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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]wow.. Berkeley, Stanford, MIT, Michigan..

wonder what the haters who claim that the process is a “lottery” with DEI goals, think?[/quote]

Congratulations to all the graduates and I wish the best for them.

However, this year's graduates didn't do as well as last year.  It's pretty clear to everyone.[/quote]

I am a TJ class of 2025 parent, and I just do not understand why people post these comments about these kids. Today was TJ graduation and even the class representative's speeches reflected how they feel that they had to prove themselves to everyone because they were the first class with the new admission process. How do you know this year's graduates did not do as well as last year and who is everyone? Do you have a Class of 2025 graduate this year? Many more kids got into ivies and other top 20 colleges and did not post on the class Instagram, including my own kid. [/quote]
I was there and this political nonsense was never brought up.  After admissions change to essay lottery, this is the first class where  there is a clear separation between top half of superoor academic performers, and a distant lower half that struggles all four years.  [/quote]

So you just want to cherry pick that top half is not lottery and lower half is lottery .. what kind of “lottery” is that?[/quote]

I don't think that is what he is saying.

I think he is saying that the applicant pool is pretty binary and a cross section of that applicant pool is also going to be pretty binary with some kids that are well prepared for the rigor of TJ and other kids that are going to struggle there.

And to be fair I think it's more trimodal with about 10-15% really killing it academically another 60% doing OK with a few Bs and Cs sprinkled through their transcript and the bottom 25-30% that really should have left after freshman year and are graduating with a low GPA but their SAT score indicates they would have been an A student back at their base school.[/quote]

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