TJ's Maligned Class of 2025 Produces MORE Regeneron Top 300s and ANOTHER Finalist

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Anonymous wrote:Class of 2025 is the first to graduated under the new admissions policy.

I expect a mixed outcome, worse than class of 2024.

Around 50% of the class will get into schools like that of class of 2024.

But the bottom half of the class is going to be screwed due to bad grades, less academic rigor

I expect the best outcomes in a decade.

I think the most likely outcome is actually a spreading out of the destinations. You'll see significantly more top 20 matriculations but you'll also see a lot more of the George Masons, JMUs, and VCUs because of costs to the family (and a little bit because of expansion of exceptional programs at GMU and VCU).

You'll see more matriculations to solid state schools and non-traditional TJ destinations who can gobble up some of these kiddos with major scholarship offers. The raw numbers of accepted scholarship dollars will skyrocket with this class - no doubt.

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Anonymous wrote:Class of 2025 is the first to graduated under the new admissions policy.

I expect a mixed outcome, worse than class of 2024.

Around 50% of the class will get into schools like that of class of 2024.

But the bottom half of the class is going to be screwed due to bad grades, less academic rigor

I expect the best outcomes in a decade.

I think the most likely outcome is actually a spreading out of the destinations. You'll see significantly more top 20 matriculations but you'll also see a lot more of the George Masons, JMUs, and VCUs because of costs to the family (and a little bit because of expansion of exceptional programs at GMU and VCU).

You'll see more matriculations to solid state schools and non-traditional TJ destinations who can gobble up some of these kiddos with major scholarship offers. The raw numbers of accepted scholarship dollars will skyrocket with this class - no doubt.

Hit send too soon. What will probably hollow out is the matriculations to mid-tier expensive schools and SLACs. I think you'll also see fewer UVAs and Techs than in recent years because those kids will take scholarship money to go to a slightly lower ranked but still strong school as a value proposition.

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Eight Top 300 finalists this year as opposed to seven last year. But I thought that the new admissions process was leaving top talent behind?

No other FCPS school produced a top 300 finalist this year...

TJ will soon be back at #1.

No. There were more SOL failures in 2022-23 than the year prior, so the next ranking may well be lower.

Jeez, now we're maligning the class of 2025?

I mean the class of 2026.

Honestly I think the student body is improving. I don't know if they are easing off the "experience factors" or if students are self selecting themselves into the applicant pool better this year.

Improving? SOLs are worse, Ranking fell from 1st to 14th

False. TJ was #5 before moving to #14.

Of course, #1 to #5, and now #14, the downward trend is clear. This year is expected to be even worse, which is why FCPS is taking proactive steps by announcing admin level changes.

#5 was using data from before the admissions change.

No trend.

People are also fond of forgetting that TJ’s USNWR ranking was frequently in the teens under Dr. Glazer and returned to #1 for several consecutive years under Dr. Bonitatibus.

But that’s inconvenient to the narrative so 💤

Not exactly but she did bring the rankings up to 1 for a couple of years.

2015 #3
2016 #5
2017 #6
2018 #6
2019 #10
2020 #4
2021 #1
2022 #1
2023 #5
2024 #14

Glazer took over as principal in 2007 and witnessed the lowest rating in the school’s history. #20 in I believe 2012 or 13.

That was after the last time they tried to achieve "diversity" at TJ.

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Eight Top 300 finalists this year as opposed to seven last year. But I thought that the new admissions process was leaving top talent behind?

No other FCPS school produced a top 300 finalist this year...

Potomac School which is a small independent school produced 3 this year. Averages two every year.

It's also one of the best private school in northern virginia.

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Eight Top 300 finalists this year as opposed to seven last year. But I thought that the new admissions process was leaving top talent behind?

No other FCPS school produced a top 300 finalist this year...

Potomac School which is a small independent school produced 3 this year. Averages two every year.

It's also one of the best private school in northern virginia.

So?

