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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Maybe the admissions office should change the requirements to have a test required for entrance again. No minimum score do they can still offer bonus experience points to students to get the desired diversity, but for the rest of the kids it would be a fair process for them to enroll students who are actually the top of the school. I don’t see how they can fairly determine which students have the most aptitude for stem from schools like Longfellow, Cooper, and Rachel Carson.

How is it possible that students with all As and in Algebra II or Precalc not getting jn, but students with one grading period of Algebra I are getting in from those schools?

Students entering TJ with only Algebra I won’t be able to take any of the advanced math classes past Calculus and can’t take any of the advanced Physics classes until senior year. They can get the same classes at their base school. Students in Algebra II in 8th grade will run out of math options at base schools.

In my son’s Precalc BC class this year at TJ (as a 9th grader), there were 4 juniors in his class, they all dropped down to Precalc AB after the 1st semester because BC was too hard for them. None of the 9th/10th graders had to drop down.

I’m not against having a pathway for students who enter with Algebra I from middle schools that don’t have advanced math classes at their school, but for other middle schools when kids are taking the most advanced classes and proving that they have the math skills, they shouldn’t be rejected for kids with lower grades/the lowest math levels. The process really isn’t fair.[/quote]

Yes, I agree with this. The so called holistic admissions process is really just testing the student’s writing skills more than anything. The pse is also just basic algebra that doesn’t allow the students to demonstrate their capabilities. Many students with perfect grades and in the highest math class are getting waitlisted or rejected. I think the admissions process should consider the gpa more and also require a preview of the student’s standard test grades and achievements. This would help the process become more fair. [/quote]

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