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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have an eighth grader considering TJ. I was following TJ admissions last year but then lost track after appeals.

Is FCPS still doing the top kids from each middle school?
Will there still be extra weight on if you are free lunch or URM?
Will there be a test this year and when?[/quote]

I heard they were switching to a lottery to end all the bellyaching.[/quote]

Back to the original bad idea. Guess this is what fcps always wanted.

I don’t understand why the top students just can attend the top high school in the country.

I am actually fine with affirmation action. Allocate 10% to URMs but keep the other 90% competitive.[/quote]

The problem is they never figured out who the top students were in the first place. They were simply allowing people to get in by buying the test.[/quote]

Based on all of TJ's academic successes, they were spot on in identifying the top 100-200 kids in FCPS.  Thanks to prep centers and UMC privilege, they struggled at identifying the correct kids to round out the bottom half of TJ.  Now, they can't tell the difference between the top kids, the less privileged kids who still deserve TJ spots, and the prep kids, especially when the admissions score is largely based on unproctored essays.  They could have attempted to fix the issues with the Quant-Q or other factors without completely gutting the process.  [/quote]

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