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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's [b]incredibly difficult[/b] to get in as a sophomore - consequently, the kids who do it are usually very well-prepared and honestly relieved to be out of the base school environment.

The hardest transition is in science. People usually think it's math, but the way TJ goes about teaching science is a far bigger delta from what you get at a base school.[/quote]

Really? I would expect no more than 45 kids apply. If that is true, then 15 out of those 45 are selected, which is 33% acceptance rate. Seems easier. Also, seems like the JMO and like kids settle in Langley and Mclean and are not interested in TJ any more.[/quote]

New poster.

Acceptance rate is not really a good way to determine how difficult the admissions are for several reasons - cohort of students applying for freshman vs sophomore are quite different.

Sophomore admissions are evaluated by TJ faculty and a big component of the admissions is recommendations letters. Teacher input is quite specific and the bar is high for admission. This is understandable, why take a student who is doing very well in school already (if not doing well, recommendation ding the student) and put them in a school that is much more rigorous?

TJ faculty knows why type of student would do well in TJ.

What this ends up doing is, most sophomore admits would be in the top 10% of the class.

I have a limited sample of students who have gone through this, including DC but that has been our experience.

I do understand why someone who is doing so well would just not want to change. We went through that as well.

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15 kids enter as froshmore. If they all are really in top 10% (approx. within top 50 kids in 530 total kids) then certainly there is a big gap in selection process and the admission process should analyze the data. Also, most of the kids applying in the sophomore round already applied and were not selected due to whatever may be the reason (so cohort may not matter as much). [/quote]

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