TJ sophomore admissions

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Has anyone heard yet re sophomore/junior admissions?

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It looks like TJ office of admissions decided to extend the application deadline for sophomores until May 21st. It was originally in April.

Does anyone know why? So weird.

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Anonymous wrote:Has anyone heard yet re sophomore/junior admissions?

Emails for sophomores were sent on the 23rd. Their website says the 30th but it is wrong, I am a sophomore applicant.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm taking the SAT on March 13 for this. They made it optional, but I think you probably have to have a good score to stand out.

There is a PSAT 10 planned for April. I wonder if that would be acceptable?

Maybe at your kid's school but here at Oakton 9th graders don't take the PSAT. If your kid goes to a school where they take the PSAT 10, that will most certainly work. Just remember that your kid has to get in the 90th percentile in the PSAT 10, or else there isn't any point in even submitting the score, as tj says you need 90th percentile for it to be a 'plus' for your application.

I have to take the SAT and get at least a 1340 (90th percentile score). I took my first practice test last week and got a 1270. I need to raise that score by 70

I wish luck to your kid, tell me how it goes. Also, remember you need an unofficial transcript of past High School taken in ms or summer, as well as 1st semester 9th grade classes. Just email the transcript handler at your school and ask for an 'Unofficial Transcript.' That's what I did with mine, and she sent it right away. Good luck!

Our DC1 is not interested in TJ so we will be passing on this. DC1 is current senior and loves it. Looks like you are passionate about TJ. Hope you get in! Good luck!

Thanks! I've worked really hard to get in sophomore year. I took geometry honors over the summer and am taking econ right now.

Update: I got a 1390! That should be satisfactory for Sophomore Admissions. Thanks for the support

Nice!! Did you end up getting in. I did not unfortunately.

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Anonymous wrote:Has anyone heard yet re sophomore/junior admissions?

Emails for sophomores were sent on the 23rd. Their website says the 30th but it is wrong, I am a sophomore applicant.

Ya, I did not get in. What about you?

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Anonymous wrote:Has anyone heard yet re sophomore/junior admissions?

I am a sophomore applicant and I did not get in. What about you? Additionally, I heard that the number of applicants that were admitted was in the single digits...

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Anonymous wrote:I finished my TJ Sophomore Application without a PSAT/SAT score because I did not take one. I think my essays were written well enough. Hopefully I can make it!!!

Please keep us posted. Fingers crossed for you.

Thank you so much!!

I really hope I can make it

Did you make it? I, unfortunately, did not but I hope you did!

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Anonymous wrote: It looks like TJ office of admissions decided to extend the application deadline for sophomores until May 21st. It was originally in April.

Does anyone know why? So weird.

Unlike previous years this year has far more seats open to being filled due to the increase in class size.

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Anonymous wrote:Has anyone heard yet re sophomore/junior admissions?

I am a sophomore applicant and I did not get in. What about you? Additionally, I heard that the number of applicants that were admitted was in the single digits...

TJHSST’s loss PP and all of the other applicants. I also heard it was less than 10.

It’s baffling that the admissions office and TJ administration decided to not fill the class at least up to 480 if not all the way to 550. It makes me wonder what is really going on at that place. Why leave so many seats unfilled? On one hand they seem to pay lip service to increasing access to TJ. It might be worth submitting an appeal or even contacting the TJ Alumni Action Group to see if they have any advice.

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Anonymous wrote: It looks like TJ office of admissions decided to extend the application deadline for sophomores until May 21st. It was originally in April.

Does anyone know why? So weird.

Unlike previous years this year has far more seats open to being filled due to the increase in class size.

Even under the “old” system, they had 30 open spots.

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Anonymous wrote:Has anyone heard yet re sophomore/junior admissions?

I am a sophomore applicant and I did not get in. What about you? Additionally, I heard that the number of applicants that were admitted was in the single digits...

TJHSST’s loss PP and all of the other applicants. I also heard it was less than 10.

It’s baffling that the admissions office and TJ administration decided to not fill the class at least up to 480 if not all the way to 550. It makes me wonder what is really going on at that place. Why leave so many seats unfilled? On one hand they seem to pay lip service to increasing access to TJ. It might be worth submitting an appeal or even contacting the TJ Alumni Action Group to see if they have any advice.

Yeah, it is honestly quite annoying that we can not even do anything about it. Plus, I feel like it is kind of unfair to us and that they should fill the spots and allow more sophomore students.

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Anonymous wrote: It looks like TJ office of admissions decided to extend the application deadline for sophomores until May 21st. It was originally in April.

Does anyone know why? So weird.

Unlike previous years this year has far more seats open to being filled due to the increase in class size.

Even under the “old” system, they had 30 open spots.

This is not accurate because I know for a fact less than 10 people were admitted. The number was single digits.

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It’s baffling that the admissions office and TJ administration decided to not fill the class at least up to 480 if not all the way to 550. It makes me wonder what is really going on at that place. Why leave so many seats unfilled? On one hand they seem to pay lip service to increasing access to TJ. It might be worth submitting an appeal or even contacting the TJ Alumni Action Group to see if they have any advice.

550 seats is only for the incoming freshman class of 2025.

TJ admissions did not allocate extra seats for Class of 2024 so for sophomore admissions, the number of spots would depend on how many rising sophomores are choosing to go back to their base schools.

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It’s baffling that the admissions office and TJ administration decided to not fill the class at least up to 480 if not all the way to 550. It makes me wonder what is really going on at that place. Why leave so many seats unfilled? On one hand they seem to pay lip service to increasing access to TJ. It might be worth submitting an appeal or even contacting the TJ Alumni Action Group to see if they have any advice.

550 seats is only for the incoming freshman class of 2025.

TJ admissions did not allocate extra seats for Class of 2024 so for sophomore admissions, the number of spots would depend on how many rising sophomores are choosing to go back to their base schools.

They had at least 30 open spots. Under the old rules the class size was capped at 480. The current rising sophomore class has around 450.

TJ is hoarding educational opportunities and only pretending that they care about expanding access. They are trying to only do what is easiest for the adults that tun TJ vs the students that are ready for the classes only offered at TJ.

At this point, I don’t care if my child isn’t accepted. I’m just sick and tired of the armature way that TJ admissions is run. I’m writing to my school board member and cc’ing Brabrand. Everyone who was denied a seat in the sophomore should submit an appeal.

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https://tjhsst.fcps.edu/sites/default/files/media/inline-files/TJ%20Profile%202020-21.pdf

Current Enrollments:
2024 453 students
2023 466 students
2022 454 students
2021 436 students - graduated

Hard to see them taking 30 kids. Especially when there is projected incoming class of 550 - resources will have to be marshaled towards that class.

Ironically, voting for expansion of the freshman class may have negatively impacted the number of sophomore admits.