Anonymous
Post 01/25/2025 18:08     Subject: TJ's Maligned Class of 2025 Produces MORE Regeneron Top 300s and ANOTHER Finalist
The old status quo crowd gets more embarrassing with every response.

Give it up. TJ is doing well and will be doing even better with an alum principal.
Anonymous
Post 01/25/2025 18:07     Subject: TJ's Maligned Class of 2025 Produces MORE Regeneron Top 300s and ANOTHER Finalist
Anonymous wrote:I don’t think anyone has claimed that the top students at TJ aren’t still remarkable (and 8 vs 7 with an extra 100 in the student body isn’t a meaningful increase). The issue is that the rest isn’t the same quality. See the huge decline in NMSF, for example.


NMSF is an exam contest. So yes, you’re going to see a decline in winners of an exam contest when you stop overselecting for test taking ability.

Stop equating exam scores with “merit”.
Anonymous
Post 01/24/2025 22:10     Subject: TJ's Maligned Class of 2025 Produces MORE Regeneron Top 300s and ANOTHER Finalist
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I heard that at least one of these kids was rejected for 9th grade admissions and needed to enter as a froshmore. It’s shameful that the current admissions process is random enough to miss such an obviously stellar student.


Because on the timed entrance test, they need to write it themselves. With research projects, they get a lot of help from others over many months.
It's not really a test, it's an essay. Vibes uber alles, and apparently an STS finalist didn't say the right things in the right way to get in. Maybe the reader woke up on the wrong side of the bed? Or maybe the student couldn't toe the line between looking arrogant by talking too much about their achievements and looking unqualified by not talking enough about them. Who knows? Opacity is the name of the game, just like how TJ likes it.
Anonymous
Post 01/24/2025 21:02     Subject: TJ's Maligned Class of 2025 Produces MORE Regeneron Top 300s and ANOTHER Finalist
Anonymous wrote:I heard that at least one of these kids was rejected for 9th grade admissions and needed to enter as a froshmore. It’s shameful that the current admissions process is random enough to miss such an obviously stellar student.


Because on the timed entrance test, they need to write it themselves. With research projects, they get a lot of help from others over many months.
Anonymous
Post 01/24/2025 20:56     Subject: TJ's Maligned Class of 2025 Produces MORE Regeneron Top 300s and ANOTHER Finalist
I heard that at least one of these kids was rejected for 9th grade admissions and needed to enter as a froshmore. It’s shameful that the current admissions process is random enough to miss such an obviously stellar student.
Anonymous
Post 01/24/2025 20:44     Subject: TJ's Maligned Class of 2025 Produces MORE Regeneron Top 300s and ANOTHER Finalist
Anonymous wrote:These STS projects require connections to professors so naturally the hardworking and wealthy Asian students succeed.

Why don't white students have connections?
Anonymous
Post 01/24/2025 20:41     Subject: TJ's Maligned Class of 2025 Produces MORE Regeneron Top 300s and ANOTHER Finalist
These STS projects require connections to professors so naturally the hardworking and wealthy Asian students succeed.
Anonymous
Post 01/24/2025 17:23     Subject: TJ's Maligned Class of 2025 Produces MORE Regeneron Top 300s and ANOTHER Finalist
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:https://www.fcps.edu/news/tjhsst-student-named-finalist-2025-regeneron-science-talent-search

Eight Top 300 finalists this year as opposed to seven last year. But I thought that the new admissions process was leaving top talent behind?

No other FCPS school produced a top 300 finalist this year...


7 of the students went to “wealthy feeder middle schools”. 1 either went to Cooper or Longfellow, 3 students from Cooper (one of the Cooper students also went to Langley first and then transferred to TJHSST sophomore year), 2 students from Carson, and another student from Longfellow. 1 student was from Stone Hill Middle School in Ashburn (this school has a 62% Asian population).

0 students from any FCPS non-wealthy feeder middle schools.

without its top four middle schools, FCPS would be ranked in the bottom half VA school districts. Students hardwork matters, doesn't matter if they are from upper middle class or sports focused families.
Anonymous
Post 01/24/2025 17:10     Subject: TJ's Maligned Class of 2025 Produces MORE Regeneron Top 300s and ANOTHER Finalist
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:https://www.fcps.edu/news/tjhsst-student-named-finalist-2025-regeneron-science-talent-search

Eight Top 300 finalists this year as opposed to seven last year. But I thought that the new admissions process was leaving top talent behind?

