in but choosing something else? I’m sensing you TJ reject parents are having trouble keeping your theories straight. For the record, you’d have no way of knowing that my child, who was accepted, is a straight A student with historically great test scores - who doesn’t participate in your child’s robotics competition. Your very small world doesn’t actually mean you have knowledge of “top students.” This is really pathetic. You won’t get off the waitlist by gaslighting other parents.

There are many top students. At one particular school, I know of one top student who was accepted and turned it down, but other top students at that school were not accepted. The one who was accepted I would put in the superstar category. Meanwhile at my kids school the superstar was rejected, several a tier below were waitlisted. Other top students were waitlisted in favor of lower caliber students, but I don't consider these a big deal as they were more borderline candidates to begin with.
I have no candidates on the waitlist, and really it's not per school acceptance, so even getting the weak candidates to turn it down wouldn't benefit the ones who got rejected(and the superstar isn't even on the waitlist).
I have knowledge of the kids from my school who were accepted, and sure I don't know the full profile, but enough to know that A,B,C being accepted while D,E,F,G rejected is a joke.

I also know D, E, F and G personally and can unequivocally state they were far more qualified than A, B or C.

But you don’t know A, B or C at all!!

Ah, but I do.

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The capacity has increased too, which in a way ensures that there is room for error, while top kids would still get in.

If the top kids were getting in while a few weaker ones got thru over some better candidates, it would not be a big deal.
Instead the top kids are mostly not getting in. Not sure how it is at the top feeder schools, but the schools I've seen in Loudoun, Academies of Loudoun is mostly taking the top kids, while TJ is putting them on waitlist or rejecting them.

On the other hand, the top students are mostly getting opportunities for Academies of Loudoun, while the ones accepted to TJ under the current process would have had neither possibility under the old process.

TJ serves mainly fx county.

You keep saying the top kids are going elsewhere, but how can you determine who’s better than the other?

DP. They can't, plain and simple. They know what their kids grades are, and what their kids do with their time, and they assume that the other kids who do the same things (STEM competitions, events, etc) are the "top" kids. But unless they're exceedingly creepy, they have no idea what the other kids do with their time, or what their grades are, and so forth.

It's a bit of circular logic. I make my kid do these activities because they are the activities that TJ admissions should want - therefore my kids and the kids who also do those activities are the top kids, and if TJ admissions is not selecting those kids, then they're not selecting the "top" kids.

Makes you wonder how they expected their kids to get into a place like TJ when that's the level of intellect that the parents are working with.

You are doing the same circular logic- TJ has accepted them, therefore they are the top kids.
I can also use the same argument that these are top kids because they were accepted by Academies of Loudoun, while the kids accepted to TJ were not accepted.
Perhaps you are at a school that sends lots of students, but there are not that many people going to TJ from our school, and kids know who are the top students and if certain students are not good students. They are all good students, but it is relative.
I am hearing the same thing from other schools nearby. And then there is the matter of some superstars who were rejected, not even waitlisted, including some from Fairfax.

That's not true the committee that has access to the actual student data selected them. They are able to make an informed determination, unlike some randoparent who just guesses about others and likely doesn't even understand the criteria.

Propose to change the "Science and Technology" in the name to "Storytelling and Theatre", more aligned to the goal.

DP. The Storytelling and Theater that I'm seeing are the poster/posters who are confident that they know who the "top students" are and that only "less-than-top students" were admitted from multiple schools and multiple school districts.

I mean, really?

This is clearly true, given that students selected to TJ were not selected to Academies of Loudoun and vice versa. So by one measure almost all of these students are less than top. At least with TJ, we can say there weren't as many spots available. However, the students selected as the top in their school by TJ, say top 6, were not considered in the top 12 by Loudoun.
From what I've seen, Loudoun did a better job, with a top student outright rejected by TJ, while accepting students who were either waitlist or rejected by Academies of Loudoun, both AOS and AET.

It appears to be happening at multiple schools. I have heard this from parents elsewhere, with some students I know are top students not getting in, while the parents tell me some of the ones who got in were mediocre. This isn't a matter of jealousy, I have heard this from parents whose kids got in. At one school, the parent saying the kid they most would have expected didn't get in. In other cases it is students I am familiar with who have some substantial accomplishments.
A student posted early in this thread his or her experience with being accepted. It appears to be a student in Fairfax, but initially I thought it was someone from our school who I've met, it was very similar situation being described.

