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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Did somehow people cheat to get into the school? [/quote]

In a nutshell, one prep company prepped 28% of this years freshman. That’s 133 kids. It’s insane given how competing the prep company market is in NVa. Two years ago, they got 51 kids in and last year it was around 80. The company has been around for YEARS, so such a massive increase raises eyebrows. The company (foolishly) posted the lists of first and last names TJ admits to their FB page each year, so it’s easy to verify.

THEN, current TJ students started posting online on various social media that the company HAD A COPY of the test ahead of time. This test is supposed to be “unpreppable” but the company got students to report back what the questions were after the test. Then they used that to help the students taking the test on the accommodations day, summer round admissions and of course for the next years class. Apparently FCPS and the owners of the TJ admissions test have been watching the company for a while, so this was a good opportunity to do something. This prep company is making millions off of gaming the TJ admissions process.

Added on top of that the this prep company virtually ONLY preps students of one specific background. Added to that almost no Hispanic or black students were admitted and girls were sorely underrepresented as well. It just looks disgusting and simply cannot continue.

Our very own Varsity Blues-type scandal for FCPS. Awesome, thanks cheaters for creating a problem during a time when there are already plenty of problems. [/quote]

Wow. How many kids were denied admission or waitlisted, that would have been admitted, if not for the cheaters having taken those spots? Couldn’t the County be sued?[/quote]

Again, who was cheating?  Are people who take SAT test prep "cheating"?  This sounds like the same kind of activity.[/quote]

The SAT is not secured, nor are almost any other standardized test you see. So no, it's not cheating to prep for it.

The Quant-Q is secured, so yes, it is cheating to use materials that are supposed to be secured to prepare for it.[/quote]

So who got the "secured" materials?  Unless the students who took the test are under an NDA, they are free to discuss the test with anyone.[/quote]

TJ students report having signed a pledge not to discuss the exam or its questions with anyone.[/quote]

So nobody cheated.  They potentially violated a non-enforceable "pledge".[/quote]

And in so doing, made the exam pointless and probably contributed to what's happening right now.[/quote]

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