TJ Falls to 14th in the Nation Per US News

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Anonymous wrote:No matter how many times you keep bumping your dumb graph it is still wrong.


Here is accurate data:


ADMISSION:


ENROLLMENT:


ACCEPTANCE RATE:
After the admissions change, Asian students were still accepted at a higher rate than almost all other groups:
Asian 19%
Black 14%
Hispanic 21%
White 17%
Multiracial/Other* 13%
ALL 18%

LOW-INCOME ASIAN STUDENTS BENEFITED THE MOST FROM CHANGES
https://www.ca4.uscourts.gov/opinions/221280.P.pdf
page 16
"Nevertheless, in the 2021 application cycle, Asian American students attending middle schools historically underrepresented at TJ saw a sixfold
increase in offers, and the number of low-income Asian American admittees to TJ increased to 51 — from a mere one in 2020."



No discrimination.

Basically, what you are saying is stealing is okay, as long as you are stealing from people richer than you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No matter how many times you keep bumping your dumb graph it is still wrong.


Here is accurate data:


ADMISSION:


ENROLLMENT:


ACCEPTANCE RATE:
After the admissions change, Asian students were still accepted at a higher rate than almost all other groups:
Asian 19%
Black 14%
Hispanic 21%
White 17%
Multiracial/Other* 13%
ALL 18%

LOW-INCOME ASIAN STUDENTS BENEFITED THE MOST FROM CHANGES
https://www.ca4.uscourts.gov/opinions/221280.P.pdf
page 16
"Nevertheless, in the 2021 application cycle, Asian American students attending middle schools historically underrepresented at TJ saw a sixfold
increase in offers, and the number of low-income Asian American admittees to TJ increased to 51 — from a mere one in 2020."



No discrimination.

Basically, what you are saying is stealing is okay, as long as you are stealing from people richer than you.

No one is “stealing” anything, so no, that’s not what I’m saying.

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Anonymous wrote:Why are people making graphs suggesting essays are something other than merit?

I'm not commenting on the graphs, but regarding essays:

The essays may convey some notion of merit, but it is a far more ambiguous notion of merit. Two different evaluators may score the same essay quite differently. Furthermore, an essay-writing evaluation would also be heavily influenced the writer's ability to sway the reader with their writing, a skill which some might not consider to be of most prominent importance for admissions to a STEM school. Finally, essay scores would be influenced by native English speaking ability, which is not a metric of merit.

In other words, it is much more difficult to “crack the code” on essay writing. 😄

IMO using an essay is not in and of itself a bad thing, but using it as the main factor for admission is a bad idea. Better to have other factors (e.g. test scores) so that you have some way to know if an especially low or high scoring essay is an outlier.

On the other hand, I have no idea why some posters here are so dead-set against tests as a measure of merit. Tests are, inherently, the name you give to the tool you use to assess something. If you go to a doctor and you want to find out whether you have an illness, you take a test. Some tests are better than others at measuring what they are supposed to measure - you wouldn't give someone an arithmetic test to find out if they have the mathematical aptitude to take calculus, but it's silly to think that there is no test that can be used to figure it out. Does it make sense to use multiple tests in case someone has a "bad day" or has exam stress? Maybe. I don't know what the right formula is, but it's short-sighted to think there isn't one.

The thing I do agree with is that people shouldn't be penalized on admissions for not having money. I think the solution is to find tests that everyone can prep for, rather than ones that you have to pay a lot of money to prep for. Paying a lot of money should always be an option rather than a necessity.

Another factor is teachers’ recommendations. I really don’t see why inputs from MS teachers were removed from a holistic reviewing process.

Because it's been proven that they are racially biased.

Which studies have proved this claim? TJ has admitted a lot more White students since they dropped teachers' recommendations from their admissions process.

Yes, but they also dropped testing and tests are racially biased against white, blacks, and hispanics.

Non-Asian students don't perform as well in tests. That doesn't mean tests are racially biased.

