The entire grade. That is an 8th grade class of 500 students would have 8 spots allocated and they would be chosen from the 20-50 applicants, for example.

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They removing the test and replace it with taking the 1.5% highest in each MS, I don’t see that as an entirely mistake.
I see the battle here are mostly just between the student who is rank 76th at Carson who is now replaced by 1st rank student at Poe. The top 30-50 students at regular top feeder are mostly still be admitted regardless new or old admissions.

Hi! Quick question - does the 1.5% refer to the top students from the entire grade level at each MS, or just the top 1.5% of applicants from the same school?

They removing the test and replace it with taking the 1.5% highest in each MS, I don’t see that as an entirely mistake.
I see the battle here are mostly just between the student who is rank 76th at Carson who is now replaced by 1st rank student at Poe. The top 30-50 students at regular top feeder are mostly still be admitted regardless new or old admissions.

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Anonymous wrote:Look into the colleges admissions system now, I started to think that TJ is mirroring them, they are almost all holistic approach. Colleges, are not using a single test to determine the acceptance, and they are not even considering perfect SAT and GPA as the most important factor, they look at so many aspects. They look for well rounded candidates.
Even the TJ essay that people here heavily mocked as “sob story” that was actually used also in colleges admissions process and that is a big factor.

TJ is not doing what colleges are doing. It is nowhere close to a holistic approach. They have reduced the number of things they are looking at.

Off course it is not exactly the same, they screened 13 yo Middle Schooler, they don’t expect you to proof you did 200 hr community hours or publish a research or Olympic level athlete, or state level musician, but at least they are no longer measure it on one single test, and they are actually factoring the background they came from, like it or not…

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They never measured it with one single test.
The problem was that the test selected for academic ability and Asians became grossly overrepresented and all other groups became underrepresented. And race was the scorecard by which some members of the board determined the success of the program.

Now they have added a geographic quota and consider socioeconomic factors. Which is their progressive, rut removing the test entirely was a mistake

I wouldn't mind if TJ considered athletics along with academics. Athlete scholars are a real thing.

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Anonymous wrote:Look into the colleges admissions system now, I started to think that TJ is mirroring them, they are almost all holistic approach. Colleges, are not using a single test to determine the acceptance, and they are not even considering perfect SAT and GPA as the most important factor, they look at so many aspects. They look for well rounded candidates.
Even the TJ essay that people here heavily mocked as “sob story” that was actually used also in colleges admissions process and that is a big factor.

TJ is not doing what colleges are doing. It is nowhere close to a holistic approach. They have reduced the number of things they are looking at.

Off course it is not exactly the same, they screened 13 yo Middle Schooler, they don’t expect you to proof you did 200 hr community hours or publish a research or Olympic level athlete, or state level musician, but at least they are no longer measure it on one single test, and they are actually factoring the background they came from, like it or not…

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Anonymous wrote:Look into the colleges admissions system now, I started to think that TJ is mirroring them, they are almost all holistic approach. Colleges, are not using a single test to determine the acceptance, and they are not even considering perfect SAT and GPA as the most important factor, they look at so many aspects. They look for well rounded candidates.
Even the TJ essay that people here heavily mocked as “sob story” that was actually used also in colleges admissions process and that is a big factor.

TJ is not doing what colleges are doing. It is nowhere close to a holistic approach. They have reduced the number of things they are looking at.

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Anonymous wrote:MIT admissions for the class of 2025 are up to 8 kids. Is this a record for TJ?

No, typically about 10 to 18 per year.

Anonymous wrote:Look into the colleges admissions system now, I started to think that TJ is mirroring them, they are almost all holistic approach. Colleges, are not using a single test to determine the acceptance, and they are not even considering perfect SAT and GPA as the most important factor, they look at so many aspects. They look for well rounded candidates.
Even the TJ essay that people here heavily mocked as “sob story” that was actually used also in colleges admissions process and that is a big factor.

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Anonymous wrote:Rumor says something like 12, same as other years.

I heard admissions were much stronger than in recent years.

Is that because of DEI?

SCOUTS and Trump ended that. It's because the new process selects the top kids and reduced the cheating that had infected TJ prior to the change.

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Anonymous wrote:Rumor says something like 12, same as other years.

I heard admissions were much stronger than in recent years.

Is that because of DEI?

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Anonymous wrote:At least 4 or 5 accepted to MIT this year.
TJ did very well with Ivy acceptances in RD this year.

Here is what the acceptances spreadsheet that the kids are keeping says. Take it with a gain of salt

MIT: 7
Harvard: 9
Caltech: 4
Princeton:2
Yale: 4

The Harvard and MIT numbers seem high

The MIT number is actually a bit lower than recent years. It is believable

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Anonymous wrote:Rumor says something like 12, same as other years.

I heard admissions were much stronger than in recent years.

Is that because of DEI?

Anonymous wrote:MIT admissions for the class of 2025 are up to 8 kids. Is this a record for TJ?

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Anonymous wrote:Rumor says something like 12, same as other years.

I heard admissions were much stronger than in recent years.