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Eight Top 300 finalists this year as opposed to seven last year. But I thought that the new admissions process was leaving top talent behind?

No other FCPS school produced a top 300 finalist this year...

Potomac School which is a small independent school produced 3 this year. Averages two every year.

It's also one of the best private school in northern virginia.

So?

So it's probably got as many if not more than almost all other private schools in virginia

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Eight Top 300 finalists this year as opposed to seven last year. But I thought that the new admissions process was leaving top talent behind?

No other FCPS school produced a top 300 finalist this year...

TJ will soon be back at #1.

No. There were more SOL failures in 2022-23 than the year prior, so the next ranking may well be lower.

Jeez, now we're maligning the class of 2025?

I mean the class of 2026.

Honestly I think the student body is improving. I don't know if they are easing off the "experience factors" or if students are self selecting themselves into the applicant pool better this year.

Improving? SOLs are worse, Ranking fell from 1st to 14th

False. TJ was #5 before moving to #14.

Of course, #1 to #5, and now #14, the downward trend is clear. This year is expected to be even worse, which is why FCPS is taking proactive steps by announcing admin level changes.

#5 was using data from before the admissions change.

No trend.

People are also fond of forgetting that TJ’s USNWR ranking was frequently in the teens under Dr. Glazer and returned to #1 for several consecutive years under Dr. Bonitatibus.

But that’s inconvenient to the narrative so 💤

Not exactly but she did bring the rankings up to 1 for a couple of years.

2015 #3
2016 #5
2017 #6
2018 #6
2019 #10
2020 #4
2021 #1
2022 #1
2023 #5
2024 #14

Glazer took over as principal in 2007 and witnessed the lowest rating in the school’s history. #20 in I believe 2012 or 13.

That was after the last time they tried to achieve "diversity" at TJ.

Yes. In TJ’s history, there have been three attempts to implement race-based admissions. Each time, rankings dropped, and students resisted being used as test subjects for political agendas. Why should students with the lowest math readiness spend five to six hours after school struggling, only to end up with Cs and Ds? Enduring four years of hardship just to fulfill a diversity quota is unsustainable.

This is not good for the county, the state or the country.

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Eight Top 300 finalists this year as opposed to seven last year. But I thought that the new admissions process was leaving top talent behind?

No other FCPS school produced a top 300 finalist this year...

TJ will soon be back at #1.

No. There were more SOL failures in 2022-23 than the year prior, so the next ranking may well be lower.

Jeez, now we're maligning the class of 2025?

I mean the class of 2026.

Honestly I think the student body is improving. I don't know if they are easing off the "experience factors" or if students are self selecting themselves into the applicant pool better this year.

Improving? SOLs are worse, Ranking fell from 1st to 14th

False. TJ was #5 before moving to #14.

Of course, #1 to #5, and now #14, the downward trend is clear. This year is expected to be even worse, which is why FCPS is taking proactive steps by announcing admin level changes.

#5 was using data from before the admissions change.

No trend.

People are also fond of forgetting that TJ’s USNWR ranking was frequently in the teens under Dr. Glazer and returned to #1 for several consecutive years under Dr. Bonitatibus.

But that’s inconvenient to the narrative so 💤

Not exactly but she did bring the rankings up to 1 for a couple of years.

2015 #3
2016 #5
2017 #6
2018 #6
2019 #10
2020 #4
2021 #1
2022 #1
2023 #5
2024 #14

Glazer took over as principal in 2007 and witnessed the lowest rating in the school’s history. #20 in I believe 2012 or 13.

That was after the last time they tried to achieve "diversity" at TJ.

Yes. In TJ’s history, there have been three attempts to implement race-based admissions. Each time, rankings dropped, and students resisted being used as test subjects for political agendas. Why should students with the lowest math readiness spend five to six hours after school struggling, only to end up with Cs and Ds? Enduring four years of hardship just to fulfill a diversity quota is unsustainable.

Literal nonsense. Every word of this is fabricated.

