Anonymous wrote:Are TJ decisions usually out well ahead of the deadline, or was March 22 the scheduled date for finalist decisions last year?

They will nearly always be released at 4:00 PM on a Friday.

Here's something they'll never tell you in the admissions process...

If a kid doesn't want to go to TJ and doesn't want their parents to know, all they have to do is perform regularly on the initial exam, sit for the essays, and write "I don't want to go to this school", and they will be denied.

And there is NO WAY for the parent to find out that they did this. Dozens of kids do it every year after performing well on the exam. The Admissions Office does not disclose anything about the reason for denial - they will simply mention that the process is holistic in nature.

Are TJ decisions usually out well ahead of the deadline, or was March 22 the scheduled date for finalist decisions last year?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Got a denial from TJ today - Can anyone pls. provide any thoughts on what could have gone wrong to get a straight denial?

TJ Test - Reading/Quant/Science : 100/99/98
7th Grade GPA in core subjects: 4.00 (A)
Summer Geometry: A
8th Grade Algebra II (1st and 2nd Qtr ) : A and A-

Did well on SIS/Essays (unknown factor)
Excellent Teacher recommendations

It's very hard to believe this denial based on the grades. Something not quite right.

i interview kids for an Ivy League University in Cambridge, MA. These interviews are "optional" and wer are told do not "count" toward admission. But i tell you one thing: every time I had to report an answer that says, "I don't want to go there, my parents want me to..." the kid doesn't get in. stellar numbers and all.

I used to grade AP exams and there were a good number of answers that read "My parents made me take this test." I preferred those to the kids who wrote about their prom plans because they were short and sweet and I could move on from them easily enough. Prom discussions had to be fully read just in case the kid decided to answer part or all of the question asked at some point.

Parents never see the answers from the AP exam or similar exams so you have no idea what your kid has said on it. If you are someone who is making your kid go to prep or tutoring and they don't seem particularly enthusiastic, it is possible that your kid is the one who writes in an essay that they know you won't see that they don't want to go to TJ or to take this test or whatever it is. You child is never going to tell you that is what happened.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Got a denial from TJ today - Can anyone pls. provide any thoughts on what could have gone wrong to get a straight denial?

TJ Test - Reading/Quant/Science : 100/99/98
7th Grade GPA in core subjects: 4.00 (A)
Summer Geometry: A
8th Grade Algebra II (1st and 2nd Qtr ) : A and A-

Did well on SIS/Essays (unknown factor)
Excellent Teacher recommendations

It's very hard to believe this denial based on the grades. Something not quite right.

i interview kids for an Ivy League University in Cambridge, MA. These interviews are "optional" and wer are told do not "count" toward admission. But i tell you one thing: every time I had to report an answer that says, "I don't want to go there, my parents want me to..." the kid doesn't get in. stellar numbers and all.

Got it. Thanks for the info.

Anonymous wrote:https://www.fcps.edu/registration/thomas-jefferson-admissions/eligibility-requirements/gpa-calculation

It says it takes GPA from 7th grade and 8th grade. What happens when a kid takes summer geometry. Would it be counted against 7th or 8th grade?

It’s listed on the FCPS transcript as “summer term”. But for practical purposes, they would consider it as 8th. This is why TJ admits an take summer school classes before school starts. Those are “9th grade” grades. But the transcript I’ll separate them out as summer. And the transcript shows a separate GPA for summer. It gets added to cum GPA, but not 9th grade GPA (sadly— almost every summer class, online or TJ, except TJ summer Chem, is an easy A. My kid sleepwalked throughsummer TJ CS, TJ history and FCPS online Spanish III with very easy As. And As done come easily to him at TJ.

https://www.fcps.edu/registration/thomas-jefferson-admissions/eligibility-requirements/gpa-calculation

It says it takes GPA from 7th grade and 8th grade. What happens when a kid takes summer geometry. Would it be counted against 7th or 8th grade?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kid was denied.

Quant Q 99
Reading 98
Science 96

Unbelievable that you kid got denied. They probably cap the Asian students to 75%. With less than 20% of White students, this is quickly becoming a political issue. Especially when it comes to school funding.

Stop with the ridiculous conspiracy theories. The admissions process is well over 50% subjective interpretation of essays, recommendations, and the Student Info Sheet. It is much more random than people think.

Anonymous wrote:My kid was denied.

Quant Q 99
Reading 98
Science 96

Unbelievable that you kid got denied. They probably cap the Asian students to 75%. With less than 20% of White students, this is quickly becoming a political issue. Especially when it comes to school funding.

my DD is offered to TJ and off the waitlist.
This post is helpful and many thanks!

My child got accepted too

+1

So what should we do next?

My child also got accepted yesterday.