It is more difficult because there are more kids who are interested and applying from those schools.

There are more kids applying because school is emphasized by the parents for a variety of reasons. There are more kids in honors/AAP because the parents are more involved for a variety of reasons.

There are more kids from the feeder schools even with the new distribution method for that reason.

You are bemoaning giving up a spot to kids who traditionally have not had that same opportunity. I get it, we all want the best for our kids but your child still has a greater chance of being accepted then kids from a non traditional feeder school.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sad it's not the best anymore, we'll see what the sols show in a year

PSATs their sophomore a d especially junior years will be the true test.

TJ always, always, always dominated national merit.

If TJ drops in the national merit selction for the class of 2025, the effectiveness of this lowering of standards will be obvious.

And if the high schools from the the traditional TJ feeder muddle schools see a large gain in NM, then it will only solidify that the school board made a huge mistake.

If NM of the class of 2025 has a similar spread to prior years, then all this angst and hurtful racism by the school board will have been for naught.

This was already illustrated with 9th grade AMC 10 scores. In the past, TJ had like 20 9th grade AIME qualifiers, while the remaining schools had 1 or 2. Last year, TJ had like 8, and the remaining FCPS schools had like 12+, including 2 9th grade JMO qualifiers. They're not admitting the elite math talents to TJ any longer.

Actually, they are since TJ Has more of these students than other schools.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They’ll be fine but it’s really unfair for them.

Why is it unfair? They applied, they did not get in. Someone else's application was deemed more merit worthy. You may not agree with the way admission was determined, but that doesn't make it"unfair."

If you are this up in arms about TJ, just wait until college, when it really is like a lottery at top schools. Honestly, if your kid is that spectacular, they will be top of the class at the base school and have an even better chance at a top college. For your kid's sake, move on.

Colleges are not funded by my tax dollars. TJ is. As a resident of McLean, I pay pay my fair share of taxes (and property taxes per capita are likely the highest where I live).

You want to penalize privilege - go ahead. Make it twice as difficult or thrice as difficult for privileged kids to get in. The admissions formula makes it almost impossible for non-experience factor kids to get in from the feeder schools.

Helping the underprivileged is one thing but class warfare that penalizes young kids is totally different.

This is not about arguing with partisan Ninjas like you on an anonymous board. This will be settled next November. And hopefully for good.

What a disgusting display of entitlement.

Just because McLean has more wealthy families than other areas doesn’t mean it “deserves” more seats.

We all pay taxes to fund this community resource and this resource should be available to the whole community. Not just a privileged few.

The PP believes otherwise.

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Anonymous wrote:When my daughter heard that students did worse than her got TJ admission and she’s waitlisted, she’s very confused. What this society is teaching the kids? Hard working is being penalized.
I agree with helping the economically disadvantaged people. The school district could spend more resources on those kids to help them improve. I disagree with lower the standard.

She’s waitlisted primarily because other kids scored better on the essay and portrait. The ED bonus points were a small % of overall score.

Sounds like a teachable moment.

Anonymous wrote:^People like the McLean PP forget that there are other taxpayers with different opinions/perspectives. But I guess hers should count for more because of her high tax rate @@

I am glad there are different perspectives- makes for a richer community.

I am asking that my child be given an opportunity to enjoy community resources - not asking for any entitlement.

Make it 3 times difficult for a McLean kid to get in to TJ as compared to a south County kid. Make it 5 times more difficult. I get that - it is penalty of privilege. Right now it is impossible for a non-experience factor kid to get in. And this is the blind spot of all these equity advocates.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They’ll be fine but it’s really unfair for them.

Why is it unfair? They applied, they did not get in. Someone else's application was deemed more merit worthy. You may not agree with the way admission was determined, but that doesn't make it"unfair."

If you are this up in arms about TJ, just wait until college, when it really is like a lottery at top schools. Honestly, if your kid is that spectacular, they will be top of the class at the base school and have an even better chance at a top college. For your kid's sake, move on.

Colleges are not funded by my tax dollars. TJ is. As a resident of McLean, I pay pay my fair share of taxes (and property taxes per capita are likely the highest where I live).

You want to penalize privilege - go ahead. Make it twice as difficult or thrice as difficult for privileged kids to get in. The admissions formula makes it almost impossible for non-experience factor kids to get in from the feeder schools.

Helping the underprivileged is one thing but class warfare that penalizes young kids is totally different.

This is not about arguing with partisan Ninjas like you on an anonymous board. This will be settled next November. And hopefully for good.

What a disgusting display of entitlement.

Just because McLean has more wealthy families than other areas doesn’t mean it “deserves” more seats.

We all pay taxes to fund this community resource and this resource should be available to the whole community. Not just a privileged few.

What is equally disgusting is the gerrymandering of community resources by the electorally privileged few.

Nobody is asking for more than a fair share of resource.

