When does the TJ waitlist start to move?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s not that big a deal to get into TJ now anyway. No one is going to think those kids are the strongest students in the county, or even the ones with the most interest in STEM.

This statement implies that the point of going to TJ is to be thought of as one of the strongest students in the county, rather than, you know, the top notch STEM-focused educational opportunities and the chance to work in labs that many universities envy.

Sour grapes at their finest. No worry - TJ will be just fine without you.

[Anonymous]

Wait-list is moving. One of the stronger students at our school just got in

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wait-list is moving. One of the stronger students at our school just got in

Which school?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wait-list is moving. One of the stronger students at our school just got in

Which school?

Lake Braddock. 800 kids in 8th grade, and only 12 were admitted. I am summing someone must have declined. An Alg 2 student, 4.0, just got in off of WL. t
The initial offers seemed (based on hearsay ) to go to Alg 1 students.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s not that big a deal to get into TJ now anyway. No one is going to think those kids are the strongest students in the county, or even the ones with the most interest in STEM.

This statement implies that the point of going to TJ is to be thought of as one of the strongest students in the county, rather than, you know, the top notch STEM-focused educational opportunities and the chance to work in labs that many universities envy.

Sour grapes at their finest. No worry - TJ will be just fine without you.

It's inevitable that TJ will decline and there will be pressure to introduce additional classes at base schools if there is more demand. And then the School Board can obsess over why a course is available at Oakton but not Lewis, even though they've ignored for decades that TJ students had opportunities denied others.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wait-list is moving. One of the stronger students at our school just got in

Which school?

Lake Braddock. 800 kids in 8th grade, and only 12 were admitted. I am summing someone must have declined. An Alg 2 student, 4.0, just got in off of WL. t
The initial offers seemed (based on hearsay ) to go to Alg 1 students.

All the affirmative actions admits must be getting scared and declining. More decline, stronger the class would be and fewer getting kicked out or leaving.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wait-list is moving. One of the stronger students at our school just got in

Which school?

Lake Braddock. 800 kids in 8th grade, and only 12 were admitted. I am summing someone must have declined. An Alg 2 student, 4.0, just got in off of WL. t
The initial offers seemed (based on hearsay ) to go to Alg 1 students.

All the affirmative actions admits must be getting scared and declining. More decline, stronger the class would be and fewer getting kicked out or leaving.

Actually the fewer preppers admitted the stronger the class would be too

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wait-list is moving. One of the stronger students at our school just got in

Which school?

Lake Braddock. 800 kids in 8th grade, and only 12 were admitted. I am summing someone must have declined. An Alg 2 student, 4.0, just got in off of WL. t
The initial offers seemed (based on hearsay ) to go to Alg 1 students.

All the affirmative actions admits must be getting scared and declining. More decline, stronger the class would be and fewer getting kicked out or leaving.

Actually the fewer preppers admitted the stronger the class would be too

You mean Doomsday Preppers?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wait-list is moving. One of the stronger students at our school just got in

Which school?

Lake Braddock. 800 kids in 8th grade, and only 12 were admitted. I am summing someone must have declined. An Alg 2 student, 4.0, just got in off of WL. t
The initial offers seemed (based on hearsay ) to go to Alg 1 students.

All the affirmative actions admits must be getting scared and declining. More decline, stronger the class would be and fewer getting kicked out or leaving.

Affirmative Action would have been better than what they did here, which was basically give preferred admissions to less advanced kids. It seems they wanted to deny admissions to the advanced URMs (kids with 4.0 and Geom) just so they can have a method that would guarantee "success" in the total numbers of URMs and FARM

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wait-list is moving. One of the stronger students at our school just got in

Which school?

Lake Braddock. 800 kids in 8th grade, and only 12 were admitted. I am summing someone must have declined. An Alg 2 student, 4.0, just got in off of WL. t
The initial offers seemed (based on hearsay ) to go to Alg 1 students.

All the affirmative actions admits must be getting scared and declining. More decline, stronger the class would be and fewer getting kicked out or leaving.

Affirmative Action would have been better than what they did here, which was basically give preferred admissions to less advanced kids. It seems they wanted to deny admissions to the advanced URMs (kids with 4.0 and Geom) just so they can have a method that would guarantee "success" in the total numbers of URMs and FARM

Where is your data to support preferred admissions for alg 1 students?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wait-list is moving. One of the stronger students at our school just got in

Which school?

Lake Braddock. 800 kids in 8th grade, and only 12 were admitted. I am summing someone must have declined. An Alg 2 student, 4.0, just got in off of WL. t
The initial offers seemed (based on hearsay ) to go to Alg 1 students.

All the affirmative actions admits must be getting scared and declining. More decline, stronger the class would be and fewer getting kicked out or leaving.

