Anonymous
Post 04/11/2024 17:52     Subject: TJ waitlist
Anonymous wrote:Based on the 2025 data, it seems that approximately 50% of applicants receive a waitlist notification. Why offer false hope to so many?

School Applicants Waitpool Offered
=============================
Carson Middle School 245 121 42
Longfellow Middle School 149 80 28
Lake Braddock Middle School 120 56 12
Rocky Run Middle School 127 54 24
Glasgow Middle School 88 51 15
Kilmer Middle School 113 49 TS
Cooper Middle School 98 48 20
Frost Middle School 97 42 TS
Lunsford 82 41 TS
Twain Middle School 76 40 TS
Stone Hill 81 39 13
Lanier Middle School 87 38 TS
Brambleton Middle School 77 37 TS
Mercer 57 30 TS
Jackson Middle School 70 28 11
Eagle Ridge 67 28 TS
Thoreau Middle School 64 26 TS
Farmwell Station 41 26 TS
Holmes Middle School 40 25 TS
South County Middle School 54 24 TS
Willard Intermediate School 50 24 TS
Trailside Middle School 37 22 12
Sandburg Middle School 62 21 12
Hughes Middle School 41 19 TS
Irving Middle School 56 17 TS
Key Middle School 40 16 TS
Belmont Ridge 34 15 TS
River Bend 29 15 TS
Seneca Ridge 24 14 TS
Hamm 21 13 TS
Poe Middle School 28 12 TS
Nysmith 24 12 TS

http://www.fcag.org/2025%20by%20Middle%20School.xlsx

The waitlist size seems unusually large. it is likely schools with low application volumes have high percent of offer refusals and thus require a sizable waitlist. However, the same criteria may lead to an excessive number of candidates to be waitlisted at high application volume schools?
Anyway, waitlisted notification is a feel good gesture than an outright rejection notice.
Anonymous
Post 04/11/2024 17:51     Subject: TJ waitlist
Any way to find out offered students' AAP status? You can assume certain kids are non-AAP based on school not having AAP, but is there any real data that's public?
Anonymous
Post 04/11/2024 17:48     Subject: TJ waitlist
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Based on the 2025 data, it seems that approximately 50% of applicants receive a waitlist notification. Why offer false hope to so many?

School Applicants Waitpool Offered
=============================
Carson Middle School 245 121 42
Longfellow Middle School 149 80 28
Lake Braddock Middle School 120 56 12
Rocky Run Middle School 127 54 24
Glasgow Middle School 88 51 15
Kilmer Middle School 113 49 TS
Cooper Middle School 98 48 20
Frost Middle School 97 42 TS
Lunsford 82 41 TS
Twain Middle School 76 40 TS
Stone Hill 81 39 13
Lanier Middle School 87 38 TS
Brambleton Middle School 77 37 TS
Mercer 57 30 TS
Jackson Middle School 70 28 11
Eagle Ridge 67 28 TS
Thoreau Middle School 64 26 TS
Farmwell Station 41 26 TS
Holmes Middle School 40 25 TS
South County Middle School 54 24 TS
Willard Intermediate School 50 24 TS
Trailside Middle School 37 22 12
Sandburg Middle School 62 21 12
Hughes Middle School 41 19 TS
Irving Middle School 56 17 TS
Key Middle School 40 16 TS
Belmont Ridge 34 15 TS
River Bend 29 15 TS
Seneca Ridge 24 14 TS
Hamm 21 13 TS
Poe Middle School 28 12 TS
Nysmith 24 12 TS

http://www.fcag.org/2025%20by%20Middle%20School.xlsx


2025 data?

Only 28 offered from Longfellow?!


Is this real?
Anonymous
Post 04/11/2024 17:44     Subject: TJ waitlist
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Do they get off the waiting list only when a student from the same middle school rejects an offer? How does the move work?


That is my understanding as well


I would think this only applies to the 1.5%. After that, I would think all pool candidates are then ranked and waitlist offers go down the list.
Anonymous
Post 04/11/2024 16:28     Subject: TJ waitlist
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Based on the 2025 data, it seems that approximately 50% of applicants receive a waitlist notification. Why offer false hope to so many?

