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Anonymous wrote:salsamama wrote:Anonymous wrote:Langston Hughes, despite of being a AAP center, sends less than 10 students to TJ.
https://www.fcps.edu/news/thomas-jefferson-high-school-continues-increase-access-all
So obviously Hughes is a school on the lower SES side. Your child can either stay at Hughes but make sure he is the top 2.5% auto-admit TJ candidates, or he might benefit from private school.
Thank you. I have seen these numbers...but I wonder if they have data how many kids are in each AAP center? Is it usually the case the students who go to TJ are from AAP centers? How do they determine the top 2.5%? By GPA? Test score? Sorry for many questions!
Sorry, it's 1.5% not 2.5%. https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1016379.page It just means every school is allocated a fixed spot. Exact who get admitted from that school is still based on "holistic" criteria. Hughes has 500 student per grade, so 1.5% = 7, I'd say top 10 students by GPA from Hughes would have a good shot.
I see. Thank you very much for the detailed information! Much appreciated.
Anonymous wrote:Langston Hughes, despite of being a AAP center, sends less than 10 students to TJ.
https://www.fcps.edu/news/thomas-jefferson-high-school-continues-increase-access-all
So obviously Hughes is a school on the lower SES side. Your child can either stay at Hughes but make sure he is the top 2.5% auto-admit TJ candidates, or he might benefit from private school.
Thank you. I have seen these numbers...but I wonder if they have data how many kids are in each AAP center? Is it usually the case the students who go to TJ are from AAP centers? How do they determine the top 2.5%? By GPA? Test score? Sorry for many questions!
Can anyone share experience with Level IV AAP at Langston Hughes? Much appreciated!
Anonymous wrote:It really depends on what FCPS schools you're boundaries into and whether or not your kid has been accepted into AAP. For instance, Haycock AAP is probably more academically rigorous than any private school in the area.
My kid is accepted into Level IV AAP, and we are in Hughes/South Lakes district.
Anonymous wrote:What is the plan for high school? Or private, I’d do private middle. If public, do public middle.
Undecided. We are hoping for TJ, but if that doesn't come though, we might consider private HS instead of moving.
Anonymous wrote:Depends on the private school. But, cost and location aside, you get to choose your private school based on their strengths. Like STEM? There are private schools for that. Like sports? There are academies for that. Like equestrian activities after school? Etc...
With public school, there aren't specific "strengths" because most FCPS MSs should provide the same opportunities, by design.. There are some differences though - e.g. Longfellow has a great (and competitive) math and science team.
Thank you. My DC likes many things and is pretty well-rounded, which makes our choice a bit difficult...
I desperately need some advice. I didn't grow up in this country and I don't have any personal experiences with the school systems in the US. Apart from the cost, what would be the pros and cons of full-time AAP vs. private school at 7-8 grade levels? I have heard changes in admission policy at TJ now work against private school kids. Is that true?