I bat for my family and not for McLean. It does not matter to me if McLean has 30 or 100 seats. What matters to me is that my kid has a near 0 shot at TJ because of the way the admissions formula is set up. I recognize my privilege and I fully understand that you need to adjust the formula to get more of the underprivileged admitted. But the formula makes it near impossible for a non- experience factor kid from Cooper/Longfellow to get in. And that is absolutely about fairness and equity. Before we are Black or White or Asian or McLean residents or from south County, we are individuals. And this entire process has done wrong to many at an individual level.

So you guys can throw whatever shade you want.

These insane, toxic TJ parents should see what their kids are writing about them on TJ Vents.

Must suck if your kid thinks you’re a POS parent.

^People like the McLean PP forget that there are other taxpayers with different opinions/perspectives. But I guess hers should count for more because of her high tax rate @@

Anonymous wrote:When my daughter heard that students did worse than her got TJ admission and she’s waitlisted, she’s very confused. What this society is teaching the kids? Hard working is being penalized.
I agree with helping the economically disadvantaged people. The school district could spend more resources on those kids to help them improve. I disagree with lower the standard.

She’s waitlisted primarily because other kids scored better on the essay and portrait. The ED bonus points were a small % of overall score.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They’ll be fine but it’s really unfair for them.

Why is it unfair? They applied, they did not get in. Someone else's application was deemed more merit worthy. You may not agree with the way admission was determined, but that doesn't make it"unfair."

If you are this up in arms about TJ, just wait until college, when it really is like a lottery at top schools. Honestly, if your kid is that spectacular, they will be top of the class at the base school and have an even better chance at a top college. For your kid's sake, move on.

Colleges are not funded by my tax dollars. TJ is. As a resident of McLean, I pay pay my fair share of taxes (and property taxes per capita are likely the highest where I live).

You want to penalize privilege - go ahead. Make it twice as difficult or thrice as difficult for privileged kids to get in. The admissions formula makes it almost impossible for non-experience factor kids to get in from the feeder schools.

Helping the underprivileged is one thing but class warfare that penalizes young kids is totally different.

This is not about arguing with partisan Ninjas like you on an anonymous board. This will be settled next November. And hopefully for good.

What a disgusting display of entitlement.

Just because McLean has more wealthy families than other areas doesn’t mean it “deserves” more seats.

We all pay taxes to fund this community resource and this resource should be available to the whole community. Not just a privileged few.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They’ll be fine but it’s really unfair for them.

Why is it unfair? They applied, they did not get in. Someone else's application was deemed more merit worthy. You may not agree with the way admission was determined, but that doesn't make it"unfair."

If you are this up in arms about TJ, just wait until college, when it really is like a lottery at top schools. Honestly, if your kid is that spectacular, they will be top of the class at the base school and have an even better chance at a top college. For your kid's sake, move on.

Colleges are not funded by my tax dollars. TJ is. As a resident of McLean, I pay pay my fair share of taxes (and property taxes per capita are likely the highest where I live).

You want to penalize privilege - go ahead. Make it twice as difficult or thrice as difficult for privileged kids to get in. The admissions formula makes it almost impossible for non-experience factor kids to get in from the feeder schools.

Helping the underprivileged is one thing but class warfare that penalizes young kids is totally different.

This is not about arguing with partisan Ninjas like you on an anonymous board. This will be settled next November. And hopefully for good.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sad it's not the best anymore, we'll see what the sols show in a year

PSATs their sophomore a d especially junior years will be the true test.

TJ always, always, always dominated national merit.

If TJ drops in the national merit selction for the class of 2025, the effectiveness of this lowering of standards will be obvious.

And if the high schools from the the traditional TJ feeder muddle schools see a large gain in NM, then it will only solidify that the school board made a huge mistake.

If NM of the class of 2025 has a similar spread to prior years, then all this angst and hurtful racism by the school board will have been for naught.

This was already illustrated with 9th grade AMC 10 scores. In the past, TJ had like 20 9th grade AIME qualifiers, while the remaining schools had 1 or 2. Last year, TJ had like 8, and the remaining FCPS schools had like 12+, including 2 9th grade JMO qualifiers. They're not admitting the elite math talents to TJ any longer.

It’s so sad to hear this.

When my daughter heard that students did worse than her got TJ admission and she’s waitlisted, she’s very confused. What this society is teaching the kids? Hard working is being penalized.
I agree with helping the economically disadvantaged people. The school district could spend more resources on those kids to help them improve. I disagree with lower the standard.

Anonymous wrote:They’ll be fine but it’s really unfair for them.

Why is it unfair? They applied, they did not get in. Someone else's application was deemed more merit worthy. You may not agree with the way admission was determined, but that doesn't make it"unfair."

If you are this up in arms about TJ, just wait until college, when it really is like a lottery at top schools. Honestly, if your kid is that spectacular, they will be top of the class at the base school and have an even better chance at a top college. For your kid's sake, move on.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The Washington Post should profile some of the amazing kids who were rejected.

Perhaps, but since they're so amazing, they'll be fine at their home schools too!

Logic not your strength, I see.

It is! That's what I studied after graduating from TJ.

Ask for your money back. Must have been a for-profit fraud.