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Eight Top 300 finalists this year as opposed to seven last year. But I thought that the new admissions process was leaving top talent behind?

No other FCPS school produced a top 300 finalist this year...

TJ will soon be back at #1.

No. There were more SOL failures in 2022-23 than the year prior, so the next ranking may well be lower.

Jeez, now we're maligning the class of 2025?

I mean the class of 2026.

Honestly I think the student body is improving. I don't know if they are easing off the "experience factors" or if students are self selecting themselves into the applicant pool better this year.

Improving? SOLs are worse, Ranking fell from 1st to 14th

False. TJ was #5 before moving to #14.

Of course, #1 to #5, and now #14, the downward trend is clear. This year is expected to be even worse, which is why FCPS is taking proactive steps by announcing admin level changes.

#5 was using data from before the admissions change.

No trend.

People are also fond of forgetting that TJ’s USNWR ranking was frequently in the teens under Dr. Glazer and returned to #1 for several consecutive years under Dr. Bonitatibus.

But that’s inconvenient to the narrative so 💤

Not exactly but she did bring the rankings up to 1 for a couple of years.

2015 #3
2016 #5
2017 #6
2018 #6
2019 #10
2020 #4
2021 #1
2022 #1
2023 #5
2024 #14

Glazer took over as principal in 2007 and witnessed the lowest rating in the school’s history. #20 in I believe 2012 or 13.

That was after the last time they tried to achieve "diversity" at TJ.

Yes. In TJ’s history, there have been three attempts to implement race-based admissions. Each time, rankings dropped, and students resisted being used as test subjects for political agendas. Why should students with the lowest math readiness spend five to six hours after school struggling, only to end up with Cs and Ds? Enduring four years of hardship just to fulfill a diversity quota is unsustainable.

Literal nonsense. Every word of this is fabricated.

I know of 2 attempts, I didn't know about the third. They have always gone back to merit after the quality of graduates degraded but we'll have to see if sanity will prevail in times like these. Sanity seems to be experiencing a headwind.

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Eight Top 300 finalists this year as opposed to seven last year. But I thought that the new admissions process was leaving top talent behind?

No other FCPS school produced a top 300 finalist this year...

TJ will soon be back at #1.

No. There were more SOL failures in 2022-23 than the year prior, so the next ranking may well be lower.

Jeez, now we're maligning the class of 2025?

I mean the class of 2026.

Honestly I think the student body is improving. I don't know if they are easing off the "experience factors" or if students are self selecting themselves into the applicant pool better this year.

Improving? SOLs are worse, Ranking fell from 1st to 14th

False. TJ was #5 before moving to #14.

Of course, #1 to #5, and now #14, the downward trend is clear. This year is expected to be even worse, which is why FCPS is taking proactive steps by announcing admin level changes.

#5 was using data from before the admissions change.

No trend.

People are also fond of forgetting that TJ’s USNWR ranking was frequently in the teens under Dr. Glazer and returned to #1 for several consecutive years under Dr. Bonitatibus.

But that’s inconvenient to the narrative so 💤

Not exactly but she did bring the rankings up to 1 for a couple of years.

2015 #3
2016 #5
2017 #6
2018 #6
2019 #10
2020 #4
2021 #1
2022 #1
2023 #5
2024 #14

Glazer took over as principal in 2007 and witnessed the lowest rating in the school’s history. #20 in I believe 2012 or 13.

That was after the last time they tried to achieve "diversity" at TJ.

Yes. In TJ’s history, there have been three attempts to implement race-based admissions. Each time, rankings dropped, and students resisted being used as test subjects for political agendas. Why should students with the lowest math readiness spend five to six hours after school struggling, only to end up with Cs and Ds? Enduring four years of hardship just to fulfill a diversity quota is unsustainable.

Literal nonsense. Every word of this is fabricated.

I know of 2 attempts, I didn't know about the third. They have always gone back to merit after the quality of graduates degraded but we'll have to see if sanity will prevail in times like these. Sanity seems to be experiencing a headwind.

