No school should be admitting by the made-up notion of race. Lumping together Indians and Chinese is beyond ridiculous.

All schools should admit the most talented kids, full stop.

Anonymous wrote:
TJ Class of 2029 offers extended to the following:
Asian – 62.7%
Black – 4.4%
Hispanic – 5.5%
White – 21.6%

https://www.fcps.edu/news/offers-extended-thomas-jefferson-high-school-science-and-technology-class-2029

MIT 2028 student ethnicity (all majors):
Asian – 47%
Black – 5%
Hispanic – 11%
White – 37%

https://mitadmissions.org/apply/process/profile/

After reading all these posts discussing TJ's student demographics and the Asian American majority, how is TJ’s ethnic diversity really any different from that of a national STEM university like MIT, a symbol of American excellence in science and technology on global level?

That seems fairly divergent, but TJ's demographics are a function of who applies. Admission is within a few percent for all applicants, regardless of race.

Asian families teach numbers before teaching abc.

FCPS demographics NOTEQUALS TJ application Interest

But offers are manipulated to reflect FCPS demographics?

Anonymous wrote:
TJ Class of 2029 offers extended to the following:
Asian – 62.7%
Black – 4.4%
Hispanic – 5.5%
White – 21.6%

https://www.fcps.edu/news/offers-extended-thomas-jefferson-high-school-science-and-technology-class-2029

MIT 2028 student ethnicity (all majors):
Asian – 47%
Black – 5%
Hispanic – 11%
White – 37%

https://mitadmissions.org/apply/process/profile/

After reading all these posts discussing TJ's student demographics and the Asian American majority, how is TJ’s ethnic diversity really any different from that of a national STEM university like MIT, a symbol of American excellence in science and technology on global level?

A couple of things.

American demographics /= Fairfax demographics.
E.g. America is 6% asian. Fairfax is over 20% asian.

MIT used to have an explicit affirmative action policy. There might still be a bit of that lingering in the system.

Just wait until you hear how much higher the percentage of students from Virginia is at TJ compared to MIT.


They aren’t necessarily pulling from the same population.

Different cultural values, different interests

Other prestigious STEM institutions like UC Berkeley Engineering, Carnegie Mellon, Stanford Engineering, Georgia Tech, etc., also have a majority of Asian American students. Whether it's top-tier STEM university colleges or magnet STEM schools like TJ, why is it that Asian American students are the ones consistently putting in the effort to learn advanced math, science, and technology? What’s holding other student groups back from putting in the same level of hard work and commitment to STEM education?

Even at TJ, excluding the Asian American applicants, there are barely 1,000 applications from all other student groups combined for 550 available seats. This is despite the $0 application fee and the lowered eligibility requirement to mere Algebra 1. Where is the gifted & talented interest or passion for pursuing calculus-based math, neuroscience, quantum physics, or cutting-edge AI and machine learning?

Well MIT is 1/3 less Asian and 1/3 more white than TJ statistics. And the current 63% level still has people furious that it’s not 70% and climbing like it was the year before the change.

TJ Class of 2029 offers extended to the following:
Asian – 62.7%
Black – 4.4%
Hispanic – 5.5%
White – 21.6%

https://www.fcps.edu/news/offers-extended-thomas-jefferson-high-school-science-and-technology-class-2029

MIT 2028 student ethnicity (all majors):
Asian – 47%
Black – 5%
Hispanic – 11%
White – 37%

https://mitadmissions.org/apply/process/profile/

After reading all these posts discussing TJ's student demographics and the Asian American majority, how is TJ’s ethnic diversity really any different from that of a national STEM university like MIT, a symbol of American excellence in science and technology on global level?