TJ admissions

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Franklin has around 40 kids applying each year with "TS" or less than 10 getting in. Would the 1.5% spots for the qualified kids at Franklin be out of the 40?

It’s 1.5% of the 8th grade cohort from Franklin.

Yes, but wouldn't they choose the top 1.5% of people who apply? like 1.5% of the roughly 40 people who apply from Franklin. Again, PLEASE correct me if im wrong. Would be happy for feedback!

No, the allotted number of seats is 1.5% of the total number of 8th graders at the middle school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Franklin has around 40 kids applying each year with "TS" or less than 10 getting in. Would the 1.5% spots for the qualified kids at Franklin be out of the 40?

It’s 1.5% of the 8th grade cohort from Franklin.

+1. Franklin gets an allocation of seats equal to 1.5% of the total number of its 8th graders. Let’s say they have 400 of them. Franklin gets 6 seats. Those 6 seats are filled by the top 6 kids of the 40 that applied.

Exactly.

They could also have more who are accepted beyond the initial allotment.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Franklin has around 40 kids applying each year with "TS" or less than 10 getting in. Would the 1.5% spots for the qualified kids at Franklin be out of the 40?

Franklin has about 400 8th graders so 1.5% of 400 is 6. So they will take a minimum of 6 kids from franklin.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Franklin has around 40 kids applying each year with "TS" or less than 10 getting in. Would the 1.5% spots for the qualified kids at Franklin be out of the 40?

Franklin has about 400 8th graders so 1.5% of 400 is 6. So they will take a minimum of 6 kids from franklin.

Assuming they have 6 qualified students.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Franklin has around 40 kids applying each year with "TS" or less than 10 getting in. Would the 1.5% spots for the qualified kids at Franklin be out of the 40?

Franklin has about 400 8th graders so 1.5% of 400 is 6. So they will take a minimum of 6 kids from franklin.

Assuming they have 6 qualified students.

Franklin is a strong MS that pulls from MC/UMC ESs, there are more then 6 qualified kids for TJ at Franklin. Franklin has its own AAP program but the majority of the AAP kids that are interested in TJ choose to attend the center MS, RCMS. The kids who stay at Franklin are far less likely to be interested in TJ so fewer will apply. there are plenty of kids taking Algebra 1 in 7th grade and a lot more taking it in 8th grade. Franklin has plenty of kids who were in Advanced Math but not AAP who are strong in math and interested in STEM but didn't have the chance to attend RCMS.

We have friends who were in AAP and attend Franklin who have been very clear that they thought sending their kids to RCMS would have been too stressful because the AAP program there is deemed to be focused on TJ. Many of the parents chose not to have their kids take Algebra 1 in 7th grade because they thought it was too much for their child. I know that there are 8th graders there right now with the grades and the right classes who are not even thinking about TJ. We also know kids who choose RCMS over Franklin, they are all applying to TJ.

The only thing that surprised me about this topic is that somehow the OPs kid did not know about TJ until recently. If she had been in classes or had friends who were going to RCMS then she should have heard kids discussing TJ in 6th grade, if not earlier.

There is a math competition on Saturday at Colvin Run ES, I think it is Colvin Run ES, I would guess that most of the participants are going to be coming from Longfellow, RCMS, Cooper, and Rocky Run. It reads like a Mathcounts dry run before the competitions kick off in February.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Franklin has around 40 kids applying each year with "TS" or less than 10 getting in. Would the 1.5% spots for the qualified kids at Franklin be out of the 40?

Franklin has about 400 8th graders so 1.5% of 400 is 6. So they will take a minimum of 6 kids from franklin.

Assuming they have 6 qualified students.

Please get over yourself. Franklin has a very high-achieving population. Not getting tracked to RCMS based on a flawed, subjective, and parent-driven second-grade selection process doesn’t have anything to do with the capability of Franklin. Many of those FMS kids go on to run circles around the RCMS AAP kids at Oakton High School.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Franklin has around 40 kids applying each year with "TS" or less than 10 getting in. Would the 1.5% spots for the qualified kids at Franklin be out of the 40?

Franklin has about 400 8th graders so 1.5% of 400 is 6. So they will take a minimum of 6 kids from franklin.

