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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would have gotten into TJ probably, but had no interest in going (white girl).  I have my friends at my school, I'm comfortable moving on with them, and I am as interested in non-STEM subjects as STEM.  Also, I have a friend who left TJ after the first year because she said there was no social life. 
Anyway, that was a few years ago.  I got into Harvard, so clearly wasn't slacking at my home school.  Calling people lazy because they don't think TJ is the best school for everyone is silly.[/quote]

Just because you got into Harvard that doesn't mean you would have probably gotten into TJ. Maybe you were a legacy, development case, recruited athlete or lucky. TJ grads that move onto Harvard say Harvard is academically easier than TJ.

TJ apparently does not have a cap on Asians but Harvard does. Asians are capped at about 16 to 18% year after year even though the number of Asian applicants probably doubled in the last 10 years. Harvard would be 60% Asians if it did not have quotas on Asians. Also, your friend saying there is no social life at TJ doesn't mean there is no social life for others. Maybe she thought the academics were too rigorous and wanted less challenging environment. I am sure she didn't say on the application her main priority was an active "social life" but to challenge her self with rigorous STEM courses and participate in scientific discovery. You know, the usual stuff that goes on the application and the SIS. So, for her to say she left because of no social life is disingenuous.

No one is saying people who do not think TJ is the best school are lazy. We are all entitled to our opinions. However, it is a fact that less whites are applying and this has been significant for the last 5 or 6 years. The likely reasons were put forth as : 1) I do not want to go to school with bunch of Asians where Asians are the majority (racist attitude), 2) I do not want to study too hard and still only manage to be above average or average in all likelihood (Not very capable/lazy or both).   [/quote]

It's not racist if white students don't like or particularly admire certain kids gunning for or attending TJ, and the latter mostly happen to be Asian.  [b]And applications to TJ are down across all ethnic groups, including Asians.[/b]  TJ simply is not as coveted as it used to be.

By way of comparison, the percentage of students now admitted to TJ has increased to about the same admission rate as, for example, Washington U or Vanderbilt.   It's selective, but it's certainly much harder to get into Stanford or an Ivy than TJ. [/quote]

I wish people would do a little fact checking before they post.

2017

[url]http://www.fcps.edu/cco/pr/tj/tjadmissions0413.pdf[/url]

2018

[url]http://www.fcps.edu/cco/pr/tj/tjadmissions0412.pdf[/url]

Number of Asian applicants have INCREASED
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Indeed.  Perhaps next time you won't try to pass off Class of 2016 information as relating to the Class of 2018.   Applications from Asian students are down.

http://www.fcps.edu/cco/pr/tj/tjadmissions0414.pdf
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