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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]From the other threads, there appears to be some disagreement over in the ethics of prepping.  However, there appears to be a prep place with an incredibly high TJ placement success rate that may have crossed the line.

To see for yourself, go to the TJ Vents FB Page.  Find the post from July 11th.  Read the comments. The student in the Vent and the students in the comments section are talking about a prep place that charges $4,000 and gives the students the test ahead of time.  One student in the comments stated that the Quant Q for the class of 2023 was identical to the Quant Q for the class of 2022.  It’s clear that they are talking about the Curie Learning Center (“curie” one student states.)

I went to find out more about this place.  Apparently Curie Learning Center posted on their FB page on 8/17 that they had 133 students admitted to TJ.  And posted the names so unlikely they are making it up. (Also posted AOS/AET names/numbers.)

Wow. So there were 133 students admitted this year that prepped at a place that multiple  current students say had a copy of at least one section of the test in prior years.

Just how does one test prep place account for over 25% of the TJHSST class of 2024 admissions?  (Are they possibly that good at prep?)

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There is a very good lesson to be learned here. FCPS admissions obviously is making a HUGE mistake by not releasing and posting all past years tests on their site. If they do that, prepping/training will be fair for everyone. Of course in order to do that, they need to get off their lazy administrative, bureaucratic, butts and actually write new questions from scratch every year! But they don't want to, resulting in "secrecy", which obviously results in leaking of the past tests to the lucky individuals.

FCPS, learn your lesson! If you want this process to be visible and fair to all applicant, post all the past info on your site, and encourage everyone to take practice tests and study them! This will also alleviate the insance amounts of $$ people pay for places like Curie, Sunshine, etc. because many of the hard working kids will study and learn directly from the FCPS site!

This should also be obvious, but in order to make this work well, the test needs to be made more challenging with a higher ceiling. This will prevent kids "memorizing" past questions and getting a really good score, and will instead result in them having to actually learn the concepts well to do well on the test. Essentially, this "Quant" test, or whatever its called, should be very my in the same style as a respectable math competition (e.g the AMCs).[/quote]

There will be rioting, looting and burning if the discriminatory proposal against Asians is rammed through. [/quote]

We want equal opportunity and equal outcome when it comes to rioting, looting and burning. These actions are not limited to a certain minority group. Equity in forms of protest. [/quote]

We need "equity" and diversity in rioting and burning.[/quote]

Yes, we need Asians to be more well rounded and participate in these sort of activities not just studying and working. [/quote]

These people don't value that. That's part of western tradition and culture - you can string it back to the "renaissance man." Or, the Greeks believed in working the body and mind (i.e., sports + academics). Unfortunately, thats not something those cultures value. They aren't American[/quote]

Excuse me you bl--- racist.  The largest contigent of students at TJ currently are indian AMERICAN who are born in this country and come from the largest democracy in the world that had universal suffrage YEARS before the USA had it.  So please dont pretend to hide behind your racist and communal tropes when the enlightened liberal point of view would support transparent admission criteria that treats every student as an individual and not as part of some racial caste or category that they have no control over.

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What?  The new TJ standards would be the opposite of promoting a caste system.  It's allocating slots to middle schools across the county, thereby increasing socioeconomic diversity.  It's also getting rid of a test that could be gamed by the "haves" who can shell out thousands of dollars on test prep.  [/quote]

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