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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In 2022 and 2023, 67% and 63% of the NMSF in FCPS were from TJ. In 2024, only 42% of the NMSF in FCPS are from TJ, despite an increase in the number of TJ juniors from 440 to 500. I expect that next year, TJ’s performance will be even worse than this year, compared to  other FCPS schools, because the only academic essay in TJ’s admission test for the class of 2026 was related to biology and was much easier than the math essay for the class of 2025. [/quote]
The admissions in the first year seemed to line up more with merit than in later years.  I heard the first year students were expected to write about their achievements in the essays, sneaking in what was removed from the application. 
 However, after that year students might get downgraded for listing these achievements that have nothing to do with the essay topic.[/quote]

It does not matter what students wrote. For class 2025, they intentionally [b]didn't pick Asian students [/b]with higher math level, they [b]did pick white students [/b]are on higher math level though. They did pick the kids who lied about they're on free lunch. 
There are some students took SAT on 9th grade applied to TJ again and got in 10th grade, which also helped the NMSF #. Every year there are students transferred from TJ to base schools, even senior year. If it's counting original 550 admission to TJ, the NMSF number would be even uglier. [/quote]

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Fiction.

They didn’t know the race of the applicants. 
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It's auto-filled on TJ application, FCPS has it on each and every student's profile. [/quote]

“The new admissions process continues to be merit based and is race blind. Students are allocated a number by which to be identified during the process. Admissions evaluators do not know the race, ethnicity, or gender of any applicant.”

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