Top students rejected, mediocre students admitted, sounds like LoCo is going to stop aiming for TJ.

Good.

I know one top student admitted by both, who opted for Loudoun. Several more who are turning it down who are weaker candidates and probably TJ would be too hard for them. Too bad they can't do a swap system between the admissions.

So which is it? Top students are being rejected in favor of mediocre students or top students are getting in but choosing something else? I’m sensing you TJ reject parents are having trouble keeping your theories straight. For the record, you’d have no way of knowing that my child, who was accepted, is a straight A student with historically great test scores - who doesn’t participate in your child’s robotics competition. Your very small world doesn’t actually mean you have knowledge of “top students.” This is really pathetic. You won’t get off the waitlist by gaslighting other parents.

There are many top students. At one particular school, I know of one top student who was accepted and turned it down, but other top students at that school were not accepted. The one who was accepted I would put in the superstar category. Meanwhile at my kids school the superstar was rejected, several a tier below were waitlisted. Other top students were waitlisted in favor of lower caliber students, but I don't consider these a big deal as they were more borderline candidates to begin with.
I have no candidates on the waitlist, and really it's not per school acceptance, so even getting the weak candidates to turn it down wouldn't benefit the ones who got rejected(and the superstar isn't even on the waitlist).
I have knowledge of the kids from my school who were accepted, and sure I don't know the full profile, but enough to know that A,B,C being accepted while D,E,F,G rejected is a joke.

I also know D, E, F and G personally and can unequivocally state they were far more qualified than A, B or C.

But you don’t know A, B or C at all!!

Ah, but I do.

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People have some delusional ideas. I'm not going to go into detail as it would reveal the students.

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The capacity has increased too, which in a way ensures that there is room for error, while top kids would still get in.

If the top kids were getting in while a few weaker ones got thru over some better candidates, it would not be a big deal.
Instead the top kids are mostly not getting in. Not sure how it is at the top feeder schools, but the schools I've seen in Loudoun, Academies of Loudoun is mostly taking the top kids, while TJ is putting them on waitlist or rejecting them.

On the other hand, the top students are mostly getting opportunities for Academies of Loudoun, while the ones accepted to TJ under the current process would have had neither possibility under the old process.

TJ serves mainly fx county.

You keep saying the top kids are going elsewhere, but how can you determine who’s better than the other?

DP. They can't, plain and simple. They know what their kids grades are, and what their kids do with their time, and they assume that the other kids who do the same things (STEM competitions, events, etc) are the "top" kids. But unless they're exceedingly creepy, they have no idea what the other kids do with their time, or what their grades are, and so forth.

It's a bit of circular logic. I make my kid do these activities because they are the activities that TJ admissions should want - therefore my kids and the kids who also do those activities are the top kids, and if TJ admissions is not selecting those kids, then they're not selecting the "top" kids.

Makes you wonder how they expected their kids to get into a place like TJ when that's the level of intellect that the parents are working with.

You are doing the same circular logic- TJ has accepted them, therefore they are the top kids.
I can also use the same argument that these are top kids because they were accepted by Academies of Loudoun, while the kids accepted to TJ were not accepted.
Perhaps you are at a school that sends lots of students, but there are not that many people going to TJ from our school, and kids know who are the top students and if certain students are not good students. They are all good students, but it is relative.
I am hearing the same thing from other schools nearby. And then there is the matter of some superstars who were rejected, not even waitlisted, including some from Fairfax.

That's not true the committee that has access to the actual student data selected them. They are able to make an informed determination, unlike some randoparent who just guesses about others and likely doesn't even understand the criteria.

Propose to change the "Science and Technology" in the name to "Storytelling and Theatre", more aligned to the goal.

DP. The Storytelling and Theater that I'm seeing are the poster/posters who are confident that they know who the "top students" are and that only "less-than-top students" were admitted from multiple schools and multiple school districts.

I mean, really?

This is clearly true, given that students selected to TJ were not selected to Academies of Loudoun and vice versa. So by one measure almost all of these students are less than top. At least with TJ, we can say there weren't as many spots available. However, the students selected as the top in their school by TJ, say top 6, were not considered in the top 12 by Loudoun.
From what I've seen, Loudoun did a better job, with a top student outright rejected by TJ, while accepting students who were either waitlist or rejected by Academies of Loudoun, both AOS and AET.