Assuming they have 6 qualified students.

Please get over yourself. Franklin has a very high-achieving population. Not getting tracked to RCMS based on a flawed, subjective, and parent-driven second-grade selection process doesn’t have anything to do with the capability of Franklin. Many of those FMS kids go on to run circles around the RCMS AAP kids at Oakton High School.

Further, as PP said, Franklin has quite a large population of kids qualified for the ~6 seats. They just aren't as interested in TJ. In part because of people that post things like this. After attending the AAP presentation at our ES (Oakton pyramid), I seriously questioned wanting my children around AAP parents. The questions posed to the AART were rude, demanding, self-important, and entitled. One parent actually sarcastically asked the teacher - in front of dozens of parents - what made her qualified to teach advanced academics.

[Anonymous]

Many of these comments (not all) are about the controversy of TJ. My main point of this post is, lmk if you know anyone from Franklin who got into TJ, and is there anything you would suggest for my child to succeed in getting into this school. My child is going to Oakton or Chantilly (not sure yet because our pyramids are changing for our school) and I understand they are both great. But again, this is my child’s choice and she seems like she really wants to go to TJ

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Franklin has around 40 kids applying each year with "TS" or less than 10 getting in. Would the 1.5% spots for the qualified kids at Franklin be out of the 40?

Franklin has about 400 8th graders so 1.5% of 400 is 6. So they will take a minimum of 6 kids from franklin.

Assuming they have 6 qualified students.

Franklin is a strong MS that pulls from MC/UMC ESs, there are more then 6 qualified kids for TJ at Franklin. Franklin has its own AAP program but the majority of the AAP kids that are interested in TJ choose to attend the center MS, RCMS. The kids who stay at Franklin are far less likely to be interested in TJ so fewer will apply. there are plenty of kids taking Algebra 1 in 7th grade and a lot more taking it in 8th grade. Franklin has plenty of kids who were in Advanced Math but not AAP who are strong in math and interested in STEM but didn't have the chance to attend RCMS.

We have friends who were in AAP and attend Franklin who have been very clear that they thought sending their kids to RCMS would have been too stressful because the AAP program there is deemed to be focused on TJ. Many of the parents chose not to have their kids take Algebra 1 in 7th grade because they thought it was too much for their child. I know that there are 8th graders there right now with the grades and the right classes who are not even thinking about TJ. We also know kids who choose RCMS over Franklin, they are all applying to TJ.

The only thing that surprised me about this topic is that somehow the OPs kid did not know about TJ until recently. If she had been in classes or had friends who were going to RCMS then she should have heard kids discussing TJ in 6th grade, if not earlier.

There is a math competition on Saturday at Colvin Run ES, I think it is Colvin Run ES, I would guess that most of the participants are going to be coming from Longfellow, RCMS, Cooper, and Rocky Run. It reads like a Mathcounts dry run before the competitions kick off in February.

DDs freinds actually barely talk about TJ. We knew about the school, but we did not know how competitive it would be. DDs freinds just started talking about it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Franklin has around 40 kids applying each year with "TS" or less than 10 getting in. Would the 1.5% spots for the qualified kids at Franklin be out of the 40?

Franklin has about 400 8th graders so 1.5% of 400 is 6. So they will take a minimum of 6 kids from franklin.

Assuming they have 6 qualified students.

Please get over yourself. Franklin has a very high-achieving population. Not getting tracked to RCMS based on a flawed, subjective, and parent-driven second-grade selection process doesn’t have anything to do with the capability of Franklin. Many of those FMS kids go on to run circles around the RCMS AAP kids at Oakton High School.

I was clarifying the process, not digging on Franklin.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Franklin has around 40 kids applying each year with "TS" or less than 10 getting in. Would the 1.5% spots for the qualified kids at Franklin be out of the 40?

Franklin has about 400 8th graders so 1.5% of 400 is 6. So they will take a minimum of 6 kids from franklin.

Assuming they have 6 qualified students.

