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being “smarter” doesn’t get you into TJ. It helps, yes but it is not enough.
Want the best predictor?
ethnicity/AAP center.
The AAP centres with the most Asians get the most kids into TJ.
And don’t minimise parental ambition on this score.  There are prep classes I know of in western part of the county where 5th graders are being prepped for the TJ exam. Most of the attendees are Indian and Korean.
In fact, smart white kids are increasingly saying fuck it; whites application to TJ have dropped noticeably in recent years.
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Agreed.  All of this.  It starts in the AAP centers.  Look at a typical class of third graders.  Predominantly Asian.  We are back to (hate to use this word) segregation. FCPS loves to proclaim and promote diversity but look at what isn't diverse: AAP education.  TJ in no way reflects diversity.[/quote]

This depends on where in the county you child attends school. Our Oakton/Vienna Center is more than 50% white. Chantilly? Probably less so.  As for TJ, let's be fair.  The Asian kids are usually that ones putting in years of work to get in. At DC's MS, there are Asian kids that have been doing 4 hours of prep every Sunday since 3rd grade. They have out worked my white DC, which is fine-- that level of prep is not consistent with our family's values and I, personally don't think it's healthy.  But I'm not going to say that the Asian kids who will beat my child out for a spot don't deserve to be there-- they've worked very hard for years. And any white kid who put that much time & energy in for that long would have an equal chance of admission. Why shouldn't TJ be admitting the kids who work the hardest to get there.  IRL, the lawyers who work 80 hour weeks make partner, and the residents who are at the hospital 100 hours a week become surgeons. You make not like it or think it's right for an8-13 year old child (I don't) but sweat equity is a part of life b[/quote]

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