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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There’s no way of knowing the likelihood of any kid to get an offer even with the quota of seats per school. 
I wouldn’t push my kids to go if they aren’t fully invested and it isn’t their idea to apply… 
also a C at TJ is not the same as an A at the base school. [/quote]

4 kids applied from DD's school (including her) last cycle. 1 waitlisted, 2 rejected (including my DD), and 1 got in. The one who got in had a mixture of As and Bs at the time of application, same course rigor and math level as DD, who had all A+s. DD got a perfect score on the PSAT 9, the kid who got in was 90th percentile. Unsure of the kid who got in's ECs for the Portrait of a Graduate but DDs were really good. Everyone said she should have gotten in.

So you never know.

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I don’t understand how 4 kids could apply and only one be accepted. Each MS is guaranteed a seat for any child in the top 1.5% of their grade. If your daughter had perfect scores and meet the other requirements, she should have been accepted into TJ. What was missing from her application because something was not there. Or she was at a private school and there are no guaranteed seats.

The PSAT means nothing because it is not a part of the TJ process. [/quote]

She came from a LCPS middle school that is definitely not known for its academics, so few kids applied.

The kid who got in is Asian, shes black/latina. Make of that what you will.[/quote]

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