It appears to be happening at multiple schools. I have heard this from parents elsewhere, with some students I know are top students not getting in, while the parents tell me some of the ones who got in were mediocre. This isn't a matter of jealousy, I have heard this from parents whose kids got in. At one school, the parent saying the kid they most would have expected didn't get in. In other cases it is students I am familiar with who have some substantial accomplishments.
A student posted early in this thread his or her experience with being accepted. It appears to be a student in Fairfax, but initially I thought it was someone from our school who I've met, it was very similar situation being described.

Top students rejected, mediocre students admitted, sounds like LoCo is going to stop aiming for TJ.

Good.

I know one top student admitted by both, who opted for Loudoun. Several more who are turning it down who are weaker candidates and probably TJ would be too hard for them. Too bad they can't do a swap system between the admissions.

So which is it? Top students are being rejected in favor of mediocre students or top students are getting in but choosing something else? I’m sensing you TJ reject parents are having trouble keeping your theories straight. For the record, you’d have no way of knowing that my child, who was accepted, is a straight A student with historically great test scores - who doesn’t participate in your child’s robotics competition. Your very small world doesn’t actually mean you have knowledge of “top students.” This is really pathetic. You won’t get off the waitlist by gaslighting other parents.

There are many top students. At one particular school, I know of one top student who was accepted and turned it down, but other top students at that school were not accepted. The one who was accepted I would put in the superstar category. Meanwhile at my kids school the superstar was rejected, several a tier below were waitlisted. Other top students were waitlisted in favor of lower caliber students, but I don't consider these a big deal as they were more borderline candidates to begin with.
I have no candidates on the waitlist, and really it's not per school acceptance, so even getting the weak candidates to turn it down wouldn't benefit the ones who got rejected(and the superstar isn't even on the waitlist).
I have knowledge of the kids from my school who were accepted, and sure I don't know the full profile, but enough to know that A,B,C being accepted while D,E,F,G rejected is a joke.

I also know D, E, F and G personally and can unequivocally state they were far more qualified than A, B or C.

I also have detailed inside info on these students and concur this is god's truth!

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The capacity has increased too, which in a way ensures that there is room for error, while top kids would still get in.

If the top kids were getting in while a few weaker ones got thru over some better candidates, it would not be a big deal.
Instead the top kids are mostly not getting in. Not sure how it is at the top feeder schools, but the schools I've seen in Loudoun, Academies of Loudoun is mostly taking the top kids, while TJ is putting them on waitlist or rejecting them.

On the other hand, the top students are mostly getting opportunities for Academies of Loudoun, while the ones accepted to TJ under the current process would have had neither possibility under the old process.

TJ serves mainly fx county.

You keep saying the top kids are going elsewhere, but how can you determine who’s better than the other?

DP. They can't, plain and simple. They know what their kids grades are, and what their kids do with their time, and they assume that the other kids who do the same things (STEM competitions, events, etc) are the "top" kids. But unless they're exceedingly creepy, they have no idea what the other kids do with their time, or what their grades are, and so forth.

It's a bit of circular logic. I make my kid do these activities because they are the activities that TJ admissions should want - therefore my kids and the kids who also do those activities are the top kids, and if TJ admissions is not selecting those kids, then they're not selecting the "top" kids.

Makes you wonder how they expected their kids to get into a place like TJ when that's the level of intellect that the parents are working with.

You are doing the same circular logic- TJ has accepted them, therefore they are the top kids.
I can also use the same argument that these are top kids because they were accepted by Academies of Loudoun, while the kids accepted to TJ were not accepted.
Perhaps you are at a school that sends lots of students, but there are not that many people going to TJ from our school, and kids know who are the top students and if certain students are not good students. They are all good students, but it is relative.
I am hearing the same thing from other schools nearby. And then there is the matter of some superstars who were rejected, not even waitlisted, including some from Fairfax.

That's not true the committee that has access to the actual student data selected them. They are able to make an informed determination, unlike some randoparent who just guesses about others and likely doesn't even understand the criteria.

Propose to change the "Science and Technology" in the name to "Storytelling and Theatre", more aligned to the goal.

