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[quote=Anonymous][quote=salsamama][quote=Anonymous]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.    [/quote]

Thank you. I have seen these numbers...but I wonder if they have data how many kids are in each AAP center? [b]Is it usually the case the students who go to TJ are from AAP centers? [/b]How do they determine the top 2.5%? By GPA? Test score? Sorry for many questions![/quote]

Historically, yes, but not for the reasons one may assume. To be clear, understand that attending an AAP Center does not give a preferential advantage in your application. The TJ admissions panel does not perceive any AAP Center to be "better" than any other middle school. I think there is a common misunderstanding that an AAP Center is like having Harvard on a resume and a non-AAP MS is like going to community college.

The reason AAP centers in the past have sent so many kids is because of the sheer volume of applicants from a concentrated number of AAP schools.[/quote]

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