Affirmative Action would have been better than what they did here, which was basically give preferred admissions to less advanced kids. It seems they wanted to deny admissions to the advanced URMs (kids with 4.0 and Geom) just so they can have a method that would guarantee "success" in the total numbers of URMs and FARM

Where is your data to support preferred admissions for alg 1 students?

It is anecdotal so far. If you read through the various threads here, you'll see Alg 2 and Geom kids on WL while Alg1 kids get in. You xN be in denial all you want. The admissions this year had nothing to do with the essays or problem solving. They found a way of increasing URM and FARM admissions without looking at the race of specific applicants. Basically, by screwing all of the advanced kids, including including URMs.

I'm sure the detailed data will have to be released soon enough. Braband replacement will just put the blame on the predecessor

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wait-list is moving. One of the stronger students at our school just got in

Which school?

Lake Braddock. 800 kids in 8th grade, and only 12 were admitted. I am summing someone must have declined. An Alg 2 student, 4.0, just got in off of WL. t
The initial offers seemed (based on hearsay ) to go to Alg 1 students.

All the affirmative actions admits must be getting scared and declining. More decline, stronger the class would be and fewer getting kicked out or leaving.

Affirmative Action would have been better than what they did here, which was basically give preferred admissions to less advanced kids. It seems they wanted to deny admissions to the advanced URMs (kids with 4.0 and Geom) just so they can have a method that would guarantee "success" in the total numbers of URMs and FARM

Where is your data to support preferred admissions for alg 1 students?

It is anecdotal so far. If you read through the various threads here, you'll see Alg 2 and Geom kids on WL while Alg1 kids get in. You xN be in denial all you want. The admissions this year had nothing to do with the essays or problem solving. They found a way of increasing URM and FARM admissions without looking at the race of specific applicants. Basically, by screwing all of the advanced kids, including including URMs.

I'm sure the detailed data will have to be released soon enough. Braband replacement will just put the blame on the predecessor

Safety in numbers. The goal is to transform TJ into a display project where FCPS can point and say "look at the URMs who graduated from our STEM magnet." Lottery by another name.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wait-list is moving. One of the stronger students at our school just got in

Which school?

Lake Braddock. 800 kids in 8th grade, and only 12 were admitted. I am summing someone must have declined. An Alg 2 student, 4.0, just got in off of WL. t
The initial offers seemed (based on hearsay ) to go to Alg 1 students.

All the affirmative actions admits must be getting scared and declining. More decline, stronger the class would be and fewer getting kicked out or leaving.

Actually the fewer preppers admitted the stronger the class would be too

What?!? Are you seriously bad mouthing the students of the #1 high school in the country?!? Please stop your nonsense. It's OK to say you don't care if the student body is weaker because of equity concerns, but at least admit it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s not that big a deal to get into TJ now anyway. No one is going to think those kids are the strongest students in the county, or even the ones with the most interest in STEM.

This statement implies that the point of going to TJ is to be thought of as one of the strongest students in the county, rather than, you know, the top notch STEM-focused educational opportunities and the chance to work in labs that many universities envy.

Sour grapes at their finest. No worry - TJ will be just fine without you.

It's inevitable that TJ will decline and there will be pressure to introduce additional classes at base schools if there is more demand. And then the School Board can obsess over why a course is available at Oakton but not Lewis, even though they've ignored for decades that TJ students had opportunities denied others.

They didn't ignore it - TJ is a Governor's school. It's supposed to have opportunities denied others.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wait-list is moving. One of the stronger students at our school just got in

Which school?

Lake Braddock. 800 kids in 8th grade, and only 12 were admitted. I am summing someone must have declined. An Alg 2 student, 4.0, just got in off of WL. t
The initial offers seemed (based on hearsay ) to go to Alg 1 students.

All the affirmative actions admits must be getting scared and declining. More decline, stronger the class would be and fewer getting kicked out or leaving.

Affirmative Action would have been better than what they did here, which was basically give preferred admissions to less advanced kids. It seems they wanted to deny admissions to the advanced URMs (kids with 4.0 and Geom) just so they can have a method that would guarantee "success" in the total numbers of URMs and FARM

Where is your data to support preferred admissions for alg 1 students?

It is anecdotal so far. If you read through the various threads here, you'll see Alg 2 and Geom kids on WL while Alg1 kids get in. You xN be in denial all you want. The admissions this year had nothing to do with the essays or problem solving. They found a way of increasing URM and FARM admissions without looking at the race of specific applicants. Basically, by screwing all of the advanced kids, including including URMs.

I'm sure the detailed data will have to be released soon enough. Braband replacement will just put the blame on the predecessor

Will be VERY surprised if the number of students beginning in Geometry this year is more than about 30%.

This sounds more like the opening of the five stages of grief.