DP. The Storytelling and Theater that I'm seeing are the poster/posters who are confident that they know who the "top students" are and that only "less-than-top students" were admitted from multiple schools and multiple school districts.

I mean, really?

This is clearly true, given that students selected to TJ were not selected to Academies of Loudoun and vice versa. So by one measure almost all of these students are less than top. At least with TJ, we can say there weren't as many spots available. However, the students selected as the top in their school by TJ, say top 6, were not considered in the top 12 by Loudoun.
From what I've seen, Loudoun did a better job, with a top student outright rejected by TJ, while accepting students who were either waitlist or rejected by Academies of Loudoun, both AOS and AET.

It appears to be happening at multiple schools. I have heard this from parents elsewhere, with some students I know are top students not getting in, while the parents tell me some of the ones who got in were mediocre. This isn't a matter of jealousy, I have heard this from parents whose kids got in. At one school, the parent saying the kid they most would have expected didn't get in. In other cases it is students I am familiar with who have some substantial accomplishments.
A student posted early in this thread his or her experience with being accepted. It appears to be a student in Fairfax, but initially I thought it was someone from our school who I've met, it was very similar situation being described.

Top students rejected, mediocre students admitted, sounds like LoCo is going to stop aiming for TJ.

Good.

I know one top student admitted by both, who opted for Loudoun. Several more who are turning it down who are weaker candidates and probably TJ would be too hard for them. Too bad they can't do a swap system between the admissions.

So which is it? Top students are being rejected in favor of mediocre students or top students are getting in but choosing something else? I’m sensing you TJ reject parents are having trouble keeping your theories straight. For the record, you’d have no way of knowing that my child, who was accepted, is a straight A student with historically great test scores - who doesn’t participate in your child’s robotics competition. Your very small world doesn’t actually mean you have knowledge of “top students.” This is really pathetic. You won’t get off the waitlist by gaslighting other parents.

I won't go into specifics, but it is the equivalent that the kids DID participate in my child's robotics competition, and it is clear these kids are not that good.
Obviously they put something in their essay to stand out, but they are clearly lower caliber.

I think you just proved my point but are too dumb to see it. You have a very narrow world view and have no idea what the other robotics kids (or god forbid the non robotics kids) have going on. If your child has inherited your intellectual capacity, I think I see why he or she was rejected.

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Anonymous wrote:Do they give a breakdown of how many girls are admitted each year?

If the essay matters more, then I would expect more girls to be getting in the past few years.

Interestingly enough, the Class of 2026 was the first class admitted that was majority female in the school's history - and it was 55-45!

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The capacity has increased too, which in a way ensures that there is room for error, while top kids would still get in.

If the top kids were getting in while a few weaker ones got thru over some better candidates, it would not be a big deal.
Instead the top kids are mostly not getting in. Not sure how it is at the top feeder schools, but the schools I've seen in Loudoun, Academies of Loudoun is mostly taking the top kids, while TJ is putting them on waitlist or rejecting them.

On the other hand, the top students are mostly getting opportunities for Academies of Loudoun, while the ones accepted to TJ under the current process would have had neither possibility under the old process.

TJ serves mainly fx county.

You keep saying the top kids are going elsewhere, but how can you determine who’s better than the other?

DP. They can't, plain and simple. They know what their kids grades are, and what their kids do with their time, and they assume that the other kids who do the same things (STEM competitions, events, etc) are the "top" kids. But unless they're exceedingly creepy, they have no idea what the other kids do with their time, or what their grades are, and so forth.

It's a bit of circular logic. I make my kid do these activities because they are the activities that TJ admissions should want - therefore my kids and the kids who also do those activities are the top kids, and if TJ admissions is not selecting those kids, then they're not selecting the "top" kids.

Makes you wonder how they expected their kids to get into a place like TJ when that's the level of intellect that the parents are working with.

You are doing the same circular logic- TJ has accepted them, therefore they are the top kids.
I can also use the same argument that these are top kids because they were accepted by Academies of Loudoun, while the kids accepted to TJ were not accepted.
Perhaps you are at a school that sends lots of students, but there are not that many people going to TJ from our school, and kids know who are the top students and if certain students are not good students. They are all good students, but it is relative.
I am hearing the same thing from other schools nearby. And then there is the matter of some superstars who were rejected, not even waitlisted, including some from Fairfax.

