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[quote=Anonymous]http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/virginia-schools-insider/post/fairfax-releases-tj-admissions-data/2012/04/17/gIQA6RdtOT_blog.html
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[quote] [TJ admitted] 480 students out of more than 3,400 applicants [14%] in a selection process involving a standardized test, teacher recommendations, math and science grades and other measures ....

The percentage of Asian students and boys admitted ... rose this year, while the proportion of white students and girls fell .... About two-thirds of the incoming class is Asian, while about one-fourth is white. That’s a dramatic shift from five years ago, when white students made up more than half of TJ’s freshmen. (Countywide, about 19 percent of students are Asian and about 43 percent are white.) ... boys make up 59 percent of the freshman class.

The Class of 2016 includes seven black students and 13 Latinos — a total of 4 percent of all admitted students. (The two groups comprise 32 percent of students countywide.)  ... More than 400 students from low-income families — who qualified for a reduced or waived admissions fee — applied to the school. Six were admitted — about 1 percent of the freshman class, compared with about 25 percent of kids living in poverty across Fairfax.[/quote][/quote]

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