Franklin is a strong MS that pulls from MC/UMC ESs, there are more then 6 qualified kids for TJ at Franklin. Franklin has its own AAP program but the majority of the AAP kids that are interested in TJ choose to attend the center MS, RCMS. The kids who stay at Franklin are far less likely to be interested in TJ so fewer will apply. there are plenty of kids taking Algebra 1 in 7th grade and a lot more taking it in 8th grade. Franklin has plenty of kids who were in Advanced Math but not AAP who are strong in math and interested in STEM but didn't have the chance to attend RCMS.

We have friends who were in AAP and attend Franklin who have been very clear that they thought sending their kids to RCMS would have been too stressful because the AAP program there is deemed to be focused on TJ. Many of the parents chose not to have their kids take Algebra 1 in 7th grade because they thought it was too much for their child. I know that there are 8th graders there right now with the grades and the right classes who are not even thinking about TJ. We also know kids who choose RCMS over Franklin, they are all applying to TJ.

The only thing that surprised me about this topic is that somehow the OPs kid did not know about TJ until recently. If she had been in classes or had friends who were going to RCMS then she should have heard kids discussing TJ in 6th grade, if not earlier.

There is a math competition on Saturday at Colvin Run ES, I think it is Colvin Run ES, I would guess that most of the participants are going to be coming from Longfellow, RCMS, Cooper, and Rocky Run. It reads like a Mathcounts dry run before the competitions kick off in February.

DDs freinds actually barely talk about TJ. We knew about the school, but we did not know how competitive it would be. DDs freinds just started talking about it.

They have gone from never discussing TJ to wanting to take Geometry over the summer and applying for TJ? Wow.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Franklin has around 40 kids applying each year with "TS" or less than 10 getting in. Would the 1.5% spots for the qualified kids at Franklin be out of the 40?

Franklin has about 400 8th graders so 1.5% of 400 is 6. So they will take a minimum of 6 kids from franklin.

Assuming they have 6 qualified students.

Franklin is a strong MS that pulls from MC/UMC ESs, there are more then 6 qualified kids for TJ at Franklin. Franklin has its own AAP program but the majority of the AAP kids that are interested in TJ choose to attend the center MS, RCMS. The kids who stay at Franklin are far less likely to be interested in TJ so fewer will apply. there are plenty of kids taking Algebra 1 in 7th grade and a lot more taking it in 8th grade. Franklin has plenty of kids who were in Advanced Math but not AAP who are strong in math and interested in STEM but didn't have the chance to attend RCMS.

We have friends who were in AAP and attend Franklin who have been very clear that they thought sending their kids to RCMS would have been too stressful because the AAP program there is deemed to be focused on TJ. Many of the parents chose not to have their kids take Algebra 1 in 7th grade because they thought it was too much for their child. I know that there are 8th graders there right now with the grades and the right classes who are not even thinking about TJ. We also know kids who choose RCMS over Franklin, they are all applying to TJ.

The only thing that surprised me about this topic is that somehow the OPs kid did not know about TJ until recently. If she had been in classes or had friends who were going to RCMS then she should have heard kids discussing TJ in 6th grade, if not earlier.

There is a math competition on Saturday at Colvin Run ES, I think it is Colvin Run ES, I would guess that most of the participants are going to be coming from Longfellow, RCMS, Cooper, and Rocky Run. It reads like a Mathcounts dry run before the competitions kick off in February.

DDs freinds actually barely talk about TJ. We knew about the school, but we did not know how competitive it would be. DDs freinds just started talking about it.

They have gone from never discussing TJ to wanting to take Geometry over the summer and applying for TJ? Wow.

Again, we knew about TJ but none of them talked about doing extra activities/geometry over the summer for TJ until this year. DD and her friends talked about TJ before, but never in depth.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Franklin has around 40 kids applying each year with "TS" or less than 10 getting in. Would the 1.5% spots for the qualified kids at Franklin be out of the 40?

Franklin has about 400 8th graders so 1.5% of 400 is 6. So they will take a minimum of 6 kids from franklin.

Assuming they have 6 qualified students.