That's not true the committee that has access to the actual student data selected them. They are able to make an informed determination, unlike some randoparent who just guesses about others and likely doesn't even understand the criteria.

Propose to change the "Science and Technology" in the name to "Storytelling and Theatre", more aligned to the goal.

DP. The Storytelling and Theater that I'm seeing are the poster/posters who are confident that they know who the "top students" are and that only "less-than-top students" were admitted from multiple schools and multiple school districts.

I mean, really?

This is clearly true, given that students selected to TJ were not selected to Academies of Loudoun and vice versa. So by one measure almost all of these students are less than top. At least with TJ, we can say there weren't as many spots available. However, the students selected as the top in their school by TJ, say top 6, were not considered in the top 12 by Loudoun.
From what I've seen, Loudoun did a better job, with a top student outright rejected by TJ, while accepting students who were either waitlist or rejected by Academies of Loudoun, both AOS and AET.

It appears to be happening at multiple schools. I have heard this from parents elsewhere, with some students I know are top students not getting in, while the parents tell me some of the ones who got in were mediocre. This isn't a matter of jealousy, I have heard this from parents whose kids got in. At one school, the parent saying the kid they most would have expected didn't get in. In other cases it is students I am familiar with who have some substantial accomplishments.
A student posted early in this thread his or her experience with being accepted. It appears to be a student in Fairfax, but initially I thought it was someone from our school who I've met, it was very similar situation being described.

Top students rejected, mediocre students admitted, sounds like LoCo is going to stop aiming for TJ.

Good.

I know one top student admitted by both, who opted for Loudoun. Several more who are turning it down who are weaker candidates and probably TJ would be too hard for them. Too bad they can't do a swap system between the admissions.

So which is it? Top students are being rejected in favor of mediocre students or top students are getting in but choosing something else? I’m sensing you TJ reject parents are having trouble keeping your theories straight. For the record, you’d have no way of knowing that my child, who was accepted, is a straight A student with historically great test scores - who doesn’t participate in your child’s robotics competition. Your very small world doesn’t actually mean you have knowledge of “top students.” This is really pathetic. You won’t get off the waitlist by gaslighting other parents.

There are many top students. At one particular school, I know of one top student who was accepted and turned it down, but other top students at that school were not accepted. The one who was accepted I would put in the superstar category. Meanwhile at my kids school the superstar was rejected, several a tier below were waitlisted. Other top students were waitlisted in favor of lower caliber students, but I don't consider these a big deal as they were more borderline candidates to begin with.
I have no candidates on the waitlist, and really it's not per school acceptance, so even getting the weak candidates to turn it down wouldn't benefit the ones who got rejected(and the superstar isn't even on the waitlist).
I have knowledge of the kids from my school who were accepted, and sure I don't know the full profile, but enough to know that A,B,C being accepted while D,E,F,G rejected is a joke.

I also know D, E, F and G personally and can unequivocally state they were far more qualified than A, B or C.

But you don’t know A, B or C at all!!

Ah, but I do.

stalker

People have some delusional ideas. I'm not going to go into detail as it would reveal the students.

Or worse, it would reveal you, and probably put you behind bars.

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Anonymous wrote:Do they give a breakdown of how many girls are admitted each year?

If the essay matters more, then I would expect more girls to be getting in the past few years.

Interestingly enough, the Class of 2026 was the first class admitted that was majority female in the school's history - and it was 55-45!

This is in fact interesting. But, I wonder if there is a reason behind it especially since a much higher percent of male students apply for TJ, but the opposite is true for those who are admitted. This wasn't the case in the earlier admission process. Could it be that new admission criteria is somehow favoring the female students?

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Anonymous wrote:Do they give a breakdown of how many girls are admitted each year?

If the essay matters more, then I would expect more girls to be getting in the past few years.

Interestingly enough, the Class of 2026 was the first class admitted that was majority female in the school's history - and it was 55-45!

This is in fact interesting. But, I wonder if there is a reason behind it especially since a much higher percent of male students apply for TJ, but the opposite is true for those who are admitted. This wasn't the case in the earlier admission process. Could it be that new admission criteria is somehow favoring the female students?

It's possible that girls are raised to give better answers to the "portrait of a graduate" answers in the essay process. The selection is gender-blind, so who knows.