What is the other successful attempt at improving equity at TJ that you claim to “know of”?

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Eight Top 300 finalists this year as opposed to seven last year. But I thought that the new admissions process was leaving top talent behind?

No other FCPS school produced a top 300 finalist this year...

TJ will soon be back at #1.

No. There were more SOL failures in 2022-23 than the year prior, so the next ranking may well be lower.

Jeez, now we're maligning the class of 2025?

I mean the class of 2026.

Honestly I think the student body is improving. I don't know if they are easing off the "experience factors" or if students are self selecting themselves into the applicant pool better this year.

Improving? SOLs are worse, Ranking fell from 1st to 14th

False. TJ was #5 before moving to #14.

Of course, #1 to #5, and now #14, the downward trend is clear. This year is expected to be even worse, which is why FCPS is taking proactive steps by announcing admin level changes.

#5 was using data from before the admissions change.

No trend.

People are also fond of forgetting that TJ’s USNWR ranking was frequently in the teens under Dr. Glazer and returned to #1 for several consecutive years under Dr. Bonitatibus.

But that’s inconvenient to the narrative so 💤

Not exactly but she did bring the rankings up to 1 for a couple of years.

2015 #3
2016 #5
2017 #6
2018 #6
2019 #10
2020 #4
2021 #1
2022 #1
2023 #5
2024 #14

Glazer took over as principal in 2007 and witnessed the lowest rating in the school’s history. #20 in I believe 2012 or 13.

That was after the last time they tried to achieve "diversity" at TJ.

Yes. In TJ’s history, there have been three attempts to implement race-based admissions. Each time, rankings dropped, and students resisted being used as test subjects for political agendas. Why should students with the lowest math readiness spend five to six hours after school struggling, only to end up with Cs and Ds? Enduring four years of hardship just to fulfill a diversity quota is unsustainable.

Literal nonsense. Every word of this is fabricated.

I know of 2 attempts, I didn't know about the third. They have always gone back to merit after the quality of graduates degraded but we'll have to see if sanity will prevail in times like these. Sanity seems to be experiencing a headwind.

What is the other successful attempt at improving equity at TJ that you claim to “know of”?

It was an unsuccessful attempt. They made the admissions process much more holistic around 2010 and they ended up with a class that was whiter, richer and dumber.

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Eight Top 300 finalists this year as opposed to seven last year. But I thought that the new admissions process was leaving top talent behind?

No other FCPS school produced a top 300 finalist this year...

TJ will soon be back at #1.

No. There were more SOL failures in 2022-23 than the year prior, so the next ranking may well be lower.

Jeez, now we're maligning the class of 2025?

I mean the class of 2026.

Honestly I think the student body is improving. I don't know if they are easing off the "experience factors" or if students are self selecting themselves into the applicant pool better this year.

Improving? SOLs are worse, Ranking fell from 1st to 14th

False. TJ was #5 before moving to #14.

Of course, #1 to #5, and now #14, the downward trend is clear. This year is expected to be even worse, which is why FCPS is taking proactive steps by announcing admin level changes.

#5 was using data from before the admissions change.

No trend.

People are also fond of forgetting that TJ’s USNWR ranking was frequently in the teens under Dr. Glazer and returned to #1 for several consecutive years under Dr. Bonitatibus.

But that’s inconvenient to the narrative so 💤

Not exactly but she did bring the rankings up to 1 for a couple of years.

2015 #3
2016 #5
2017 #6
2018 #6
2019 #10
2020 #4
2021 #1
2022 #1
2023 #5
2024 #14

Glazer took over as principal in 2007 and witnessed the lowest rating in the school’s history. #20 in I believe 2012 or 13.

That was after the last time they tried to achieve "diversity" at TJ.

Yes. In TJ’s history, there have been three attempts to implement race-based admissions. Each time, rankings dropped, and students resisted being used as test subjects for political agendas. Why should students with the lowest math readiness spend five to six hours after school struggling, only to end up with Cs and Ds? Enduring four years of hardship just to fulfill a diversity quota is unsustainable.