Apparently America suffers from a form of racism that gives unearned advantages to asians over whites. Not sure about the details but the answer is always racism.

Not always. The biggest issue is HHI. But race certainly plays a role in inequalities, including HHI.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No matter how many times you keep bumping your dumb graph it is still wrong.


Here is accurate data:


ADMISSION:


ENROLLMENT:


ACCEPTANCE RATE:
After the admissions change, Asian students were still accepted at a higher rate than almost all other groups:
Asian 19%
Black 14%
Hispanic 21%
White 17%
Multiracial/Other* 13%
ALL 18%

LOW-INCOME ASIAN STUDENTS BENEFITED THE MOST FROM CHANGES
https://www.ca4.uscourts.gov/opinions/221280.P.pdf
page 16
"Nevertheless, in the 2021 application cycle, Asian American students attending middle schools historically underrepresented at TJ saw a sixfold
increase in offers, and the number of low-income Asian American admittees to TJ increased to 51 — from a mere one in 2020."



No discrimination.

Basically, what you are saying is stealing is okay, as long as you are stealing from people richer than you.

You act like you've never even heard of Robin Hood.
And if we can convince ourselves that they don't deserve what they have in the first place, it's not stealing, it's redistribution.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Why are people making graphs suggesting essays are something other than merit?

I'm not commenting on the graphs, but regarding essays:

The essays may convey some notion of merit, but it is a far more ambiguous notion of merit. Two different evaluators may score the same essay quite differently. Furthermore, an essay-writing evaluation would also be heavily influenced the writer's ability to sway the reader with their writing, a skill which some might not consider to be of most prominent importance for admissions to a STEM school. Finally, essay scores would be influenced by native English speaking ability, which is not a metric of merit.

In other words, it is much more difficult to “crack the code” on essay writing. 😄

IMO using an essay is not in and of itself a bad thing, but using it as the main factor for admission is a bad idea. Better to have other factors (e.g. test scores) so that you have some way to know if an especially low or high scoring essay is an outlier.

On the other hand, I have no idea why some posters here are so dead-set against tests as a measure of merit. Tests are, inherently, the name you give to the tool you use to assess something. If you go to a doctor and you want to find out whether you have an illness, you take a test. Some tests are better than others at measuring what they are supposed to measure - you wouldn't give someone an arithmetic test to find out if they have the mathematical aptitude to take calculus, but it's silly to think that there is no test that can be used to figure it out. Does it make sense to use multiple tests in case someone has a "bad day" or has exam stress? Maybe. I don't know what the right formula is, but it's short-sighted to think there isn't one.

The thing I do agree with is that people shouldn't be penalized on admissions for not having money. I think the solution is to find tests that everyone can prep for, rather than ones that you have to pay a lot of money to prep for. Paying a lot of money should always be an option rather than a necessity.

Another factor is teachers’ recommendations. I really don’t see why inputs from MS teachers were removed from a holistic reviewing process.

Because it's been proven that they are racially biased.

Which studies have proved this claim? TJ has admitted a lot more White students since they dropped teachers' recommendations from their admissions process.

Yes, but they also dropped testing and tests are racially biased against white, blacks, and hispanics.

Non-Asian students don't perform as well in tests. That doesn't mean tests are racially biased.

Apparently America suffers from a form of racism that gives unearned advantages to asians over whites. Not sure about the details but the answer is always racism.

Not always. The biggest issue is HHI. But race certainly plays a role in inequalities, including HHI.

Not sure what HHI is but everything plays a role in inequality. Why are the descendants of vietnamese refugees that came here with nothing doing so well? Why didn't their race prevent them from closing the achievement gap?

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Anonymous wrote:Why are people making graphs suggesting essays are something other than merit?

I'm not commenting on the graphs, but regarding essays:

The essays may convey some notion of merit, but it is a far more ambiguous notion of merit. Two different evaluators may score the same essay quite differently. Furthermore, an essay-writing evaluation would also be heavily influenced the writer's ability to sway the reader with their writing, a skill which some might not consider to be of most prominent importance for admissions to a STEM school. Finally, essay scores would be influenced by native English speaking ability, which is not a metric of merit.