Additionally, I could easily see a world where girls are more likely to answer prompts like the farmer question on a deeper level than simply choosing which strategy will make more money.

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This is coming from my HS kid, so take it with grain of salt. He was initially very disappointed that he couldn't get into TJ last year when he was considered one of the sure shots among his friends. But, when he learned who actually got in and who didn't he was pretty surprised and his disappointment faded away. Now, he is much more happier in base HS as he loves the school, its proximity and all the conveniences that come with it i.e. sports, after school, friends etc. Since he is taking pretty much all HN/AP courses with a long list of courses to choose from, he is surrounded by highly competitive kids that keep him challenged. In fact, he is quite humbled by how smart some of his friends are and he now says if they didn't make it to TJ and happy at base HS, there is no reason for him to be unhappy. He is still friends with kids who are going to TJ and apparently they tell that so many kids in TJ are just dumb (he showed me texts when I didn't believe) and its definitely not worth the commute and effort. In my opinion, if the base school is well rated (Langley, McLean, Oakton, Chantilly etc), your kid isn't really missing much by not going to TJ. Again, I understand my kid may be biased, so you don't need to take this at a face value!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is coming from my HS kid, so take it with grain of salt. He was initially very disappointed that he couldn't get into TJ last year when he was considered one of the sure shots among his friends. But, when he learned who actually got in and who didn't he was pretty surprised and his disappointment faded away. Now, he is much more happier in base HS as he loves the school, its proximity and all the conveniences that come with it i.e. sports, after school, friends etc. Since he is taking pretty much all HN/AP courses with a long list of courses to choose from, he is surrounded by highly competitive kids that keep him challenged. In fact, he is quite humbled by how smart some of his friends are and he now says if they didn't make it to TJ and happy at base HS, there is no reason for him to be unhappy. He is still friends with kids who are going to TJ and apparently they tell that so many kids in TJ are just dumb (he showed me texts when I didn't believe) and its definitely not worth the commute and effort. In my opinion, if the base school is well rated (Langley, McLean, Oakton, Chantilly etc), your kid isn't really missing much by not going to TJ. Again, I understand my kid may be biased, so you don't need to take this at a face value!

Two things:

1) Always remember, folks - posts like this may be legit, but at this time in the cycle it's just as likely that they're troll posts that are designed to create waitlist movement.

2) If you are legit, and you and your kid are making judgments about 15 year olds based on the content of text messages, it's probably for the best that neither of you are at TJ.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is coming from my HS kid, so take it with grain of salt. He was initially very disappointed that he couldn't get into TJ last year when he was considered one of the sure shots among his friends. But, when he learned who actually got in and who didn't he was pretty surprised and his disappointment faded away. Now, he is much more happier in base HS as he loves the school, its proximity and all the conveniences that come with it i.e. sports, after school, friends etc. Since he is taking pretty much all HN/AP courses with a long list of courses to choose from, he is surrounded by highly competitive kids that keep him challenged. In fact, he is quite humbled by how smart some of his friends are and he now says if they didn't make it to TJ and happy at base HS, there is no reason for him to be unhappy. He is still friends with kids who are going to TJ and apparently they tell that so many kids in TJ are just dumb (he showed me texts when I didn't believe) and its definitely not worth the commute and effort. In my opinion, if the base school is well rated (Langley, McLean, Oakton, Chantilly etc), your kid isn't really missing much by not going to TJ. Again, I understand my kid may be biased, so you don't need to take this at a face value!

Two things:

1) Always remember, folks - posts like this may be legit, but at this time in the cycle it's just as likely that they're troll posts that are designed to create waitlist movement.

2) If you are legit, and you and your kid are making judgments about 15 year olds based on the content of text messages, it's probably for the best that neither of you are at TJ.

PP here - well, didn't I say you need to take it with grain of salt and if its perfectly fine you don't believe any of it. This is anonymous forum, so you can call it a troll or even go to the extent to even say that "its probably the beset that neither of you are at TJ". If it actually makes you happy, thats great! Thank you for that and we are actually long past that! . If your kid makes it to TJ and happy about it, I am happy for you! All I am trying to say is, if your kid doesn't, there is no need to feel disappointed as base HS isn't as bad as you might think especially if your kid chooses the HN/AP curriculum and there are plenty of STEM activities available. What you say here doesn't really affect me or my kid as we are long past that and perfectly happy where we are.