School Applicants Waitpool Offered
=============================
Carson Middle School 245 121 42
Longfellow Middle School 149 80 28
Lake Braddock Middle School 120 56 12
Rocky Run Middle School 127 54 24
Glasgow Middle School 88 51 15
Kilmer Middle School 113 49 TS
Cooper Middle School 98 48 20
Frost Middle School 97 42 TS
Lunsford 82 41 TS
Twain Middle School 76 40 TS
Stone Hill 81 39 13
Lanier Middle School 87 38 TS
Brambleton Middle School 77 37 TS
Mercer 57 30 TS
Jackson Middle School 70 28 11
Eagle Ridge 67 28 TS
Thoreau Middle School 64 26 TS
Farmwell Station 41 26 TS
Holmes Middle School 40 25 TS
South County Middle School 54 24 TS
Willard Intermediate School 50 24 TS
Trailside Middle School 37 22 12
Sandburg Middle School 62 21 12
Hughes Middle School 41 19 TS
Irving Middle School 56 17 TS
Key Middle School 40 16 TS
Belmont Ridge 34 15 TS
River Bend 29 15 TS
Seneca Ridge 24 14 TS
Hamm 21 13 TS
Poe Middle School 28 12 TS
Nysmith 24 12 TS

http://www.fcag.org/2025%20by%20Middle%20School.xlsx


2025 data?

Only 28 offered from Longfellow?!
Anonymous
Post 04/11/2024 16:27     Subject: TJ waitlist
Anonymous wrote:Do they get off the waiting list only when a student from the same middle school rejects an offer? How does the move work?


That is my understanding as well
Anonymous
Post 04/11/2024 16:09     Subject: Re:TJ waitlist
Cooper has one of highest % accept rate at 20% if looking just at # applied and accepted from their school. R. Carson comes 17% (again, just based on who applied from only their school and got accepted). Would be interesting to know how many came off waitlist and from what schools- assume waitlist is ranked order. See Carson & Longfellow had highest waitlist counts.
Anonymous
Post 04/11/2024 15:50     Subject: TJ waitlist
Anonymous wrote:# offered + # Waitpool + # Declined = # Applicant

TS means Too Small, less than 10

School Applicants Waitpool Offered
=============================
Carson Middle School 245 121 42
...

means from that middle school, 245 applied, of which 42 were sent offers and 121 waitlisted, which would mean (245-42-121 =) 82 got rejected.
Anonymous
Post 04/11/2024 15:46     Subject: TJ waitlist
Class of 2025 data. so after admissions change
Anonymous
Post 04/11/2024 15:43     Subject: TJ waitlist
Anonymous wrote:Based on the 2025 data, it seems that approximately 50% of applicants receive a waitlist notification. Why offer false hope to so many?

School Applicants Waitpool Offered
=============================
Carson Middle School 245 121 42
Longfellow Middle School 149 80 28
Lake Braddock Middle School 120 56 12
Rocky Run Middle School 127 54 24
Glasgow Middle School 88 51 15
Kilmer Middle School 113 49 TS
Cooper Middle School 98 48 20
Frost Middle School 97 42 TS
Lunsford 82 41 TS
Twain Middle School 76 40 TS
Stone Hill 81 39 13
Lanier Middle School 87 38 TS
Brambleton Middle School 77 37 TS
Mercer 57 30 TS
Jackson Middle School 70 28 11
Eagle Ridge 67 28 TS
Thoreau Middle School 64 26 TS
Farmwell Station 41 26 TS
Holmes Middle School 40 25 TS
South County Middle School 54 24 TS
Willard Intermediate School 50 24 TS
Trailside Middle School 37 22 12
Sandburg Middle School 62 21 12
Hughes Middle School 41 19 TS
Irving Middle School 56 17 TS
Key Middle School 40 16 TS
Belmont Ridge 34 15 TS
River Bend 29 15 TS
Seneca Ridge 24 14 TS
Hamm 21 13 TS
Poe Middle School 28 12 TS
Nysmith 24 12 TS

http://www.fcag.org/2025%20by%20Middle%20School.xlsx


2025 data?
Anonymous
Post 04/11/2024 15:40     Subject: Re:TJ waitlist
So is this data the initial application response- so the offers is offers out of the gate and not total offers including those they were on waitlist? Or as the offers the ones ultimately offered including ones that were on a waitlist at some point?

