Newsweek high school rankings

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I take a somewhat sordid pleasure in noting that my northern NJ HS is listed and none of the "premium" FCPS schools are on the list at all. Comparing apples to oranges of course, since the eras were totally different, but my HE was actually pretty good in the 80s--the matriculation list for the top 10% of my class would be pretty enviable for any of the northern FCPS schools, let alone other high schools. Don't think my old HS has ever made it onto the USNWR list, either. Funny.

Here we go. The Jersey gal strikes again.

[Anonymous]

DCUM/Helcioptor parents need to get real lives. I feel sorry for kids growing up today. Your precious snowflakes are going to be just fine if you would just get out of the way

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Honestly, the bigger issue is that aside from TJ, why was FCPS not in the top 500?

Because we work so hard, we deserve the trophy! wah-wah-wah!

Don't act silly PP. It's a genuine question from parents who have kids in FCPS high schools.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:TJ fans love to claim they are number 1. It is worth pointing out that these Blair magnet kids 12/100 of them were Intel award winners and about 30/100 National Merit Semifinist. However, they never are counted in the number 1 or top 500 schools because unlike every other magnet school (TJ, Stuyvesant etc) they are not in a whole school magnet but instead liberal MCPS has these kids in a low SES school to try to pull up the numbers of the school.

The High Schools With The Highest SAT/ACT Scores In The Nation

1. Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Annandale, Va.

TJHSST was established in 1985 as a result of a partnership between businesses and schools created to improve STEM education. With an average SAT score of 2220, TJHSST students go on to such prestigious schools like University of Pennsylvania, Harvard, and Yale, just to name a few.

2. The Harker School in San Jose, Calif.

This private prep school is home to students from kindergarten to senior year of high school. Students at Harker typically have a GPA range between 3.6 and 3.9 and an average SAT score of 2210.
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/23/schools-highest-sat-scores_n_4654077.html

I bet the 100 kids in the Blair Magnet program have a higher or equal average SAT score. This sort of screaming how TJ is number one is gross, especially when no other school in FCPS even made the top 500. Maryland schools are better than Virginia.

Kids in the Blair magnet program do not have higher average SAT score than TJ students.

And your source? How do you know their SAT scores ?

The National Merit Scholarship Corporation has named 31 Fairfax County Public Schools students winners of $2,500 scholarship.


· Matthew Barbano of Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (TJHSST) (engineering).

· Pooja Chandrashekar of TJHSST (biomedical engineering).

· Corwin de Boor of TJHSST (electrical engineering).

· Joseph Doran of TJHSST (chemical engineering).

· Saroja Erabelli of TJHSST (mathematics).

· Anshula Gandhi of TJHSST (computer science).

· Shreyas Garg of TJHSST (finance).

· Noemi Glaeser of TJHSST (undecided).

· Peter Kim of TJHSST (medical research).

· Lucas Lin of TJHSST (undecided).

· William Long of TJHSST (biomedical engineering).

· Janice Ong of TJHSST (pharmaceutical science).

· Winston Ou of TJHSST (chemical engineering).

· Ranjani Parthasarathy of TJHSST (international relations).

· Sushrutha Reddy of TJHSST (mathematics).

· Matthew Savage of TJHSST (computer science).

· Jessica Wu of TJHSST (biomedical engineering).

· Justin Yum of TJHSST (computer science)

.· Kyle Zhou of TJHSST (computer science).

[Anonymous]

Yeah, MCPS has 153 National Merit semi finalist. Do you want me to list them for you?

[Anonymous]

Maryland had 300 statewide with a higher cutoff than Virginia.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:TJ fans love to claim they are number 1. It is worth pointing out that these Blair magnet kids 12/100 of them were Intel award winners and about 30/100 National Merit Semifinist. However, they never are counted in the number 1 or top 500 schools because unlike every other magnet school (TJ, Stuyvesant etc) they are not in a whole school magnet but instead liberal MCPS has these kids in a low SES school to try to pull up the numbers of the school.

The High Schools With The Highest SAT/ACT Scores In The Nation

1. Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Annandale, Va.

TJHSST was established in 1985 as a result of a partnership between businesses and schools created to improve STEM education. With an average SAT score of 2220, TJHSST students go on to such prestigious schools like University of Pennsylvania, Harvard, and Yale, just to name a few.

2. The Harker School in San Jose, Calif.

This private prep school is home to students from kindergarten to senior year of high school. Students at Harker typically have a GPA range between 3.6 and 3.9 and an average SAT score of 2210.
...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/23/schools-highest-sat-scores_n_4654077.html

I bet the 100 kids in the Blair Magnet program have a higher or equal average SAT score. This sort of screaming how TJ is number one is gross, especially when no other school in FCPS even made the top 500. Maryland schools are better than Virginia.

