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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Does anyone know many points was saying yes to FARMS worth? [/quote]

90 points [/quote]

How many total possible points?[/quote]

Not sure what it means? I think they just added 90 points to total[/quote]

How many points were the other components worth? GPA. Essays etc [/quote]
300 GPA, 300 SPS, 300 Math/Science test. up to 225 additional experience points of which meals was 90.[/quote]
Stop lying on these threads.  GPA is only worth 37.5 points, with a minimum possible value of 262.5 through a maximum of 300.  The meals bonus was worth over twice as many points as the entire span from a 3.5 GPA through a 4.0.  [/quote]

Huh?[/quote]

According to the rubric that was made public as part of discovery during the ongoing lawsuit, the score for GPA is 75 * GPA.

Since there is a 3.5 minimum GPA required to be eligible to apply and a 4.0 maximum GPA based on how it was calculated for the purposes of the application, every student will have. GPA score between 362.5 and 400.

As such, the maximum difference in terms of GPA between any two applicants is 400 - 362.5 = 37.5.

To say that GPA is worth 300 points, while strictly true, is misleading, since every applicant earns at least 362.5 of those points.

Since the experience factors are worth either 45 or 90 points each, that means that a 3.5 GPA combined with any experience factor outweighs a 4.0 GPA with no experience factors. In other words, the experience factors are extremely valuable.[/quote]

Not that valuable. Only 12% of total possible score.

Almost irrelevant since almost everyone accepted had 4.0.

The high-point components of the application are:
300 for the SPS 
300 for the math/science essay

They comprise the vast majority of the applicant’s score. If a kid didn’t get in, they probably didn’t write an exceptional essay or portrait. 
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The essay was apparently very easy and most of the portrait has nothing to do with STEM

The whole thing was/is a disaster.
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According to my kid, very few of the students who were expected to get in actually got in i.e., majority of the kids who are generally known to be smart, stood out in the class, perfect or almost perfect GPA, took advantage (and did well) of STEM electives offered by the school, participated in school offered STEM after-school activities etc didn't get admission, but some random and unexpected kids, few of them even had B's got admissions, which surprised many of his peers. He was initially disappointed to be wait listed, but after learning who else got wait listed (and who actually got admissions..lol), he felt TJ doesn't really matter anymore. Well, my kid isn't good at creative writing, which he knows, so its not totally unexpected and as we know GPA doesn't really carry that much weightage compared to portrait sheet and science essay. He was hoping TJ will look into his electives and how well he did in all the courses (as FCPS has whole course work in hand) and consider the after school activities (even if only school based activities are considered), but it didn't really matter at the end (TJ probably didn't look into any of this). Anyways.. this is is how the TJ cohort is going to look like going forward and I doubt anyone realizes a drop in standards and competitiveness any time soon.

Well, talk to some other parents, get organized and take your facts to Coalition for TJ or Governor Youngkin.  Bellyaching on DCUM is not going to do anything.

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I understand you are being sarcastic, which is fine. I hope you do understand that there is no easy to quantify this. Unless the admissions break the rules, you can't really do much. So, if my kid isn't good at writing, then we have to accept for what it is. The question is are the new rules really identifying the true STEM talent and interest. I think it is not and I am sure you assume the opposite. Only time will tell which direction the TJ is headed. For kids who go to better rated HS and supported by parents, TJ shouldn't make much of a difference. So, yes, my kid isn't happy, but is fine with the outcome as many (not all) of his peers that usually competes/collaborates academically are in the same boat as him and will continue to be peers at base HS.  [/quote]

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