In other words, it is much more difficult to “crack the code” on essay writing. 😄

IMO using an essay is not in and of itself a bad thing, but using it as the main factor for admission is a bad idea. Better to have other factors (e.g. test scores) so that you have some way to know if an especially low or high scoring essay is an outlier.

On the other hand, I have no idea why some posters here are so dead-set against tests as a measure of merit. Tests are, inherently, the name you give to the tool you use to assess something. If you go to a doctor and you want to find out whether you have an illness, you take a test. Some tests are better than others at measuring what they are supposed to measure - you wouldn't give someone an arithmetic test to find out if they have the mathematical aptitude to take calculus, but it's silly to think that there is no test that can be used to figure it out. Does it make sense to use multiple tests in case someone has a "bad day" or has exam stress? Maybe. I don't know what the right formula is, but it's short-sighted to think there isn't one.

The thing I do agree with is that people shouldn't be penalized on admissions for not having money. I think the solution is to find tests that everyone can prep for, rather than ones that you have to pay a lot of money to prep for. Paying a lot of money should always be an option rather than a necessity.

Another factor is teachers’ recommendations. I really don’t see why inputs from MS teachers were removed from a holistic reviewing process.

Because it's been proven that they are racially biased.

Which studies have proved this claim? TJ has admitted a lot more White students since they dropped teachers' recommendations from their admissions process.

Yes, but they also dropped testing and tests are racially biased against white, blacks, and hispanics.

Non-Asian students don't perform as well in tests. That doesn't mean tests are racially biased.

Apparently America suffers from a form of racism that gives unearned advantages to asians over whites. Not sure about the details but the answer is always racism.

Not always. The biggest issue is HHI. But race certainly plays a role in inequalities, including HHI.

Not sure what HHI is but everything plays a role in inequality. Why are the descendants of vietnamese refugees that came here with nothing doing so well? Why didn't their race prevent them from closing the achievement gap?

Very simple. whining + laziness = failure.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No matter how many times you keep bumping your dumb graph it is still wrong.


Here is accurate data:


ADMISSION:


ENROLLMENT:


ACCEPTANCE RATE:
After the admissions change, Asian students were still accepted at a higher rate than almost all other groups:
Asian 19%
Black 14%
Hispanic 21%
White 17%
Multiracial/Other* 13%
ALL 18%

LOW-INCOME ASIAN STUDENTS BENEFITED THE MOST FROM CHANGES
https://www.ca4.uscourts.gov/opinions/221280.P.pdf
page 16
"Nevertheless, in the 2021 application cycle, Asian American students attending middle schools historically underrepresented at TJ saw a sixfold
increase in offers, and the number of low-income Asian American admittees to TJ increased to 51 — from a mere one in 2020."



No discrimination.

Basically, what you are saying is stealing is okay, as long as you are stealing from people richer than you.

You act like you've never even heard of Robin Hood.
And if we can convince ourselves that they don't deserve what they have in the first place, it's not stealing, it's redistribution.

Many of the uber preppers will be fine at any school, but the TJ experience can be life changing for others. So glad they made these changes!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Congratulations, FCPS board successfully proved to the GIGO concept.

The ranking was based on data from 2022 or earlier so it fell before they fixed the admission process.

Yes, TJ fell to #14 based on data from before the admission changes. That was established earlier in this thread.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Congratulations, FCPS board successfully proved to the GIGO concept.

The ranking was based on data from 2022 or earlier so it fell before they fixed the admission process.

Yes, TJ fell to #14 based on data from before the admission changes. That was established earlier in this thread.

Weren't the admissions changes made in 2021? Did the drop occur with the influx of students from the new admissions process?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Congratulations, FCPS board successfully proved to the GIGO concept.

