Official TJ Admissions Decisions Results for the Class of 2025

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If it is just about selecting the best and brightest and putting them in one high school I believe TJ has run its course. Because best and brightest seems to correlate highly with most prepped. And prepping requires time and money a large demographic doesn’t have.

You may argue that even poor kids can prep. But the demographics of recent TJ classes suggest otherwise.

If TJ were anything but a public school this all would be ok. Unfortunately the optics of kids who have educational advantages in elementary and middle school getting more advantages in high school is not good. Race aside.

The reform so far is good but we need more starting in elementary. As an outsider looking in AAP is disgusting.

You are lying. High correlation needs to be backed up with numbers and statistical analysis. You can't just lie about it. Your racial bias is not a fact.

TJ students are highly accomplished. They represented US math, physics, CS, biology, chem teams. They have hundreds of National Merit Semi-Finalists every year. Yes TJ is the #1 high school in America.

You don't like the kids because of their race. That's fine. But you can't lie about them. You either come up with some real facts or go away. Do you even have kids in FCPS?

They are prepped. Now you are lying if you say they aren’t. How do you think kids get good at math competitions or physics competitions etc,? I’m not taking away these kids’’ accomplishments or belittling their hard work. It’s just true that these kids are working hard outside of school to compete in both these extracurriculars and TJ admissions. Evidence of this fact is the sheer number of tutoring shops like mathnasium and curie in NOVA.

Yes. Of course they prepare. It takes work for kids or anyone to get good at math, physics or even programming! Even the best of them need to work hard for excellence. It is indeed an upside down world when hard work and excellence is a bad thing. I hope people like you are in a minority. Else we are done for as a country!

I’m not saying it’s a bad thing. But should a public school reward the families with money and time with a better public high school? And then label those kids the best and brightest? This isn’t how it works in most public school districts.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If it is just about selecting the best and brightest and putting them in one high school I believe TJ has run its course. Because best and brightest seems to correlate highly with most prepped. And prepping requires time and money a large demographic doesn’t have.

You may argue that even poor kids can prep. But the demographics of recent TJ classes suggest otherwise.

If TJ were anything but a public school this all would be ok. Unfortunately the optics of kids who have educational advantages in elementary and middle school getting more advantages in high school is not good. Race aside.

The reform so far is good but we need more starting in elementary. As an outsider looking in AAP is disgusting.

You are lying. High correlation needs to be backed up with numbers and statistical analysis. You can't just lie about it. Your racial bias is not a fact.

TJ students are highly accomplished. They represented US math, physics, CS, biology, chem teams. They have hundreds of National Merit Semi-Finalists every year. Yes TJ is the #1 high school in America.

You don't like the kids because of their race. That's fine. But you can't lie about them. You either come up with some real facts or go away. Do you even have kids in FCPS?

They are prepped. Now you are lying if you say they aren’t. How do you think kids get good at math competitions or physics competitions etc,? I’m not taking away these kids’’ accomplishments or belittling their hard work. It’s just true that these kids are working hard outside of school to compete in both these extracurriculars and TJ admissions. Evidence of this fact is the sheer number of tutoring shops like mathnasium and curie in NOVA.

Yes. Of course they prepare. It takes work for kids or anyone to get good at math, physics or even programming! Even the best of them need to work hard for excellence. It is indeed an upside down world when hard work and excellence is a bad thing. I hope people like you are in a minority. Else we are done for as a country!

I’m not saying it’s a bad thing. But should a public school reward the families with money and time with a better public high school? And then label those kids the best and brightest? This isn’t how it works in most public school districts.

One school , TJ is having all the great labs , teachers, clubs, many advanced courses, and after school activities etc ... is a good thing ?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It isn't a meritocracy when only those who can purchase performance-enhancing drugs are judged worthy

Exactly but the preppers will say anything to cling to this unfair advantage. They aren't interested in merit or fairness just clinging to privilege.

Wrong. All they are asking for is merit and fairness.

The admission process is all rigged. Students from crappy schools with below 3.5 gpa got accepted. oh that's right... diversity..

How Trumpy of you

Okie dokie, ya crazy ass wokie!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It isn't a meritocracy when only those who can purchase performance-enhancing drugs are judged worthy

Exactly but the preppers will say anything to cling to this unfair advantage. They aren't interested in merit or fairness just clinging to privilege.

