Official TJ Admissions Decisions Results for the Class of 2025

[Anonymous]

My kid got in from Frost. I don’t agree with the changes to the admissions policy and hope Coalition for TJ is successful in the lawsuits against Braband and the FCPS school board. What is FARMs?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kid got in from Frost. I don’t agree with the changes to the admissions policy and hope Coalition for TJ is successful in the lawsuits against Braband and the FCPS school board. What is FARMs?

Please share gpa, math level etc

[Anonymous]

Daughter waitlisted - from Longfellow

[Anonymous]

all six of them except one have a 4.0 GPA. One kid who was accepted had a B+ in seventh-grade science.

[Anonymous]

Where to find middle school GPA? How to calculate it?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I feel bad for this year’s kids, who worked hard and got screwed over. But, this will self correct quickly. Whether officially or unofficially. I know three families in our Western County neighborhood that rented a 1 Br. Apartment in the Herndon MS district for next year and changed the mom and kids residency on paper. Kids will sleep in their own beds and someone will check the mail a couple of times a week. At least one also plans to self id as “mixed race” (mixture of two different subsets of Indians, which cracks me up). And in another case, the kid’s case even found an MD who gave him a neuropsych diagnosis because his parents wrote a check. The parents requested and got an iEP this spring. The parent figure this will help with standardized testing down the line.

And instead of an Indian kid from Carson who stands no chance, suddenly they have a mixed race kid with an IEP from Herndon.

I’ve even heard speculation from parents with SAHMs about parents officially separating for a few months so the kid can qualify as FARMs.

None of their rising 8th graders have been in the Carson building this year anyway so they don’t care that much about switching schools. And, the parents believe that it’s an easy path to TJ. It looks like they are right. They’ll take turns carpooling and do a lot of supplementing, AOPS, etc. at home. And, they have already signed up for one of those Asian style after school schools. They think think it’s a much easier path to TJ than staying at Carson. It’s smart. And since the system is going out of its way to screw over AAPIs who sacrificed to buy into good school Districts, more power to them.

One of these three sets of parents mentioned that a group at their mosque is doing basically the same thing, except in their case it’s RRMS with a temporary transfer to South County.

One thing all these parents have in common? They are donating and organizing for Glen Younkin. I think VA may really flip red this year.

I agree that the new system can be gamed.

That’s exactly why it should be a merit lottery.

If it is that important to you then I guess more power to you. The level of crazy is real.

[Anonymous]

The ones accepted have more than a GPA. That is why it is holistic.

[Anonymous]

I hope changing the acceptance process is not the last step, because if it is, this whole process will be a total failure. What they learn in the next 4 years will be ingrained in them. Upon graduation, the bottom 20% should represent the overall class. If the bottom 20% of the class are overrepresented by certain groups, these kids will know. They will take this experience with them to adulthood. Many of these kids will have become leaders and have a say in hiring practices. You don't want them to interview a candidate from an elite school, but then think the candidate is less qualified because of their ethnicity. The people advocating the change to admissions, need to ensure that when these kids graduate, the bottom 20% looks no different than the top 20%.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The ones accepted have more than a GPA. That is why it is holistic.

Like what?

[Anonymous]

A few kids that I know have applied just for the sake of it, without any intent, playing video games all the way , not a single STEM activity or interest and got into a STEM magnet school.

So much for Holistic Review - Go Figure

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A few kids that I know have applied just for the sake of it, without any intent, playing video games all the way , not a single STEM activity or interest and got into a STEM magnet school.

So much for Holistic Review - Go Figure

Then they will probably not accept the offer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:all six of them except one have a 4.0 GPA. One kid who was accepted had a B+ in seventh-grade science.

From the same school? This is something I feel may be happening at our school too. The obvious kids who should get in under the 1.5% off the too rule are not getting in. I would love to see the data breakdown by school, including the details

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I feel bad for this year’s kids, who worked hard and got screwed over. But, this will self correct quickly. Whether officially or unofficially. I know three families in our Western County neighborhood that rented a 1 Br. Apartment in the Herndon MS district for next year and changed the mom and kids residency on paper. Kids will sleep in their own beds and someone will check the mail a couple of times a week. At least one also plans to self id as “mixed race” (mixture of two different subsets of Indians, which cracks me up). And in another case, the kid’s case even found an MD who gave him a neuropsych diagnosis because his parents wrote a check. The parents requested and got an iEP this spring. The parent figure this will help with standardized testing down the line.

And instead of an Indian kid from Carson who stands no chance, suddenly they have a mixed race kid with an IEP from Herndon.

I’ve even heard speculation from parents with SAHMs about parents officially separating for a few months so the kid can qualify as FARMs.

None of their rising 8th graders have been in the Carson building this year anyway so they don’t care that much about switching schools. And, the parents believe that it’s an easy path to TJ. It looks like they are right. They’ll take turns carpooling and do a lot of supplementing, AOPS, etc. at home. And, they have already signed up for one of those Asian style after school schools. They think think it’s a much easier path to TJ than staying at Carson. It’s smart. And since the system is going out of its way to screw over AAPIs who sacrificed to buy into good school Districts, more power to them.

One of these three sets of parents mentioned that a group at their mosque is doing basically the same thing, except in their case it’s RRMS with a temporary transfer to South County.

One thing all these parents have in common? They are donating and organizing for Glen Younkin. I think VA may really flip red this year.

No one things you know of “at least” 5 families gaming the system. I’m sure people do that…but you don’t know 5 of them doing this. Zero chance.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I feel bad for this year’s kids, who worked hard and got screwed over. But, this will self correct quickly. Whether officially or unofficially. I know three families in our Western County neighborhood that rented a 1 Br. Apartment in the Herndon MS district for next year and changed the mom and kids residency on paper. Kids will sleep in their own beds and someone will check the mail a couple of times a week. At least one also plans to self id as “mixed race” (mixture of two different subsets of Indians, which cracks me up). And in another case, the kid’s case even found an MD who gave him a neuropsych diagnosis because his parents wrote a check. The parents requested and got an iEP this spring. The parent figure this will help with standardized testing down the line.

And instead of an Indian kid from Carson who stands no chance, suddenly they have a mixed race kid with an IEP from Herndon.

I’ve even heard speculation from parents with SAHMs about parents officially separating for a few months so the kid can qualify as FARMs.

None of their rising 8th graders have been in the Carson building this year anyway so they don’t care that much about switching schools. And, the parents believe that it’s an easy path to TJ. It looks like they are right. They’ll take turns carpooling and do a lot of supplementing, AOPS, etc. at home. And, they have already signed up for one of those Asian style after school schools. They think think it’s a much easier path to TJ than staying at Carson. It’s smart. And since the system is going out of its way to screw over AAPIs who sacrificed to buy into good school Districts, more power to them.

One of these three sets of parents mentioned that a group at their mosque is doing basically the same thing, except in their case it’s RRMS with a temporary transfer to South County.

One thing all these parents have in common? They are donating and organizing for Glen Younkin. I think VA may really flip red this year.

No one things you know of “at least” 5 families gaming the system. I’m sure people do that…but you don’t know 5 of them doing this. Zero chance.

If you already have a kid there, are active in the PTSA s at TJ and Carson and are friends with people who have siblings applying, yes, you do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:all six of them except one have a 4.0 GPA. One kid who was accepted had a B+ in seventh-grade science.

Was the kid who got in with the B+ a URM?