The ranking was based on data from 2022 or earlier so it fell before they fixed the admission process.

Yes, TJ fell to #14 based on data from before the admission changes. That was established earlier in this thread.

Most of the data for the current ranking was from class of 2022-24. There was some data from class of 2025.

This was the first year with (partial) data from new process. Previous drops were the old process.

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Anonymous wrote:Why are people making graphs suggesting essays are something other than merit?

I'm not commenting on the graphs, but regarding essays:

The essays may convey some notion of merit, but it is a far more ambiguous notion of merit. Two different evaluators may score the same essay quite differently. Furthermore, an essay-writing evaluation would also be heavily influenced the writer's ability to sway the reader with their writing, a skill which some might not consider to be of most prominent importance for admissions to a STEM school. Finally, essay scores would be influenced by native English speaking ability, which is not a metric of merit.

In other words, it is much more difficult to “crack the code” on essay writing. 😄

IMO using an essay is not in and of itself a bad thing, but using it as the main factor for admission is a bad idea. Better to have other factors (e.g. test scores) so that you have some way to know if an especially low or high scoring essay is an outlier.

On the other hand, I have no idea why some posters here are so dead-set against tests as a measure of merit. Tests are, inherently, the name you give to the tool you use to assess something. If you go to a doctor and you want to find out whether you have an illness, you take a test. Some tests are better than others at measuring what they are supposed to measure - you wouldn't give someone an arithmetic test to find out if they have the mathematical aptitude to take calculus, but it's silly to think that there is no test that can be used to figure it out. Does it make sense to use multiple tests in case someone has a "bad day" or has exam stress? Maybe. I don't know what the right formula is, but it's short-sighted to think there isn't one.

The thing I do agree with is that people shouldn't be penalized on admissions for not having money. I think the solution is to find tests that everyone can prep for, rather than ones that you have to pay a lot of money to prep for. Paying a lot of money should always be an option rather than a necessity.

Another factor is teachers’ recommendations. I really don’t see why inputs from MS teachers were removed from a holistic reviewing process.

Because it's been proven that they are racially biased.

Which studies have proved this claim? TJ has admitted a lot more White students since they dropped teachers' recommendations from their admissions process.

Yes, but they also dropped testing and tests are racially biased against white, blacks, and hispanics.

Non-Asian students don't perform as well in tests. That doesn't mean tests are racially biased.

Apparently America suffers from a form of racism that gives unearned advantages to asians over whites. Not sure about the details but the answer is always racism.

Not always. The biggest issue is HHI. But race certainly plays a role in inequalities, including HHI.

Not sure what HHI is but everything plays a role in inequality. Why are the descendants of vietnamese refugees that came here with nothing doing so well? Why didn't their race prevent them from closing the achievement gap?

Household income.

If you aren’t wealthy you it is tough to afford the expensive test prep that gives an unfair advantage in admissions to a public school magnet school.

Ideally, make the test prep free/public. Another option is taking away the test.

We should strive for a level playing field for all of our kids, regardless of their family situation.

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Anonymous wrote:Why are people making graphs suggesting essays are something other than merit?

I'm not commenting on the graphs, but regarding essays:

The essays may convey some notion of merit, but it is a far more ambiguous notion of merit. Two different evaluators may score the same essay quite differently. Furthermore, an essay-writing evaluation would also be heavily influenced the writer's ability to sway the reader with their writing, a skill which some might not consider to be of most prominent importance for admissions to a STEM school. Finally, essay scores would be influenced by native English speaking ability, which is not a metric of merit.

In other words, it is much more difficult to “crack the code” on essay writing. 😄

IMO using an essay is not in and of itself a bad thing, but using it as the main factor for admission is a bad idea. Better to have other factors (e.g. test scores) so that you have some way to know if an especially low or high scoring essay is an outlier.