Wrong. All they are asking for is merit and fairness.

The admission process is all rigged. Students from crappy schools with below 3.5 gpa got accepted. oh that's right... diversity..

Not sure how these kids with 3.5 going to fare, it is always a struggle even for Bs and Cs

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It isn't a meritocracy when only those who can purchase performance-enhancing drugs are judged worthy

Exactly but the preppers will say anything to cling to this unfair advantage. They aren't interested in merit or fairness just clinging to privilege.

Wrong. All they are asking for is merit and fairness.

The admission process is all rigged. Students from crappy schools with below 3.5 gpa got accepted. oh that's right... diversity..

Not sure how these kids with 3.5 going to fare, it is always a struggle even for Bs and Cs

Essentially TJ will go down and base schools will get better as more of the motivated, hardworking kids stay there. The transition year will be interesting though. Tyranny of the majority.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If it is just about selecting the best and brightest and putting them in one high school I believe TJ has run its course. Because best and brightest seems to correlate highly with most prepped. And prepping requires time and money a large demographic doesn’t have.

You may argue that even poor kids can prep. But the demographics of recent TJ classes suggest otherwise.

If TJ were anything but a public school this all would be ok. Unfortunately the optics of kids who have educational advantages in elementary and middle school getting more advantages in high school is not good. Race aside.

The reform so far is good but we need more starting in elementary. As an outsider looking in AAP is disgusting.

You are lying. High correlation needs to be backed up with numbers and statistical analysis. You can't just lie about it. Your racial bias is not a fact.

TJ students are highly accomplished. They represented US math, physics, CS, biology, chem teams. They have hundreds of National Merit Semi-Finalists every year. Yes TJ is the #1 high school in America.

You don't like the kids because of their race. That's fine. But you can't lie about them. You either come up with some real facts or go away. Do you even have kids in FCPS?

They are prepped. Now you are lying if you say they aren’t. How do you think kids get good at math competitions or physics competitions etc,? I’m not taking away these kids’’ accomplishments or belittling their hard work. It’s just true that these kids are working hard outside of school to compete in both these extracurriculars and TJ admissions. Evidence of this fact is the sheer number of tutoring shops like mathnasium and curie in NOVA.

Yes. Of course they prepare. It takes work for kids or anyone to get good at math, physics or even programming! Even the best of them need to work hard for excellence. It is indeed an upside down world when hard work and excellence is a bad thing. I hope people like you are in a minority. Else we are done for as a country!

I’m not saying it’s a bad thing. But should a public school reward the families with money and time with a better public high school? And then label those kids the best and brightest? This isn’t how it works in most public school districts.

Not everyone with money and prep can get in, how many mediocre that you know who have got in.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If it is just about selecting the best and brightest and putting them in one high school I believe TJ has run its course. Because best and brightest seems to correlate highly with most prepped. And prepping requires time and money a large demographic doesn’t have.

You may argue that even poor kids can prep. But the demographics of recent TJ classes suggest otherwise.

If TJ were anything but a public school this all would be ok. Unfortunately the optics of kids who have educational advantages in elementary and middle school getting more advantages in high school is not good. Race aside.

The reform so far is good but we need more starting in elementary. As an outsider looking in AAP is disgusting.

You are lying. High correlation needs to be backed up with numbers and statistical analysis. You can't just lie about it. Your racial bias is not a fact.

TJ students are highly accomplished. They represented US math, physics, CS, biology, chem teams. They have hundreds of National Merit Semi-Finalists every year. Yes TJ is the #1 high school in America.

You don't like the kids because of their race. That's fine. But you can't lie about them. You either come up with some real facts or go away. Do you even have kids in FCPS?

They are prepped. Now you are lying if you say they aren’t. How do you think kids get good at math competitions or physics competitions etc,? I’m not taking away these kids’’ accomplishments or belittling their hard work. It’s just true that these kids are working hard outside of school to compete in both these extracurriculars and TJ admissions. Evidence of this fact is the sheer number of tutoring shops like mathnasium and curie in NOVA.

Yes. Of course they prepare. It takes work for kids or anyone to get good at math, physics or even programming! Even the best of them need to work hard for excellence. It is indeed an upside down world when hard work and excellence is a bad thing. I hope people like you are in a minority. Else we are done for as a country!

