Anonymous wrote:What do you mean when you say top students? All As or something else.

Someone posted on here there were rejections of kids who qualified for USAJMO in 7th grade. This is a contest that takes around the top 100 math students in the country. And that is among 10th graders and below.
7th or 8th grader to make this in Virginia is rare, but they couldn't find room in a class of 500. They also reject5 winners of MathCounts, Science Olympiad, and other contests.
Really anyone who qualifies for the earlier round AIME should be accepted.

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Anonymous wrote:Results were a little better this year at out school. They accepted two of the top math students, but the top few students were waitlisted. Last year the top students were all waitlisted or rejected.

I did not know this until my kid got waitlisted, known top students get rejected, known mediocre kids get accepted at our school. Lesson learned. A word to the parents of top students - DO NOT punish your kids if they got rejected. I know some parents of top students are upset - including me. However, once you know the results, you can speculate what's going on. Talk to your kids about it if they are upset too.

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No one would punish their kids for not getting in. Both parents and kids knows this is just a part of “Equity”. Everyone knows it will happen four years later to college application too. Just hope the kids will continue striving for excellence no matter what.

You are equating "equity" with "more candidates than spots". That's a strange language contortion.

When there are more candidates than spots, I would expect borderline candidates to be excluded rather than top students. However, they changed admissions to not look at a number of metrics which would help them separate candidates.
They did this with an eye on equity.

Anonymous wrote:They waitlist a lot. All top performers at my kid's school are waitlisted. Those got offered were more like a lottery. Some are good but not the best. Some don't even care and won't survive the first year.

I'm sure someone feels that way about my kid and it's true, they on the fence about going, but they have straight As, have always been a top-notch student and care about school very much and can handle the workload, but it's one of many interests. The rigor isn't the issue.

Anonymous wrote:What do you mean when you say top students? All As or something else.

All As should be average. I am talking about those with most advanced math courses + STEM and other awards.

What do you mean when you say top students? All As or something else.

They waitlist a lot. All top performers at my kid's school are waitlisted. Those got offered were more like a lottery. Some are good but not the best. Some don't even care and won't survive the first year.

I think the waitlist is pretty small and again can be based on other factors. I wouldn't put much weight into it any more than a college admission to a top school.

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Anonymous wrote:Results were a little better this year at out school. They accepted two of the top math students, but the top few students were waitlisted. Last year the top students were all waitlisted or rejected.

I did not know this until my kid got waitlisted, known top students get rejected, known mediocre kids get accepted at our school. Lesson learned. A word to the parents of top students - DO NOT punish your kids if they got rejected. I know some parents of top students are upset - including me. However, once you know the results, you can speculate what's going on. Talk to your kids about it if they are upset too.

I don't really understand all of these posts. My kid knew that he had a 1 in 5 chance at best in being admitted. He was hopeful, since those are better odds than Powerball - but c'mon. No one is a shoe-in, not the "top students" (whoever they are?) not anyone.

We did not know - the top students' chances are worse than lottery because it looks like they are deliberately rejected. To me, the process is: remove the top and bottom students, then lottery. (well, of course, there are always outliers.)

Exactly what happened at my kid's school

If top students are waitlisted, I can understand it is a lottery. When they are just rejected, you know they are rejected deliberately.

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Anonymous wrote:Results were a little better this year at out school. They accepted two of the top math students, but the top few students were waitlisted. Last year the top students were all waitlisted or rejected.

I did not know this until my kid got waitlisted, known top students get rejected, known mediocre kids get accepted at our school. Lesson learned. A word to the parents of top students - DO NOT punish your kids if they got rejected. I know some parents of top students are upset - including me. However, once you know the results, you can speculate what's going on. Talk to your kids about it if they are upset too.

I don't really understand all of these posts. My kid knew that he had a 1 in 5 chance at best in being admitted. He was hopeful, since those are better odds than Powerball - but c'mon. No one is a shoe-in, not the "top students" (whoever they are?) not anyone.

We did not know - the top students' chances are worse than lottery because it looks like they are deliberately rejected. To me, the process is: remove the top and bottom students, then lottery. (well, of course, there are always outliers.)

You are correct, they are deliberately rejected by the Illuminati.

By educrats who want to social engineer and are tearing the community apart.

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Anonymous wrote:Results were a little better this year at out school. They accepted two of the top math students, but the top few students were waitlisted. Last year the top students were all waitlisted or rejected.

I did not know this until my kid got waitlisted, known top students get rejected, known mediocre kids get accepted at our school. Lesson learned. A word to the parents of top students - DO NOT punish your kids if they got rejected. I know some parents of top students are upset - including me. However, once you know the results, you can speculate what's going on. Talk to your kids about it if they are upset too.