Kids in the Blair magnet program do not have higher average SAT score than TJ students.

And your source? How do you know their SAT scores ?

The National Merit Scholarship Corporation has named 31 Fairfax County Public Schools students winners of $2,500 scholarship.


· Matthew Barbano of Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (TJHSST) (engineering).

· Pooja Chandrashekar of TJHSST (biomedical engineering).

· Corwin de Boor of TJHSST (electrical engineering).

· Joseph Doran of TJHSST (chemical engineering).

· Saroja Erabelli of TJHSST (mathematics).

· Anshula Gandhi of TJHSST (computer science).

· Shreyas Garg of TJHSST (finance).

· Noemi Glaeser of TJHSST (undecided).

· Peter Kim of TJHSST (medical research).

· Lucas Lin of TJHSST (undecided).

· William Long of TJHSST (biomedical engineering).

· Janice Ong of TJHSST (pharmaceutical science).

· Winston Ou of TJHSST (chemical engineering).

· Ranjani Parthasarathy of TJHSST (international relations).

· Sushrutha Reddy of TJHSST (mathematics).

· Matthew Savage of TJHSST (computer science).

· Jessica Wu of TJHSST (biomedical engineering).

· Justin Yum of TJHSST (computer science)

.· Kyle Zhou of TJHSST (computer science).

All 31 are from TJ?? If yes, then that's the problem we are talking about.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Maryland had 300 statewide with a higher cutoff than Virginia.

"Twenty-four Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) students from six different high schools have been awarded National Merit $2,500 Scholarships financed by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation"

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Anonymous wrote:TJ fans love to claim they are number 1. It is worth pointing out that these Blair magnet kids 12/100 of them were Intel award winners and about 30/100 National Merit Semifinist. However, they never are counted in the number 1 or top 500 schools because unlike every other magnet school (TJ, Stuyvesant etc) they are not in a whole school magnet but instead liberal MCPS has these kids in a low SES school to try to pull up the numbers of the school.

The High Schools With The Highest SAT/ACT Scores In The Nation

1. Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Annandale, Va.

TJHSST was established in 1985 as a result of a partnership between businesses and schools created to improve STEM education. With an average SAT score of 2220, TJHSST students go on to such prestigious schools like University of Pennsylvania, Harvard, and Yale, just to name a few.

2. The Harker School in San Jose, Calif.

This private prep school is home to students from kindergarten to senior year of high school. Students at Harker typically have a GPA range between 3.6 and 3.9 and an average SAT score of 2210.
...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/23/schools-highest-sat-scores_n_4654077.html

I bet the 100 kids in the Blair Magnet program have a higher or equal average SAT score. This sort of screaming how TJ is number one is gross, especially when no other school in FCPS even made the top 500. Maryland schools are better than Virginia.

Kids in the Blair magnet program do not have higher average SAT score than TJ students.

And your source? How do you know their SAT scores ?

The National Merit Scholarship Corporation has named 31 Fairfax County Public Schools students winners of $2,500 scholarship.


· Matthew Barbano of Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (TJHSST) (engineering).

· Pooja Chandrashekar of TJHSST (biomedical engineering).

· Corwin de Boor of TJHSST (electrical engineering).

· Joseph Doran of TJHSST (chemical engineering).

· Saroja Erabelli of TJHSST (mathematics).

· Anshula Gandhi of TJHSST (computer science).

· Shreyas Garg of TJHSST (finance).

· Noemi Glaeser of TJHSST (undecided).

· Peter Kim of TJHSST (medical research).

· Lucas Lin of TJHSST (undecided).

· William Long of TJHSST (biomedical engineering).

· Janice Ong of TJHSST (pharmaceutical science).

· Winston Ou of TJHSST (chemical engineering).

· Ranjani Parthasarathy of TJHSST (international relations).

· Sushrutha Reddy of TJHSST (mathematics).

· Matthew Savage of TJHSST (computer science).

· Jessica Wu of TJHSST (biomedical engineering).

· Justin Yum of TJHSST (computer science)

.· Kyle Zhou of TJHSST (computer science).

All 31 are from TJ?? If yes, then that's the problem we are talking about.

The full list:

· Charlie Shen of Herndon High School (chemical engineering).

· Anya Michaelsen of Lake Braddock Secondary School (physics).