I’m not saying it’s a bad thing. But should a public school reward the families with money and time with a better public high school? And then label those kids the best and brightest? This isn’t how it works in most public school districts.

The changes to TJ admissions have always been about making sure the woke army could point to a larger number of URMs as among “the best and the brightest.” Everything is patronage and spoils to this School Board, so the idea of just working to improve all the schools bores them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It isn't a meritocracy when only those who can purchase performance-enhancing drugs are judged worthy

Exactly but the preppers will say anything to cling to this unfair advantage. They aren't interested in merit or fairness just clinging to privilege.

Wrong. All they are asking for is merit and fairness.

The admission process is all rigged. Students from crappy schools with below 3.5 gpa got accepted. oh that's right... diversity..

Not sure how these kids with 3.5 going to fare, it is always a struggle even for Bs and Cs

This is just a fiction being pushed by the pro-prep crowd who enjoys the advantages of the old system where parents could buy a TJ seat.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If it is just about selecting the best and brightest and putting them in one high school I believe TJ has run its course. Because best and brightest seems to correlate highly with most prepped. And prepping requires time and money a large demographic doesn’t have.

You may argue that even poor kids can prep. But the demographics of recent TJ classes suggest otherwise.

If TJ were anything but a public school this all would be ok. Unfortunately the optics of kids who have educational advantages in elementary and middle school getting more advantages in high school is not good. Race aside.

The reform so far is good but we need more starting in elementary. As an outsider looking in AAP is disgusting.

You are lying. High correlation needs to be backed up with numbers and statistical analysis. You can't just lie about it. Your racial bias is not a fact.

TJ students are highly accomplished. They represented US math, physics, CS, biology, chem teams. They have hundreds of National Merit Semi-Finalists every year. Yes TJ is the #1 high school in America.

You don't like the kids because of their race. That's fine. But you can't lie about them. You either come up with some real facts or go away. Do you even have kids in FCPS?

They are prepped. Now you are lying if you say they aren’t. How do you think kids get good at math competitions or physics competitions etc,? I’m not taking away these kids’’ accomplishments or belittling their hard work. It’s just true that these kids are working hard outside of school to compete in both these extracurriculars and TJ admissions. Evidence of this fact is the sheer number of tutoring shops like mathnasium and curie in NOVA.

Yes. Of course they prepare. It takes work for kids or anyone to get good at math, physics or even programming! Even the best of them need to work hard for excellence. It is indeed an upside down world when hard work and excellence is a bad thing. I hope people like you are in a minority. Else we are done for as a country!

I’m not saying it’s a bad thing. But should a public school reward the families with money and time with a better public high school? And then label those kids the best and brightest? This isn’t how it works in most public school districts.

The changes to TJ admissions have always been about making sure the woke army could point to a larger number of URMs as among “the best and the brightest.” Everything is patronage and spoils to this School Board, so the idea of just working to improve all the schools bores them.

I thought it was about ensuring that wealthy parents who could buy the test answers to ensure their little geniuses would make the cut.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If it is just about selecting the best and brightest and putting them in one high school I believe TJ has run its course. Because best and brightest seems to correlate highly with most prepped. And prepping requires time and money a large demographic doesn’t have.

You may argue that even poor kids can prep. But the demographics of recent TJ classes suggest otherwise.

If TJ were anything but a public school this all would be ok. Unfortunately the optics of kids who have educational advantages in elementary and middle school getting more advantages in high school is not good. Race aside.

The reform so far is good but we need more starting in elementary. As an outsider looking in AAP is disgusting.

You are lying. High correlation needs to be backed up with numbers and statistical analysis. You can't just lie about it. Your racial bias is not a fact.

TJ students are highly accomplished. They represented US math, physics, CS, biology, chem teams. They have hundreds of National Merit Semi-Finalists every year. Yes TJ is the #1 high school in America.

You don't like the kids because of their race. That's fine. But you can't lie about them. You either come up with some real facts or go away. Do you even have kids in FCPS?

They are prepped. Now you are lying if you say they aren’t. How do you think kids get good at math competitions or physics competitions etc,? I’m not taking away these kids’’ accomplishments or belittling their hard work. It’s just true that these kids are working hard outside of school to compete in both these extracurriculars and TJ admissions. Evidence of this fact is the sheer number of tutoring shops like mathnasium and curie in NOVA.