I don't really understand all of these posts. My kid knew that he had a 1 in 5 chance at best in being admitted. He was hopeful, since those are better odds than Powerball - but c'mon. No one is a shoe-in, not the "top students" (whoever they are?) not anyone.

We did not know - the top students' chances are worse than lottery because it looks like they are deliberately rejected. To me, the process is: remove the top and bottom students, then lottery. (well, of course, there are always outliers.)

You are correct, they are deliberately rejected by the Illuminati.

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Anonymous wrote:Results were a little better this year at out school. They accepted two of the top math students, but the top few students were waitlisted. Last year the top students were all waitlisted or rejected.

I did not know this until my kid got waitlisted, known top students get rejected, known mediocre kids get accepted at our school. Lesson learned. A word to the parents of top students - DO NOT punish your kids if they got rejected. I know some parents of top students are upset - including me. However, once you know the results, you can speculate what's going on. Talk to your kids about it if they are upset too.

I don't really understand all of these posts. My kid knew that he had a 1 in 5 chance at best in being admitted. He was hopeful, since those are better odds than Powerball - but c'mon. No one is a shoe-in, not the "top students" (whoever they are?) not anyone.

We did not know - the top students' chances are worse than lottery because it looks like they are deliberately rejected. To me, the process is: remove the top and bottom students, then lottery. (well, of course, there are always outliers.)

Exactly what happened at my kid's school

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Anonymous wrote:Results were a little better this year at out school. They accepted two of the top math students, but the top few students were waitlisted. Last year the top students were all waitlisted or rejected.

I did not know this until my kid got waitlisted, known top students get rejected, known mediocre kids get accepted at our school. Lesson learned. A word to the parents of top students - DO NOT punish your kids if they got rejected. I know some parents of top students are upset - including me. However, once you know the results, you can speculate what's going on. Talk to your kids about it if they are upset too.

I don't really understand all of these posts. My kid knew that he had a 1 in 5 chance at best in being admitted. He was hopeful, since those are better odds than Powerball - but c'mon. No one is a shoe-in, not the "top students" (whoever they are?) not anyone.

We did not know - the top students' chances are worse than lottery because it looks like they are deliberately rejected. To me, the process is: remove the top and bottom students, then lottery. (well, of course, there are always outliers.)

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Anonymous wrote:Results were a little better this year at out school. They accepted two of the top math students, but the top few students were waitlisted. Last year the top students were all waitlisted or rejected.

I did not know this until my kid got waitlisted, known top students get rejected, known mediocre kids get accepted at our school. Lesson learned. A word to the parents of top students - DO NOT punish your kids if they got rejected. I know some parents of top students are upset - including me. However, once you know the results, you can speculate what's going on. Talk to your kids about it if they are upset too.

I don't really understand all of these posts. My kid knew that he had a 1 in 5 chance at best in being admitted. He was hopeful, since those are better odds than Powerball - but c'mon. No one is a shoe-in, not the "top students" (whoever they are?) not anyone.

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Anonymous wrote:Results were a little better this year at out school. They accepted two of the top math students, but the top few students were waitlisted. Last year the top students were all waitlisted or rejected.

I did not know this until my kid got waitlisted, known top students get rejected, known mediocre kids get accepted at our school. Lesson learned. A word to the parents of top students - DO NOT punish your kids if they got rejected. I know some parents of top students are upset - including me. However, once you know the results, you can speculate what's going on. Talk to your kids about it if they are upset too.

Exact thing happened to my kid and my kid's school. I told my kid not to loose the passion for learning and continue all the projects my kid is doing. No matter what happens with TJ and college applications, no one can take away their talents and passion. When they begin their careers, all it matters is what they can do and the products they can build. This disappointment will help them grow.

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Anonymous wrote:Results were a little better this year at out school. They accepted two of the top math students, but the top few students were waitlisted. Last year the top students were all waitlisted or rejected.

I did not know this until my kid got waitlisted, known top students get rejected, known mediocre kids get accepted at our school. Lesson learned. A word to the parents of top students - DO NOT punish your kids if they got rejected. I know some parents of top students are upset - including me. However, once you know the results, you can speculate what's going on. Talk to your kids about it if they are upset too.

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No one would punish their kids for not getting in. Both parents and kids knows this is just a part of “Equity”. Everyone knows it will happen four years later to college application too. Just hope the kids will continue striving for excellence no matter what.

We all heard about it but have never experienced it. This is my first kid that went through this type of thing. We didn't know the reality - kind of naive. Luckily both we and the kid now know what's going on in the past few days and moved on. Kids talk. Some parents do punish their kids - hope they can adjust it quickly.