The one constant is how self-congratulatory TJ parents are, whether we really need a TJ or whether their kids deserve to be there or not. Some of the new kids may not prepared, but the parents will hit the ground running.

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Anonymous wrote:More inclusive, less prestigious. That’s the choice they made.

More inclusive makes it more prestigious. When schools are more inclusive they rank much higher. Bet the matriculation looks better in about 5 years than it has in the recent years.

TJ has been ranked #1 in the country for the last two years. How much higher can they rank?

I disagree. They are messing with the winning formula which is demonstrating your abilities. Quota never works. After this change, there's only one way for TJ to go, but down.

It was a losing formula that made the place toxic.

Anonymous wrote:More inclusive, less prestigious. That’s the choice they made.

Seems like the new policies that favor talent over B-team preppers would raised the bar, but I guess we'll have to wait and see.

My money is on across-the-board improvement. Since I doubt there will be any noticeable difference in student caliber and a healthy environment will result in better outcoems.

My TJ student is happy with the changes, and prefers a more diverse group of friends and classmates. That's what matters and not some mom or dad on DCUM. Just move to private school, but you will see more diversity admissions there than anywhere else. I hope you can make peace with it. And more importantly, who cares about some random ranking or prestige factor? TJ families are smart enough to know that it doesn't matter.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:More inclusive, less prestigious. That’s the choice they made.

More inclusive makes it more prestigious. When schools are more inclusive they rank much higher. Bet the matriculation looks better in about 5 years than it has in the recent years.

TJ has been ranked #1 in the country for the last two years. How much higher can they rank?

I disagree. They are messing with the winning formula which is demonstrating your abilities. Quota never works. After this change, there's only one way for TJ to go, but down.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:More inclusive, less prestigious. That’s the choice they made.

More inclusive makes it more prestigious. When schools are more inclusive they rank much higher. Bet the matriculation looks better in about 5 years than it has in the recent years.

You can have the best STEM high school in the country or you can impose quotas to make it “look more like Fairfax County”, but you can’t have both. FCPS chose the latter.

it wasn’t done to make it look more like Fairfax, it was done to be more diverse. All the best schools want more diversity, even the private ones. Even the best colleges want diversity.

I don't think a high school that creates an atmosphere that pressures families into spending a ton of time and money on prep and classes outside of school (so is it really the school anyway?) and eventually causes many to submit to cheating is "best" anything.

Maybe they can start living up the reputation now.

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Anonymous wrote:More inclusive, less prestigious. That’s the choice they made.

More inclusive makes it more prestigious. When schools are more inclusive they rank much higher. Bet the matriculation looks better in about 5 years than it has in the recent years.

You can have the best STEM high school in the country or you can impose quotas to make it “look more like Fairfax County”, but you can’t have both. FCPS chose the latter.

To serve whom?

People that have the test?

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Anonymous wrote:More inclusive, less prestigious. That’s the choice they made.

More inclusive makes it more prestigious. When schools are more inclusive they rank much higher. Bet the matriculation looks better in about 5 years than it has in the recent years.

You can have the best STEM high school in the country or you can impose quotas to make it “look more like Fairfax County”, but you can’t have both. FCPS chose the latter.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:More inclusive, less prestigious. That’s the choice they made.

More inclusive makes it more prestigious. When schools are more inclusive they rank much higher. Bet the matriculation looks better in about 5 years than it has in the recent years.

TJ has been ranked #1 in the country for the last two years. How much higher can they rank?

According to DCUM the last two years don't count because its artificial rankings based on pre-pandemic stats

Me too. It's also nice to see a thread praising the changes instead of complaining 24/7.

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Anonymous wrote:More inclusive, less prestigious. That’s the choice they made.

More inclusive makes it more prestigious. When schools are more inclusive they rank much higher. Bet the matriculation looks better in about 5 years than it has in the recent years.

TJ has been ranked #1 in the country for the last two years. How much higher can they rank?

Anonymous wrote:More inclusive, less prestigious. That’s the choice they made.

More inclusive makes it more prestigious. When schools are more inclusive they rank much higher. Bet the matriculation looks better in about 5 years than it has in the recent years.

More inclusive, less prestigious. That’s the choice they made.

Title says it all!