Literal nonsense. Every word of this is fabricated.

I know of 2 attempts, I didn't know about the third. They have always gone back to merit after the quality of graduates degraded but we'll have to see if sanity will prevail in times like these. Sanity seems to be experiencing a headwind.

What is the other successful attempt at improving equity at TJ that you claim to “know of”?

It was an unsuccessful attempt. They made the admissions process much more holistic around 2010 and they ended up with a class that was whiter, richer and dumber.

So you have been watching this at least since 15 years ago, so you are not a present TJ parents... wondering what is your business to be so vocal here.

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Eight Top 300 finalists this year as opposed to seven last year. But I thought that the new admissions process was leaving top talent behind?

No other FCPS school produced a top 300 finalist this year...

TJ will soon be back at #1.

No. There were more SOL failures in 2022-23 than the year prior, so the next ranking may well be lower.

Jeez, now we're maligning the class of 2025?

I mean the class of 2026.

Honestly I think the student body is improving. I don't know if they are easing off the "experience factors" or if students are self selecting themselves into the applicant pool better this year.

Improving? SOLs are worse, Ranking fell from 1st to 14th

False. TJ was #5 before moving to #14.

Of course, #1 to #5, and now #14, the downward trend is clear. This year is expected to be even worse, which is why FCPS is taking proactive steps by announcing admin level changes.

#5 was using data from before the admissions change.

No trend.

People are also fond of forgetting that TJ’s USNWR ranking was frequently in the teens under Dr. Glazer and returned to #1 for several consecutive years under Dr. Bonitatibus.

But that’s inconvenient to the narrative so 💤

Not exactly but she did bring the rankings up to 1 for a couple of years.

2015 #3
2016 #5
2017 #6
2018 #6
2019 #10
2020 #4
2021 #1
2022 #1
2023 #5
2024 #14

Glazer took over as principal in 2007 and witnessed the lowest rating in the school’s history. #20 in I believe 2012 or 13.

That was after the last time they tried to achieve "diversity" at TJ.

Yes. In TJ’s history, there have been three attempts to implement race-based admissions. Each time, rankings dropped, and students resisted being used as test subjects for political agendas. Why should students with the lowest math readiness spend five to six hours after school struggling, only to end up with Cs and Ds? Enduring four years of hardship just to fulfill a diversity quota is unsustainable.

Literal nonsense. Every word of this is fabricated.

I know of 2 attempts, I didn't know about the third. They have always gone back to merit after the quality of graduates degraded but we'll have to see if sanity will prevail in times like these. Sanity seems to be experiencing a headwind.

What is the other successful attempt at improving equity at TJ that you claim to “know of”?

Loading bottom 100+ seats in a class with the lowest-level Algebra 1 students and having them struggle year after year, even in basic courses, is not equity. It's exploiting students for political purposes. Unsustainable, as proven multiple times in the past.

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Eight Top 300 finalists this year as opposed to seven last year. But I thought that the new admissions process was leaving top talent behind?

No other FCPS school produced a top 300 finalist this year...

TJ will soon be back at #1.

No. There were more SOL failures in 2022-23 than the year prior, so the next ranking may well be lower.

Jeez, now we're maligning the class of 2025?

I mean the class of 2026.

Honestly I think the student body is improving. I don't know if they are easing off the "experience factors" or if students are self selecting themselves into the applicant pool better this year.

Improving? SOLs are worse, Ranking fell from 1st to 14th

False. TJ was #5 before moving to #14.

Of course, #1 to #5, and now #14, the downward trend is clear. This year is expected to be even worse, which is why FCPS is taking proactive steps by announcing admin level changes.

#5 was using data from before the admissions change.

No trend.

People are also fond of forgetting that TJ’s USNWR ranking was frequently in the teens under Dr. Glazer and returned to #1 for several consecutive years under Dr. Bonitatibus.

