TJ: Kids having second thoughts?

[Anonymous]

Can anyone give info about TJ wait list pls?

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Anonymous wrote:You may think of this note as a usual complaint, but I just wanted to let you know that TJ will have to start preparing a serious remediation program for its upcoming freshmen class. Last year, I was part of a coaching program for students interested in joining TJ. All the mediocre students (scoring generally <70% in math, verbal and writing in sample tests at our Centre) who were semi-finalists for TJ class of 2017 made it to TJ. All the top kids from this class have been rejected by TJ admissions. Not even one out of 15 made it to TJ. It came as a shock to me. They all scored above 48 in Math and above 45 in Verbal. These kids are among the top performers in their middle schools and possess superior writing and math skills. These top kids did not need to be at our Centre because they were naturally talented. If the goal of the admissions office was to select the students with true interest in STEM, I can assure you, most of the selected students from our coaching Centre will disappoint TJ.
The admission process has miserably failed TJ yet again. It is such a shame for a school that wants to maintain its top status. TJ will find out next year that most of these students lack fundamental understanding in arithmetic and algebra 1. My understanding is that the math portion of the test was very easy and that even 6th graders could have solved most of these problems easily. This allowed even the mediocre kids to score between 38 and 45 in math portion of the test. I know the school always claims that its admission process is fair and holistic. The school will find out about this group of freshmen capabilities from its teachers next year. TJ admission office truly has done a disservice to the school yet again because it has selected undeserving students over the genuinely talented ones. I guarantee you about this because I know I dealt with this group closely for over 12 months. Thanks

Well, some applicants never come to your center because they are doing well in math without your help!

Sure there are a large percentage of kids who do not take prep classes. However, participation in these classes has been rising rapidly. The bottom line is that admission office is doing a very poor job in filtering out candidates who are not much interested in STEM, but more interested in getting to TJ because their parents are pushing them, primarily because it brings prestige to the family.It's a shame when you see kids getting into school who can not solve simple word problems.

Is this code for Asian kids?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can anyone give info about TJ wait list pls?

Why bump a 2 year-old thread?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can anyone give info about TJ wait list pls?

They typically put about 50 kids on the wait-list and then make offers to summer round applicants in June and if spaces remain, go to the wait list in early July. Typically about 2 to 8 kids get off the wait list per year.

[Anonymous]

I thought I read it in the Washington Post article for the class 2019 that TJ admitted 490 kids? But the normal class is 425 ish. Which means they are expecting yield of 60+ kids accepted turning TJ down. Only if more than 60 kids accepted turning down TJ will they go into those WL then.

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Anonymous wrote:I thought I read it in the Washington Post article for the class 2019 that TJ admitted 490 kids? But the normal class is 425 ish. Which means they are expecting yield of 60+ kids accepted turning TJ down. Only if more than 60 kids accepted turning down TJ will they go into those WL then.

The current freshmen to junior classes at TJ are all between 450 and 470 students. The senior class is around 420 students, but it's abnormally small (there were almost 460 seniors in the Class of 2014). So I don't think they are necessarily expecting 60 admitted students to turn down the TJ offer. They might be expecting 20-30 kids to turn them down, and only starting to make offers from a wait list if that happened.