On the other hand, I have no idea why some posters here are so dead-set against tests as a measure of merit. Tests are, inherently, the name you give to the tool you use to assess something. If you go to a doctor and you want to find out whether you have an illness, you take a test. Some tests are better than others at measuring what they are supposed to measure - you wouldn't give someone an arithmetic test to find out if they have the mathematical aptitude to take calculus, but it's silly to think that there is no test that can be used to figure it out. Does it make sense to use multiple tests in case someone has a "bad day" or has exam stress? Maybe. I don't know what the right formula is, but it's short-sighted to think there isn't one.

The thing I do agree with is that people shouldn't be penalized on admissions for not having money. I think the solution is to find tests that everyone can prep for, rather than ones that you have to pay a lot of money to prep for. Paying a lot of money should always be an option rather than a necessity.

Another factor is teachers’ recommendations. I really don’t see why inputs from MS teachers were removed from a holistic reviewing process.

Because it's been proven that they are racially biased.

Which studies have proved this claim? TJ has admitted a lot more White students since they dropped teachers' recommendations from their admissions process.

Yes, but they also dropped testing and tests are racially biased against white, blacks, and hispanics.

Non-Asian students don't perform as well in tests. That doesn't mean tests are racially biased.

Apparently America suffers from a form of racism that gives unearned advantages to asians over whites. Not sure about the details but the answer is always racism.

Not always. The biggest issue is HHI. But race certainly plays a role in inequalities, including HHI.

Not sure what HHI is but everything plays a role in inequality. Why are the descendants of vietnamese refugees that came here with nothing doing so well? Why didn't their race prevent them from closing the achievement gap?

Household income.

If you aren’t wealthy you it is tough to afford the expensive test prep that gives an unfair advantage in admissions to a public school magnet school.

Ideally, make the test prep free/public. Another option is taking away the test.

We should strive for a level playing field for all of our kids, regardless of their family situation.

No. Families should strive to level the playing field for their own children.

Tests are part of life beyond TJ admissions.

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Anonymous wrote:Why are people making graphs suggesting essays are something other than merit?

I'm not commenting on the graphs, but regarding essays:

The essays may convey some notion of merit, but it is a far more ambiguous notion of merit. Two different evaluators may score the same essay quite differently. Furthermore, an essay-writing evaluation would also be heavily influenced the writer's ability to sway the reader with their writing, a skill which some might not consider to be of most prominent importance for admissions to a STEM school. Finally, essay scores would be influenced by native English speaking ability, which is not a metric of merit.

In other words, it is much more difficult to “crack the code” on essay writing. 😄

IMO using an essay is not in and of itself a bad thing, but using it as the main factor for admission is a bad idea. Better to have other factors (e.g. test scores) so that you have some way to know if an especially low or high scoring essay is an outlier.

On the other hand, I have no idea why some posters here are so dead-set against tests as a measure of merit. Tests are, inherently, the name you give to the tool you use to assess something. If you go to a doctor and you want to find out whether you have an illness, you take a test. Some tests are better than others at measuring what they are supposed to measure - you wouldn't give someone an arithmetic test to find out if they have the mathematical aptitude to take calculus, but it's silly to think that there is no test that can be used to figure it out. Does it make sense to use multiple tests in case someone has a "bad day" or has exam stress? Maybe. I don't know what the right formula is, but it's short-sighted to think there isn't one.

The thing I do agree with is that people shouldn't be penalized on admissions for not having money. I think the solution is to find tests that everyone can prep for, rather than ones that you have to pay a lot of money to prep for. Paying a lot of money should always be an option rather than a necessity.

Another factor is teachers’ recommendations. I really don’t see why inputs from MS teachers were removed from a holistic reviewing process.

Because it's been proven that they are racially biased.

Which studies have proved this claim? TJ has admitted a lot more White students since they dropped teachers' recommendations from their admissions process.

Yes, but they also dropped testing and tests are racially biased against white, blacks, and hispanics.

Non-Asian students don't perform as well in tests. That doesn't mean tests are racially biased.