I am not going to take back what I said. I know a few of my kids friends at MS who are currently at TJ (I volunteered at MS quite a bit - I still volunteer at HS) and run into a few who live in my neighborhood or at birthday parties etc. While no one actually said TJ is dumb to my face, they did say its not the same anymore, but I just assumed they feel that way because their friends group was split up. However, my kid insists that TJ kids shouldn't be considered smart anymore and only about a quarter of kids from his MS actually deserved to get in and rest is just luck/lottery etc.

The new admission process basically flattens out the students as pretty much every kid (especially at center schools) meets the base criteria of 3.5 unweighted GPA along with couple of HN courses. There is no teacher input, credit for electives or after school activities etc. Then rest is up to who can write essays well enough to stand out. I wouldn't necessarily call it a lottery, but essay grading is pretty subjective.

[Anonymous]

If your kid didn’t get in, you just need to get over it and move on. Life goes on and everything happens for the best.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is coming from my HS kid, so take it with grain of salt. He was initially very disappointed that he couldn't get into TJ last year when he was considered one of the sure shots among his friends. But, when he learned who actually got in and who didn't he was pretty surprised and his disappointment faded away. Now, he is much more happier in base HS as he loves the school, its proximity and all the conveniences that come with it i.e. sports, after school, friends etc. Since he is taking pretty much all HN/AP courses with a long list of courses to choose from, he is surrounded by highly competitive kids that keep him challenged. In fact, he is quite humbled by how smart some of his friends are and he now says if they didn't make it to TJ and happy at base HS, there is no reason for him to be unhappy. He is still friends with kids who are going to TJ and apparently they tell that so many kids in TJ are just dumb (he showed me texts when I didn't believe) and its definitely not worth the commute and effort. In my opinion, if the base school is well rated (Langley, McLean, Oakton, Chantilly etc), your kid isn't really missing much by not going to TJ. Again, I understand my kid may be biased, so you don't need to take this at a face value!

Two things:

1) Always remember, folks - posts like this may be legit, but at this time in the cycle it's just as likely that they're troll posts that are designed to create waitlist movement.

2) If you are legit, and you and your kid are making judgments about 15 year olds based on the content of text messages, it's probably for the best that neither of you are at TJ.

PP here - well, didn't I say you need to take it with grain of salt and if its perfectly fine you don't believe any of it. This is anonymous forum, so you can call it a troll or even go to the extent to even say that "its probably the beset that neither of you are at TJ". If it actually makes you happy, thats great! Thank you for that and we are actually long past that! . If your kid makes it to TJ and happy about it, I am happy for you! All I am trying to say is, if your kid doesn't, there is no need to feel disappointed as base HS isn't as bad as you might think especially if your kid chooses the HN/AP curriculum and there are plenty of STEM activities available. What you say here doesn't really affect me or my kid as we are long past that and perfectly happy where we are.

I am not going to take back what I said. I know a few of my kids friends at MS who are currently at TJ (I volunteered at MS quite a bit - I still volunteer at HS) and run into a few who live in my neighborhood or at birthday parties etc. While no one actually said TJ is dumb to my face, they did say its not the same anymore, but I just assumed they feel that way because their friends group was split up. However, my kid insists that TJ kids shouldn't be considered smart anymore and only about a quarter of kids from his MS actually deserved to get in and rest is just luck/lottery etc.

The new admission process basically flattens out the students as pretty much every kid (especially at center schools) meets the base criteria of 3.5 unweighted GPA along with couple of HN courses. There is no teacher input, credit for electives or after school activities etc. Then rest is up to who can write essays well enough to stand out. I wouldn't necessarily call it a lottery, but essay grading is pretty subjective.

