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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]One point that is willfully being ignored here by the SOL posters: math does not a genius make, not even for TJ entry. If you took algebra, and did well in advanced science classes, etc, why does that make you any less qualified than a geometry student who’s not great at other topics? From what I can see from the actual FCPS stats, GPA for admitted students has gone up (not down). And TJ has literally greater than 10x the number of students qualifying as national merit semi finalists than any other school in FCPS. Are we really to believe that this is a terribly dumbed down school in this new world? This reeks of sour grapes to me. [/quote]

Will give you points to have courage to compare the students with some objective test (PSAT/NMSQT). I hope they do OK as they are good writers (based on the essay's which got them selected). Math is very low level and does not count much towards the overall score. But like other posters say you will have to wait for the National Merit from the new batch. By the way this year the cutoff score for semi-finalists was dropped by 2 points so you see more kids

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This is the dumbest response I’ve seen yet. The PSAT, for every “objective” test lover here, should be the deciding factor as to whether kids are getting dumber or not, especially given that they are the primary predictor of the SAT, which until recently, was the primary factor to determine whether kids got into elite colleges. So, let me see if I understand this: math is “low level” so … what? Only for TJ? The cutoff score was allegedly dropped by 2 points, so … what? Only for TJ? If it was dropped/ if math is “low level,” if Aquarius was aligned with Mars or whatever other dumb excuses you have, it happened across the board.

If you were a TJ student, I’d agree that they are letting in real dummies these days. As it is, looking at those national merit stats, which ARE IN for classes in the new admissions cohorts (even if it doesn’t include the most recent test takers), it’s obvious that these kids are very impressive. You might even call them very smart. I’d think that for all of you test whores, this stat alone would be a complete refutation of your theory. Unless you just have a silly agenda to drive, which . . 
 Oh, wow. Color me shocked. [/quote]

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