Yes. Of course they prepare. It takes work for kids or anyone to get good at math, physics or even programming! Even the best of them need to work hard for excellence. It is indeed an upside down world when hard work and excellence is a bad thing. I hope people like you are in a minority. Else we are done for as a country!

I’m not saying it’s a bad thing. But should a public school reward the families with money and time with a better public high school? And then label those kids the best and brightest? This isn’t how it works in most public school districts.

Not everyone with money and prep can get in, how many mediocre that you know who have got in.

Largely thanks to the changes to the admission process the less successful preppers got cut this year.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If it is just about selecting the best and brightest and putting them in one high school I believe TJ has run its course. Because best and brightest seems to correlate highly with most prepped. And prepping requires time and money a large demographic doesn’t have.

You may argue that even poor kids can prep. But the demographics of recent TJ classes suggest otherwise.

If TJ were anything but a public school this all would be ok. Unfortunately the optics of kids who have educational advantages in elementary and middle school getting more advantages in high school is not good. Race aside.

The reform so far is good but we need more starting in elementary. As an outsider looking in AAP is disgusting.

You are lying. High correlation needs to be backed up with numbers and statistical analysis. You can't just lie about it. Your racial bias is not a fact.

TJ students are highly accomplished. They represented US math, physics, CS, biology, chem teams. They have hundreds of National Merit Semi-Finalists every year. Yes TJ is the #1 high school in America.

You don't like the kids because of their race. That's fine. But you can't lie about them. You either come up with some real facts or go away. Do you even have kids in FCPS?

They are prepped. Now you are lying if you say they aren’t. How do you think kids get good at math competitions or physics competitions etc,? I’m not taking away these kids’’ accomplishments or belittling their hard work. It’s just true that these kids are working hard outside of school to compete in both these extracurriculars and TJ admissions. Evidence of this fact is the sheer number of tutoring shops like mathnasium and curie in NOVA.

Yes. Of course they prepare. It takes work for kids or anyone to get good at math, physics or even programming! Even the best of them need to work hard for excellence. It is indeed an upside down world when hard work and excellence is a bad thing. I hope people like you are in a minority. Else we are done for as a country!

I’m not saying it’s a bad thing. But should a public school reward the families with money and time with a better public high school? And then label those kids the best and brightest? This isn’t how it works in most public school districts.

Not everyone with money and prep can get in, how many mediocre that you know who have got in.

Largely thanks to the changes to the admission process the less successful preppers got cut this year.

for the less preppers sleepless nights (or 4 to 5 hours) for college PREP at TJ

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If it is just about selecting the best and brightest and putting them in one high school I believe TJ has run its course. Because best and brightest seems to correlate highly with most prepped. And prepping requires time and money a large demographic doesn’t have.

You may argue that even poor kids can prep. But the demographics of recent TJ classes suggest otherwise.

If TJ were anything but a public school this all would be ok. Unfortunately the optics of kids who have educational advantages in elementary and middle school getting more advantages in high school is not good. Race aside.

The reform so far is good but we need more starting in elementary. As an outsider looking in AAP is disgusting.

You are lying. High correlation needs to be backed up with numbers and statistical analysis. You can't just lie about it. Your racial bias is not a fact.

TJ students are highly accomplished. They represented US math, physics, CS, biology, chem teams. They have hundreds of National Merit Semi-Finalists every year. Yes TJ is the #1 high school in America.

You don't like the kids because of their race. That's fine. But you can't lie about them. You either come up with some real facts or go away. Do you even have kids in FCPS?

They are prepped. Now you are lying if you say they aren’t. How do you think kids get good at math competitions or physics competitions etc,? I’m not taking away these kids’’ accomplishments or belittling their hard work. It’s just true that these kids are working hard outside of school to compete in both these extracurriculars and TJ admissions. Evidence of this fact is the sheer number of tutoring shops like mathnasium and curie in NOVA.

Yes. Of course they prepare. It takes work for kids or anyone to get good at math, physics or even programming! Even the best of them need to work hard for excellence. It is indeed an upside down world when hard work and excellence is a bad thing. I hope people like you are in a minority. Else we are done for as a country!

I’m not saying it’s a bad thing. But should a public school reward the families with money and time with a better public high school? And then label those kids the best and brightest? This isn’t how it works in most public school districts.

Not everyone with money and prep can get in, how many mediocre that you know who have got in.

