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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]https://www.fcps.edu/news/tjhsst-student-named-finalist-2025-regeneron-science-talent-search

Eight Top 300 finalists this year as opposed to seven last year. But I thought that the new admissions process was leaving top talent behind?

No other FCPS school produced a top 300 finalist this year...[/quote] TJ will soon be back at #1.[/quote]
No. There were more SOL failures in 2022-23 than the year prior, so the next ranking may well be lower.[/quote]

Jeez, now we're maligning the class of 2025?[/quote]

I mean the class of 2026.

Honestly I think the student body is improving.  I don't know if they are easing off the "experience factors" or if students are self selecting themselves into the applicant pool better this year.[/quote]
No, it does not reflect one class. There were SOL failures in 9th, 10th, and 11th grades in 2022-23. (Some 11th graders were admitted under the new, test-optional sophomore admissions policy.) Your last point is consistent with the data, however -- there were fewer SOL failures in 2023-24 (3 failed exams) vs 2022-23 (18 failed exams). That seems to suggest FCPS may have tightened TJ admissions policies following the emergence of SOL failures in 2021-22 and 2022-23. However, while fewer SOL exam failures will ultimately help TJ's rating, there will soon be additional downward pressure on the ranking once 12th grade AP scores are included for the first classes admitted under the admissions change; students who failed their SOLs as underclassmen, are likely to struggle with their AP exams as seniors as well. Thus, it will take a number of years for TJ's rank to recover fully.[/quote]
I hope they are able to continue to succeed but I agree that eventually the lower student quality is going to reduce the metrics that people are going to use to rank schools.  I am particularly concerned about where the SAT scores will go.[/quote]

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