No other FCPS school produced a top 300 finalist this year...


7 of the students went to “wealthy feeder middle schools”. 1 either went to Cooper or Longfellow, 3 students from Cooper (one of the Cooper students also went to Langley first and then transferred to TJHSST sophomore year), 2 students from Carson, and another student from Longfellow. 1 student was from Stone Hill Middle School in Ashburn (this school has a 62% Asian population).

0 students from any FCPS non-wealthy feeder middle schools.

of course, academically wealthy is what FCPS sees capable for advanced academics, similar to athletically wealthy for sports teams. Both require hardwork.
Anonymous
Post 01/24/2025 16:43     Subject: TJ's Maligned Class of 2025 Produces MORE Regeneron Top 300s and ANOTHER Finalist
Anonymous wrote:https://www.fcps.edu/news/tjhsst-student-named-finalist-2025-regeneron-science-talent-search

Eight Top 300 finalists this year as opposed to seven last year. But I thought that the new admissions process was leaving top talent behind?

No other FCPS school produced a top 300 finalist this year...


7 of the students went to “wealthy feeder middle schools”. 1 either went to Cooper or Longfellow, 3 students from Cooper (one of the Cooper students also went to Langley first and then transferred to TJHSST sophomore year), 2 students from Carson, and another student from Longfellow. 1 student was from Stone Hill Middle School in Ashburn (this school has a 62% Asian population).

0 students from any FCPS non-wealthy feeder middle schools.
Anonymous
Post 01/24/2025 15:18     Subject: TJ's Maligned Class of 2025 Produces MORE Regeneron Top 300s and ANOTHER Finalist
Anonymous wrote:https://www.fcps.edu/news/tjhsst-student-named-finalist-2025-regeneron-science-talent-search

Eight Top 300 finalists this year as opposed to seven last year. But I thought that the new admissions process was leaving top talent behind?

No other FCPS school produced a top 300 finalist this year...

Of course the top half of TJ class has overwhelming representation from four academically talented middle schools. FCPS needs this overwhelming representation to do these news releases. Same cant be said of the bottom quarter who struggle to keep up with basic courses.
Anonymous
Post 01/24/2025 15:10     Subject: TJ's Maligned Class of 2025 Produces MORE Regeneron Top 300s and ANOTHER Finalist
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I don’t think anyone has claimed that the top students at TJ aren’t still remarkable (and 8 vs 7 with an extra 100 in the student body isn’t a meaningful increase). The issue is that the rest isn’t the same quality. See the huge decline in NMSF, for example.


You’re going to have to give another example.

The NMSF decline is national. And I think it’s in part because Covid made it optional so the test scores declined as a result.

Now- I think it’s more mandatory so we should see an increase.


NMSF is done by percentages. There is no decline, only redistribution. There are less of them at TJ now. More of them somewhere else.
Anonymous
Post 01/24/2025 15:03     Subject: TJ's Maligned Class of 2025 Produces MORE Regeneron Top 300s and ANOTHER Finalist
Anonymous wrote:I don’t think anyone has claimed that the top students at TJ aren’t still remarkable (and 8 vs 7 with an extra 100 in the student body isn’t a meaningful increase). The issue is that the rest isn’t the same quality. See the huge decline in NMSF, for example.


You’re going to have to give another example.

The NMSF decline is national. And I think it’s in part because Covid made it optional so the test scores declined as a result.

Now- I think it’s more mandatory so we should see an increase.

Anonymous
Post 01/24/2025 14:42     Subject: TJ's Maligned Class of 2025 Produces MORE Regeneron Top 300s and ANOTHER Finalist
I don’t think anyone has claimed that the top students at TJ aren’t still remarkable (and 8 vs 7 with an extra 100 in the student body isn’t a meaningful increase). The issue is that the rest isn’t the same quality. See the huge decline in NMSF, for example.
Anonymous
Post 01/24/2025 14:03     Subject: TJ's Maligned Class of 2025 Produces MORE Regeneron Top 300s and ANOTHER Finalist
https://www.fcps.edu/news/tjhsst-student-named-finalist-2025-regeneron-science-talent-search

Eight Top 300 finalists this year as opposed to seven last year. But I thought that the new admissions process was leaving top talent behind?

No other FCPS school produced a top 300 finalist this year...