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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Longfellow is probably the strongest but forget about TJ. [/quote]

Weird since Longfellow sends a higher percentage of its kids to TJ than any other MS?[/quote]

I think you fundamentally misunderstand the admissions process. TJ admissions personnel don't consider Longfellow as a rigorous alma mater like graduate schools consider the rigor of selective undergraduate programs. If TJ is faced with a choice between two candidates that have exactly the same academic stats, the one from a nontraditional feeder is the one that will be chosen.[/quote]

I think you're misunderstanding schools and students, as well as the new admission process.  Look at the numbers first before drawing your statistical conclusion.[/quote]

Many students attend TJ from Longfellow/Carson due to the extremely high number of applicants (as a result of the high SES and education of families within their catchments), but that does not imply that attending Longfellow/Carson improves a child's chances of getting admitted. Those percentages you see are not related to probability. Greater probability of admittance is not given to an applicant [i]just because[/i] they attended a top-feeder school.

Longfellow is a fine school. But an outsider with a top-of-the-class student new to FCPS with hopes of getting into TJ literally has a better chance by earning a guaranteed spot in the 1.5% reserved at any nontraditional feeders than competing against the hundreds at top-feeders.[/quote]

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