You can't really believe what kids say, but I would like to add that there are couple of my kids friends, amazingly smart, taking precal and cal BC in the 9th grade in base HS, scored 1550+ in SAT in their 'fun' first attempt. My kid is nowhere close to their level and if TJ kids are supposed to be smarter than these two, there is no way in the hell my kid belongs in TJ. If anyone belongs to TJ, its them and in an alternate world, they would be in TJ.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is coming from my HS kid, so take it with grain of salt. He was initially very disappointed that he couldn't get into TJ last year when he was considered one of the sure shots among his friends. But, when he learned who actually got in and who didn't he was pretty surprised and his disappointment faded away. Now, he is much more happier in base HS as he loves the school, its proximity and all the conveniences that come with it i.e. sports, after school, friends etc. Since he is taking pretty much all HN/AP courses with a long list of courses to choose from, he is surrounded by highly competitive kids that keep him challenged. In fact, he is quite humbled by how smart some of his friends are and he now says if they didn't make it to TJ and happy at base HS, there is no reason for him to be unhappy. He is still friends with kids who are going to TJ and apparently they tell that so many kids in TJ are just dumb (he showed me texts when I didn't believe) and its definitely not worth the commute and effort. In my opinion, if the base school is well rated (Langley, McLean, Oakton, Chantilly etc), your kid isn't really missing much by not going to TJ. Again, I understand my kid may be biased, so you don't need to take this at a face value!

This is exactly what people who couldn't make the cut like to tell themselves.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is coming from my HS kid, so take it with grain of salt. He was initially very disappointed that he couldn't get into TJ last year when he was considered one of the sure shots among his friends. But, when he learned who actually got in and who didn't he was pretty surprised and his disappointment faded away. Now, he is much more happier in base HS as he loves the school, its proximity and all the conveniences that come with it i.e. sports, after school, friends etc. Since he is taking pretty much all HN/AP courses with a long list of courses to choose from, he is surrounded by highly competitive kids that keep him challenged. In fact, he is quite humbled by how smart some of his friends are and he now says if they didn't make it to TJ and happy at base HS, there is no reason for him to be unhappy. He is still friends with kids who are going to TJ and apparently they tell that so many kids in TJ are just dumb (he showed me texts when I didn't believe) and its definitely not worth the commute and effort. In my opinion, if the base school is well rated (Langley, McLean, Oakton, Chantilly etc), your kid isn't really missing much by not going to TJ. Again, I understand my kid may be biased, so you don't need to take this at a face value!

Two things:

1) Always remember, folks - posts like this may be legit, but at this time in the cycle it's just as likely that they're troll posts that are designed to create waitlist movement.

2) If you are legit, and you and your kid are making judgments about 15 year olds based on the content of text messages, it's probably for the best that neither of you are at TJ.

PP here - well, didn't I say you need to take it with grain of salt and if its perfectly fine you don't believe any of it. This is anonymous forum, so you can call it a troll or even go to the extent to even say that "its probably the beset that neither of you are at TJ". If it actually makes you happy, thats great! Thank you for that and we are actually long past that! . If your kid makes it to TJ and happy about it, I am happy for you! All I am trying to say is, if your kid doesn't, there is no need to feel disappointed as base HS isn't as bad as you might think especially if your kid chooses the HN/AP curriculum and there are plenty of STEM activities available. What you say here doesn't really affect me or my kid as we are long past that and perfectly happy where we are.

I am not going to take back what I said. I know a few of my kids friends at MS who are currently at TJ (I volunteered at MS quite a bit - I still volunteer at HS) and run into a few who live in my neighborhood or at birthday parties etc. While no one actually said TJ is dumb to my face, they did say its not the same anymore, but I just assumed they feel that way because their friends group was split up. However, my kid insists that TJ kids shouldn't be considered smart anymore and only about a quarter of kids from his MS actually deserved to get in and rest is just luck/lottery etc.

The new admission process basically flattens out the students as pretty much every kid (especially at center schools) meets the base criteria of 3.5 unweighted GPA along with couple of HN courses. There is no teacher input, credit for electives or after school activities etc. Then rest is up to who can write essays well enough to stand out. I wouldn't necessarily call it a lottery, but essay grading is pretty subjective.

You can't really believe what kids say, but I would like to add that there are couple of my kids friends, amazingly smart, taking precal and cal BC in the 9th grade in base HS, scored 1550+ in SAT in their 'fun' first attempt. My kid is nowhere close to their level and if TJ kids are supposed to be smarter than these two, there is no way in the hell my kid belongs in TJ. If anyone belongs to TJ, its them and in an alternate world, they would be in TJ.

The kids that got into TJ at our school are on a whole different plane. They are lightyears beyond the kids at our home school but that's why they got in and others didn't.