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They aren't looking for advanced problem solvers either.  Each of the last two years, an 8th grade JMO qualifier got rejected from TJ.

I'm not even specifically stating that kids with high AMC 10 scores or kids taking Calculus in 8th or 9th grade ought to be guaranteed admissions.  I think that if a child is taking precalc in 8th, has straight As throughout, and has qualified for AIME a couple times, that kid is the real deal.  Kids like this should undoubtedly be accepted to TJ.  I would not be surprised if the majority of kids that FCPS has accelerated to Algebra in 5th or earlier would fit this profile.  [/quote]
How would they know about it, since JMO qualifier is well after applications are in.[/quote]

JMO qualifiers may not be known before applications are due, but the status is known well before TJ decisions are made.  Even if the kid didn't state their status on the application, because they wouldn't have known at the time, it would be entirely possible for TJ admissions to take note of the 1 or 2 FCPS 8th graders who made JMO, and then take that into consideration when evaluating applications.  The same is the case for Mathcounts.  By the end of March, the top kids in the state are known.  Someone could audit the TJ applications and make note of the kids who finish in the top 10 in the state.

Also, every JMO qualifier is going to have a very high AMC 10 score.  These scores are known before the applications are due.  When only 15 8th graders in VA are qualifying for AIME, and the bulk of those are within 10 points of the cutoff, the kids who are > 25 points above the cutoff should stand out.  [/quote]

How do you know that those things were NOT taken into consideration, and that those same students weren’t found wanting in other areas?

You don’t. Plain and simple.[/quote]

Now come on that is just silly. You cannot know anything about the current application process if you say this.

I fully support the shift to having a minimum set of seats for all middle schools but WITHIN a middle school and/or for the extra kids not allocated seats from the middle school process I think you do need a way to ensure the tippy top off the charts math kids get in. And there is nothing to guarantee that now. [/quote]

Some middle schools don’t have “top off the charts” kids but they are not freshmen and sophomores anyway.

You need to stop obsessing about this. TJ’s future has been decided - it will be an above-average high school in the future, not the #1 school in the country.  [/quote]

I know! When they eliminated the 2nd and 3rd tier preppers and replaced them with naturally gifted students in the selection it made the latest crop of TJ admits among the strongest in the school's history. [/quote]

And that's why many of them can't even score pass-advanced on dumbed down SOLs. (They are referred to as LoLs at TJ since they are ridiculously easy to get pass advanced). [/quote]

Literally no one at TJ cares about SOLs, to include the teachers and administration.[/quote]

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