I also find other poster’s question interesting, which is if waitlisted get offers if any opening from anywhere - so if ranked 1 on waitlist, get offer if any space opens up or are students only offered if space from their MS count opens up? Figure has to be the first as otherwise some of the waitlist amounts are too high.
Anonymous
Post 04/11/2024 15:32     Subject: TJ waitlist
# offered + # Waitpool + # Declined = # Applicant

TS means Too Small, less than 10
Anonymous
Post 04/11/2024 15:25     Subject: TJ waitlist
Anonymous wrote:Based on the 2025 data, it seems that approximately 50% of applicants receive a waitlist notification. Why offer false hope to so many?

School Applicants Waitpool Offered
=============================
Carson Middle School 245 121 42
Longfellow Middle School 149 80 28
Lake Braddock Middle School 120 56 12
Rocky Run Middle School 127 54 24
Glasgow Middle School 88 51 15
Kilmer Middle School 113 49 TS
Cooper Middle School 98 48 20
Frost Middle School 97 42 TS
Lunsford 82 41 TS
Twain Middle School 76 40 TS
Stone Hill 81 39 13
Lanier Middle School 87 38 TS
Brambleton Middle School 77 37 TS
Mercer 57 30 TS
Jackson Middle School 70 28 11
Eagle Ridge 67 28 TS
Thoreau Middle School 64 26 TS
Farmwell Station 41 26 TS
Holmes Middle School 40 25 TS
South County Middle School 54 24 TS
Willard Intermediate School 50 24 TS
Trailside Middle School 37 22 12
Sandburg Middle School 62 21 12
Hughes Middle School 41 19 TS
Irving Middle School 56 17 TS
Key Middle School 40 16 TS
Belmont Ridge 34 15 TS
River Bend 29 15 TS
Seneca Ridge 24 14 TS
Hamm 21 13 TS
Poe Middle School 28 12 TS
Nysmith 24 12 TS

http://www.fcag.org/2025%20by%20Middle%20School.xlsx

Help me understand this:
# offered + # Waitpool != # Applicant
Anonymous
Post 04/11/2024 15:18     Subject: TJ waitlist
Do they get off the waiting list only when a student from the same middle school rejects an offer? How does the move work?
Anonymous
Post 04/11/2024 15:11     Subject: TJ waitlist
Based on the 2025 data, it seems that approximately 50% of applicants receive a waitlist notification. Why offer false hope to so many?

School Applicants Waitpool Offered
=============================
Carson Middle School 245 121 42
Longfellow Middle School 149 80 28
Lake Braddock Middle School 120 56 12
Rocky Run Middle School 127 54 24
Glasgow Middle School 88 51 15
Kilmer Middle School 113 49 TS
Cooper Middle School 98 48 20
Frost Middle School 97 42 TS
Lunsford 82 41 TS
Twain Middle School 76 40 TS
Stone Hill 81 39 13
Lanier Middle School 87 38 TS
Brambleton Middle School 77 37 TS
Mercer 57 30 TS
Jackson Middle School 70 28 11
Eagle Ridge 67 28 TS
Thoreau Middle School 64 26 TS
Farmwell Station 41 26 TS
Holmes Middle School 40 25 TS
South County Middle School 54 24 TS
Willard Intermediate School 50 24 TS
Trailside Middle School 37 22 12
Sandburg Middle School 62 21 12
Hughes Middle School 41 19 TS
Irving Middle School 56 17 TS
Key Middle School 40 16 TS
Belmont Ridge 34 15 TS
River Bend 29 15 TS
Seneca Ridge 24 14 TS
Hamm 21 13 TS
Poe Middle School 28 12 TS
Nysmith 24 12 TS

http://www.fcag.org/2025%20by%20Middle%20School.xlsx