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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't see much evidence that Asian kids flooded into "under-represented" middle schools like Whitman and Holmes this past year to "game" the new process.

It seems more likely to me that Asian families will just anchor in the top pyramids so they can hedge their bets (still have their kids apply to TJ, but rest assured that the alternative is Langley/McLean/Oakton/Chantilly/Woodson).  And, as TJ becomes seen primarily as an alternative to lower-performing high schools, fewer of their kids will apply, just like Asian families in MoCo send their kids to Wootton with only some considering the Blair magnet. [/quote]

Correct. Asian will stay in top school zones.[/quote]

Some will have a small house in a lower ranked area and a larger house in the top zone.[/quote]

Seems so overkill for high school.  TJ is just a high school in the end.  No one cares if you went to TJ later in life and college outcomes aren’t really better because it’s so competitive. If you read their confessional page, cheating is rampant and kids are totally unhappy.  It’s crazy to me that folks are this desperate for TJ.  Get a life.[/quote]

TJ is soooo shiny.
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This thread is intended for people interested in TJ.  This is not a place to bash TJ as that point is going to fall on deaf ears.  What is your purpose except maybe as someone embittered that TJ is unattainable?[/quote]

I’m not bashing TJ. I’m bashing the parents who have been plotting their child’s path for TJ admissions since 2nd grade because they are obsessed with the prestige.

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Why would you bash parents who want their kids to be successful?  You seem to be obsessed with perpetuating a particular stereotype of a TJ applicant in the past in order to justify a new process that, as this thread indicates, has been anything but smooth.  You've offered next to nothing to suggest that the new process is better at identifying students who may have an actual interest in, or aptitude for, STEM.  [/quote]

I'm bashing parents fostering an unhealthy, toxic environment for our kids. 
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You could always raise your kids as you see fit, and stop interfering with how other parents raise theirs.

It reeks of privilege for people like you to assert that other parents are somehow fostering an "unhealthy, toxic environment" for your kids.  It's like you think you're the ones who should always decide the rules and the appropriate cultural norms.  [/quote]

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