Apparently America suffers from a form of racism that gives unearned advantages to asians over whites. Not sure about the details but the answer is always racism.

Not always. The biggest issue is HHI. But race certainly plays a role in inequalities, including HHI.

Not sure what HHI is but everything plays a role in inequality. Why are the descendants of vietnamese refugees that came here with nothing doing so well? Why didn't their race prevent them from closing the achievement gap?

Household income.

If you aren’t wealthy you it is tough to afford the expensive test prep that gives an unfair advantage in admissions to a public school magnet school.

Ideally, make the test prep free/public. Another option is taking away the test.

We should strive for a level playing field for all of our kids, regardless of their family situation.

No. Families should strive to level the playing field for their own children.

Tests are part of life beyond TJ admissions.

That isn’t leveling the playing field, that’s gaming the system.

Most standardized tests (SAT, ACT, etc) have free prep classes/materials available.

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Anonymous wrote:Why are people making graphs suggesting essays are something other than merit?

I'm not commenting on the graphs, but regarding essays:

The essays may convey some notion of merit, but it is a far more ambiguous notion of merit. Two different evaluators may score the same essay quite differently. Furthermore, an essay-writing evaluation would also be heavily influenced the writer's ability to sway the reader with their writing, a skill which some might not consider to be of most prominent importance for admissions to a STEM school. Finally, essay scores would be influenced by native English speaking ability, which is not a metric of merit.

In other words, it is much more difficult to “crack the code” on essay writing. 😄

IMO using an essay is not in and of itself a bad thing, but using it as the main factor for admission is a bad idea. Better to have other factors (e.g. test scores) so that you have some way to know if an especially low or high scoring essay is an outlier.

On the other hand, I have no idea why some posters here are so dead-set against tests as a measure of merit. Tests are, inherently, the name you give to the tool you use to assess something. If you go to a doctor and you want to find out whether you have an illness, you take a test. Some tests are better than others at measuring what they are supposed to measure - you wouldn't give someone an arithmetic test to find out if they have the mathematical aptitude to take calculus, but it's silly to think that there is no test that can be used to figure it out. Does it make sense to use multiple tests in case someone has a "bad day" or has exam stress? Maybe. I don't know what the right formula is, but it's short-sighted to think there isn't one.

The thing I do agree with is that people shouldn't be penalized on admissions for not having money. I think the solution is to find tests that everyone can prep for, rather than ones that you have to pay a lot of money to prep for. Paying a lot of money should always be an option rather than a necessity.

Another factor is teachers’ recommendations. I really don’t see why inputs from MS teachers were removed from a holistic reviewing process.

Because it's been proven that they are racially biased.

Which studies have proved this claim? TJ has admitted a lot more White students since they dropped teachers' recommendations from their admissions process.

Yes, but they also dropped testing and tests are racially biased against white, blacks, and hispanics.

Non-Asian students don't perform as well in tests. That doesn't mean tests are racially biased.

Apparently America suffers from a form of racism that gives unearned advantages to asians over whites. Not sure about the details but the answer is always racism.

Not always. The biggest issue is HHI. But race certainly plays a role in inequalities, including HHI.

Not sure what HHI is but everything plays a role in inequality. Why are the descendants of vietnamese refugees that came here with nothing doing so well? Why didn't their race prevent them from closing the achievement gap?

Household income.

If you aren’t wealthy you it is tough to afford the expensive test prep that gives an unfair advantage in admissions to a public school magnet school.

Ideally, make the test prep free/public. Another option is taking away the test.

We should strive for a level playing field for all of our kids, regardless of their family situation.

No. Families should strive to level the playing field for their own children.

Tests are part of life beyond TJ admissions.

That isn’t leveling the playing field, that’s gaming the system.

Most standardized tests (SAT, ACT, etc) have free prep classes/materials available.

And most of those tests show similar imbalances and gaps. Families are the true enrichcment.

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I think it will fall much further now based on the new admissions process IF the eval is based on non equity metrics.