Franklin is a strong MS that pulls from MC/UMC ESs, there are more then 6 qualified kids for TJ at Franklin. Franklin has its own AAP program but the majority of the AAP kids that are interested in TJ choose to attend the center MS, RCMS. The kids who stay at Franklin are far less likely to be interested in TJ so fewer will apply. there are plenty of kids taking Algebra 1 in 7th grade and a lot more taking it in 8th grade. Franklin has plenty of kids who were in Advanced Math but not AAP who are strong in math and interested in STEM but didn't have the chance to attend RCMS.

We have friends who were in AAP and attend Franklin who have been very clear that they thought sending their kids to RCMS would have been too stressful because the AAP program there is deemed to be focused on TJ. Many of the parents chose not to have their kids take Algebra 1 in 7th grade because they thought it was too much for their child. I know that there are 8th graders there right now with the grades and the right classes who are not even thinking about TJ. We also know kids who choose RCMS over Franklin, they are all applying to TJ.

The only thing that surprised me about this topic is that somehow the OPs kid did not know about TJ until recently. If she had been in classes or had friends who were going to RCMS then she should have heard kids discussing TJ in 6th grade, if not earlier.

There is a math competition on Saturday at Colvin Run ES, I think it is Colvin Run ES, I would guess that most of the participants are going to be coming from Longfellow, RCMS, Cooper, and Rocky Run. It reads like a Mathcounts dry run before the competitions kick off in February.

DDs freinds actually barely talk about TJ. We knew about the school, but we did not know how competitive it would be. DDs freinds just started talking about it.

They have gone from never discussing TJ to wanting to take Geometry over the summer and applying for TJ? Wow.

Again, we knew about TJ but none of them talked about doing extra activities/geometry over the summer for TJ until this year. DD and her friends talked about TJ before, but never in depth.

Other than not taking geometry over the summer, your DC is fine. She doesn't need to be doing anything right now. Just focus on 7th grade.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Franklin has around 40 kids applying each year with "TS" or less than 10 getting in. Would the 1.5% spots for the qualified kids at Franklin be out of the 40?

Franklin has about 400 8th graders so 1.5% of 400 is 6. So they will take a minimum of 6 kids from franklin.

Assuming they have 6 qualified students.

Franklin is a strong MS that pulls from MC/UMC ESs, there are more then 6 qualified kids for TJ at Franklin. Franklin has its own AAP program but the majority of the AAP kids that are interested in TJ choose to attend the center MS, RCMS. The kids who stay at Franklin are far less likely to be interested in TJ so fewer will apply. there are plenty of kids taking Algebra 1 in 7th grade and a lot more taking it in 8th grade. Franklin has plenty of kids who were in Advanced Math but not AAP who are strong in math and interested in STEM but didn't have the chance to attend RCMS.

We have friends who were in AAP and attend Franklin who have been very clear that they thought sending their kids to RCMS would have been too stressful because the AAP program there is deemed to be focused on TJ. Many of the parents chose not to have their kids take Algebra 1 in 7th grade because they thought it was too much for their child. I know that there are 8th graders there right now with the grades and the right classes who are not even thinking about TJ. We also know kids who choose RCMS over Franklin, they are all applying to TJ.

The only thing that surprised me about this topic is that somehow the OPs kid did not know about TJ until recently. If she had been in classes or had friends who were going to RCMS then she should have heard kids discussing TJ in 6th grade, if not earlier.

There is a math competition on Saturday at Colvin Run ES, I think it is Colvin Run ES, I would guess that most of the participants are going to be coming from Longfellow, RCMS, Cooper, and Rocky Run. It reads like a Mathcounts dry run before the competitions kick off in February.

DDs freinds actually barely talk about TJ. We knew about the school, but we did not know how competitive it would be. DDs freinds just started talking about it.

They have gone from never discussing TJ to wanting to take Geometry over the summer and applying for TJ? Wow.

Again, we knew about TJ but none of them talked about doing extra activities/geometry over the summer for TJ until this year. DD and her friends talked about TJ before, but never in depth.

Other than not taking geometry over the summer, your DC is fine. She doesn't need to be doing anything right now. Just focus on 7th grade.

Maybe that was unclear. She should not take geometry over the summer. She just needs to focus on 7th grade now and take geometry in 8th grade.

[Anonymous]

Thank you for this feedback. If anyone else happens to know of any tips, or opportunities that could help for TJ please let us know.