But that’s inconvenient to the narrative so 💤

Not exactly but she did bring the rankings up to 1 for a couple of years.

2015 #3
2016 #5
2017 #6
2018 #6
2019 #10
2020 #4
2021 #1
2022 #1
2023 #5
2024 #14

Glazer took over as principal in 2007 and witnessed the lowest rating in the school’s history. #20 in I believe 2012 or 13.

That was after the last time they tried to achieve "diversity" at TJ.

Yes. In TJ’s history, there have been three attempts to implement race-based admissions. Each time, rankings dropped, and students resisted being used as test subjects for political agendas. Why should students with the lowest math readiness spend five to six hours after school struggling, only to end up with Cs and Ds? Enduring four years of hardship just to fulfill a diversity quota is unsustainable.

Literal nonsense. Every word of this is fabricated.

I know of 2 attempts, I didn't know about the third. They have always gone back to merit after the quality of graduates degraded but we'll have to see if sanity will prevail in times like these. Sanity seems to be experiencing a headwind.

What is the other successful attempt at improving equity at TJ that you claim to “know of”?

It was an unsuccessful attempt. They made the admissions process much more holistic around 2010 and they ended up with a class that was whiter, richer and dumber.

Cite your stats both with respect to demographics and academic results, please. This doesn’t track at all.

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Eight Top 300 finalists this year as opposed to seven last year. But I thought that the new admissions process was leaving top talent behind?

No other FCPS school produced a top 300 finalist this year...

TJ will soon be back at #1.

No. There were more SOL failures in 2022-23 than the year prior, so the next ranking may well be lower.

Jeez, now we're maligning the class of 2025?

I mean the class of 2026.

Honestly I think the student body is improving. I don't know if they are easing off the "experience factors" or if students are self selecting themselves into the applicant pool better this year.

Improving? SOLs are worse, Ranking fell from 1st to 14th

False. TJ was #5 before moving to #14.

Of course, #1 to #5, and now #14, the downward trend is clear. This year is expected to be even worse, which is why FCPS is taking proactive steps by announcing admin level changes.

#5 was using data from before the admissions change.

No trend.

People are also fond of forgetting that TJ’s USNWR ranking was frequently in the teens under Dr. Glazer and returned to #1 for several consecutive years under Dr. Bonitatibus.

But that’s inconvenient to the narrative so 💤

Not exactly but she did bring the rankings up to 1 for a couple of years.

2015 #3
2016 #5
2017 #6
2018 #6
2019 #10
2020 #4
2021 #1
2022 #1
2023 #5
2024 #14

Glazer took over as principal in 2007 and witnessed the lowest rating in the school’s history. #20 in I believe 2012 or 13.

That was after the last time they tried to achieve "diversity" at TJ.

Yes. In TJ’s history, there have been three attempts to implement race-based admissions. Each time, rankings dropped, and students resisted being used as test subjects for political agendas. Why should students with the lowest math readiness spend five to six hours after school struggling, only to end up with Cs and Ds? Enduring four years of hardship just to fulfill a diversity quota is unsustainable.

Literal nonsense. Every word of this is fabricated.

I know of 2 attempts, I didn't know about the third. They have always gone back to merit after the quality of graduates degraded but we'll have to see if sanity will prevail in times like these. Sanity seems to be experiencing a headwind.

What is the other successful attempt at improving equity at TJ that you claim to “know of”?

Loading bottom 100+ seats in a class with the lowest-level Algebra 1 students and having them struggle year after year, even in basic courses, is not equity. It's exploiting students for political purposes. Unsustainable, as proven multiple times in the past.

It’s so funny… literally the only people who think that TJ is somehow on the decline are the folks who just can’t get past losing out on the admissions process.

It’s not a thing that any reputable outlet is actually reporting on at all. It’s just an increasingly detached group of anonymous keyboard warriors parroting the nonsense that Asra Nomani pukes up in a pathetic attempt to remain relevant.