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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When they offer waitlisted students, will the academic performance matter or are the same experience/diversity factors still applied?[/quote]
Entire waitlist of 1000+ applicants is already ranked.  As ironic as it is, [b]FCPS has figured out diversity chart can be manipulated quickly if students with lower level of Algebra 1 math from low performing schools are admitted[/b], since the old merit based admissions favored the well managed top middle school students with higher level of Geometry or Algebra 2 math.  So, instead of the previous 20+ offers to algebra 1 students, now well over 160+ offers go to lower level math students.  As wishful as school board's political desire maybe, fortunately not all algebra 1 students are naive to take the bait and risk struggling with poor grades at TJ, so many politely decline the offer.  These significant number of declined offers return to the unallocated pool, and the competitive already ranked high math students from the waitlist are extended the offers.

Essentially, the message conveyed by Algebra 1 students declining their TJ offer to the school board is this: You're mistaken if you believe you can fulfill your diversity chart at the cost of our suffering at TJ. Prioritize fixing our middle schools so that we can learn higher-level math required for success at TJ, and then we'll consider accepting the TJ offer.[/quote]
😔 sad[/quote]

Don't be sad.  That poster is a troll.  That post is all nonsense.  [/quote]

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