Largely thanks to the changes to the admission process the less successful preppers got cut this year.

Oxymoron

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If it is just about selecting the best and brightest and putting them in one high school I believe TJ has run its course. Because best and brightest seems to correlate highly with most prepped. And prepping requires time and money a large demographic doesn’t have.

You may argue that even poor kids can prep. But the demographics of recent TJ classes suggest otherwise.

If TJ were anything but a public school this all would be ok. Unfortunately the optics of kids who have educational advantages in elementary and middle school getting more advantages in high school is not good. Race aside.

The reform so far is good but we need more starting in elementary. As an outsider looking in AAP is disgusting.

You are lying. High correlation needs to be backed up with numbers and statistical analysis. You can't just lie about it. Your racial bias is not a fact.

TJ students are highly accomplished. They represented US math, physics, CS, biology, chem teams. They have hundreds of National Merit Semi-Finalists every year. Yes TJ is the #1 high school in America.

You don't like the kids because of their race. That's fine. But you can't lie about them. You either come up with some real facts or go away. Do you even have kids in FCPS?

They are prepped. Now you are lying if you say they aren’t. How do you think kids get good at math competitions or physics competitions etc,? I’m not taking away these kids’’ accomplishments or belittling their hard work. It’s just true that these kids are working hard outside of school to compete in both these extracurriculars and TJ admissions. Evidence of this fact is the sheer number of tutoring shops like mathnasium and curie in NOVA.

Yes. Of course they prepare. It takes work for kids or anyone to get good at math, physics or even programming! Even the best of them need to work hard for excellence. It is indeed an upside down world when hard work and excellence is a bad thing. I hope people like you are in a minority. Else we are done for as a country!

I’m not saying it’s a bad thing. But should a public school reward the families with money and time with a better public high school? And then label those kids the best and brightest? This isn’t how it works in most public school districts.

Not everyone with money and prep can get in, how many mediocre that you know who have got in.

Largely thanks to the changes to the admission process the less successful preppers got cut this year.

Exactly!!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It isn't a meritocracy when only those who can purchase performance-enhancing drugs are judged worthy

Exactly but the preppers will say anything to cling to this unfair advantage. They aren't interested in merit or fairness just clinging to privilege.

Wrong. All they are asking for is merit and fairness.

The admission process is all rigged. Students from crappy schools with below 3.5 gpa got accepted. oh that's right... diversity..

Not sure how these kids with 3.5 going to fare, it is always a struggle even for Bs and Cs

This is just a fiction being pushed by the pro-prep crowd who enjoys the advantages of the old system where parents could buy a TJ seat.

Troll

[Anonymous]

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I’m kind of sick of hearing about the sad academic superstars who won’t get into TJ. They will be fine at any school. Everyone should be more worried about the kids for whom TJ could change their lives. If you really cared about STEAM kids in America you’d agree.

You're very ignorant about the needs of highly gifted kids if you're assuming that they'll be fine at any school. Access to appropriate levels of challenge, mental stimulation, high level labs, a very smart peer group etc. would be life changing for most highly gifted kids. Many of the bright, overachievers might be fine at any high school. Gifted kids don't necessarily fall into that box.

Also, why are you assuming that TJ would only be life changing for poor kids? Many middle class families like mine would not be able to afford Ivies, SLACs, or anything beyond state schools without a decent aid package. Finishing in the top 10% (maybe even 25%) of TJ would help enormously with college aid and admissions. You need to stop categorizing everyone as either "poor" or "very privileged." There's a full economic spectrum of families spanning the two.

Except these are not highly gifted kids. These are kids who have been pushed from an early age to become academic superstars. They’ve been perfectly cultivated. Please do not act like they aren’t.

Which is also to say they will continue to be pushed to perfection in whatever high school they go to. Because these kids who were being molded into the perfect TJ applicant will be molded into the perfect college applicant.

They will be fine. A kid who is an academic superstar in 8th grade will be just fine. Anywhere. Whether it be TJ or a base high school.

Now I’m not saying I don’t wish for them to all be accepted to TJ. I’m just sick of them being a reason to keep the old way in which *only* the heavily prepped had any chance.

Great points. I agree!

This post embodies everything wrong with this forum. There's nothing to agree with there - it's just wrong. One has no more right to that opinion than to "I agree, the emperor's new clothes are beautiful."