· Daniel Song of Lake Braddock Secondary School (medicine).

· Andrew Ton of Langley High School (electrical engineering).

· Rachel Wu of Langley High School (economics).

· Francis D’Amico of Madison High School (aerospace engineering).

· Michael Qu of Oakton High School (quantitative analysis).

· Sahana Thirumazhusai of South Lakes High School (international law).

· Matthew Barbano of Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (TJHSST) (engineering).

· Pooja Chandrashekar of TJHSST (biomedical engineering).

· Corwin de Boor of TJHSST (electrical engineering).

· Joseph Doran of TJHSST (chemical engineering).

· Saroja Erabelli of TJHSST (mathematics).

· Anshula Gandhi of TJHSST (computer science).

· Shreyas Garg of TJHSST (finance).

· Noemi Glaeser of TJHSST (undecided).

· Peter Kim of TJHSST (medical research).

· Lucas Lin of TJHSST (undecided).

· William Long of TJHSST (biomedical engineering).

· Janice Ong of TJHSST (pharmaceutical science).

· Winston Ou of TJHSST (chemical engineering).

· Ranjani Parthasarathy of TJHSST (international relations).

· Sushrutha Reddy of TJHSST (mathematics).

· Matthew Savage of TJHSST (computer science).

· Jessica Wu of TJHSST (biomedical engineering).

· Justin Yum of TJHSST (computer science)

.· Kyle Zhou of TJHSST (computer science).

· Georgiana McTigue of Woodson High School (public health).

· Shi Chan Meng of Woodson High School (biological engineering).

· Shi Yuan Meng of Woodson High School (biochemical engineering).

· Jiayin Xie of Woodson High School (computer science).

[Anonymous]

Here's a different way to look at it:

http://www.theatlantic.com/misc/global-report-card

It compares the 2012 test results for the school district with other countries. The % it will show is the %ile compared to those countries listed that the school district is compared to.

MCPS math is 57%, reading 65%
FCPS math is 51%, reading 56%

Interestingly, HoCo beats both at 64%/71% respectively. I know HoCo doesn't have as much FARMS kids, so that may impact the score.

Again, this is 2012 so I'm sure things have changed, though, probably not by much(?).

[Anonymous]

MCPS 153 NMSF are at 13 schools.

http://connectedcommunities.us/showthread.php?t=64799#montgomerywinners

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:MCPS 153 NMSF are at 13 schools.

http://connectedcommunities.us/showthread.php?t=64799#montgomerywinners

"Two hundred five Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) students from 19 high schools have been named semifinalists by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) for 2015. Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (TJHSST), which also serves as the Governor’s Regional School for Northern Virginia, has 129 semifinalists."

http://commweb.fcps.edu/newsreleases/newsrelease.cfm?newsid=2605

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:MCPS 153 NMSF are at 13 schools.

http://connectedcommunities.us/showthread.php?t=64799#montgomerywinners

"Two hundred five Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) students from 19 high schools have been named semifinalists by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) for 2015. Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (TJHSST), which also serves as the Governor’s Regional School for Northern Virginia, has 129 semifinalists."

http://commweb.fcps.edu/newsreleases/newsrelease.cfm?newsid=2605

Ok so 300 from MD versus 205 from FCPS (let's call it this way because FCPS gets the best kids from the other counties at TJ ). Or we could add another 100 kids on the MD number because kids in MD have to score several points HIGHER to be NMSF.a couple points are lots of kids. Honestly, both MD and VA have very smart kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:MCPS 153 NMSF are at 13 schools.

http://connectedcommunities.us/showthread.php?t=64799#montgomerywinners

"Two hundred five Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) students from 19 high schools have been named semifinalists by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) for 2015. Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (TJHSST), which also serves as the Governor’s Regional School for Northern Virginia, has 129 semifinalists."

http://commweb.fcps.edu/newsreleases/newsrelease.cfm?newsid=2605

Ok so 300 from MD versus 205 from FCPS (let's call it this way because FCPS gets the best kids from the other counties at TJ ). Or we could add another 100 kids on the MD number because kids in MD have to score several points HIGHER to be NMSF.a couple points are lots of kids. Honestly, both MD and VA have very smart kids.

No. It's 153 (MCPS) v. 205 (FCPS) for NMSF

Also, 24 National Merit Scholars for MCPS v. 31 National Merit Scholars for FCPS.

[Anonymous]

Just for the record, RM/IB had 34 NMSF out of about 100 kids with cutoff score 2pt higher than Va. If MD's cutoff was 219, I am sure at least 6 more kids (probably more) would have made the cut.