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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What do you mean when you say top students? All As or something else.[/quote]

Someone posted on here there were rejections of kids who qualified for USAJMO in 7th grade.  This is a contest that takes around the top 100 math students in the country.  And that is among 10th graders and below.
7th or 8th grader to make this in Virginia is rare, but they couldn't find room in a class of 500.  They also reject5 winners of MathCounts, Science Olympiad, and other contests.
Really anyone who qualifies for the earlier round AIME should be accepted.[/quote]

Followup- I described the top students statewide who were getting rejected.  But TJ has a minimum quota per school and selects from within a school first.  By top students I am looking at top MathCounts students who qualify for state, vs your all A students that are just OK at math, taking geometry or maybe algebra 1.  Last year- the school had students who didn't accept four algebra 2 kids, one qualified for MathCounts nationals, another was in top 12 at MathCounts State, another was on a top team at state MathCounts and won awards in computer programming, another won lots of awards in chess rated 2000+.  The students who were accepted probably had all As but were not known as standout students.   One was plausible- an Algebra 2 student who was solid on the MathCounts team but not winning at the chapter level.  Almost all accepted were Asian so it not a racial factor as many are suggesting.[/quote]

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