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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]

DP.  With the changes in admissions process, it might be best to look at Carson/Longfellow relative to TJ the same way that some look at TJ relative to admissions to a particular college or university.  Don't send your kid to Carson/Longfellow thinking it's a ticket to being admitted to TJ or that TJ is a ticket to a particular college. Send your kid there because these are excellent schools with strong peer groups that will prepare them well for the next step, whatever that may be.

[b]For many, the changes in the TJ admissions process make admissions seem like more of a crap shoot, while at the same time making TJ seem less attractive[/b].  It will be interesting to see the number of applications there over the coming years. 
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I'd say the changes have the opposite effect.  TJ seems somewhat more attainable and more attractive.  [/quote]

Only if you’re a kid at a less rigorous middle school without an AAP program.

TJ isn’t going to be the top high school in the county much longer, just a good option for kids zoned to unattractive high schools.  The net effect will be that TJ’s appeal will decline. [/quote]

Anything is possible.  But currently, TJ is attainable for students at the most competitive middle schools and for students at other middle schools too.  And even more importantly, desired by students at the most competitive middle schools and for students at other middle schools too. 
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