The parents that do apply out from our No VA private are not vocal about it. But every year there are some that try to get their kids in- typically the brightest students; the students the private does not want to lose... My friend's daughter got in and found TJ a breath of fresh air in comparison socially and very challenging academically.

It's great, I'm sure, but it is not something many private parents think about, let alone care about. You don't get that and likely never will.

lots of very insecure private school parents. Your kid couldn’t cut it at TJ, get over it. I’m sure you can buy your way into a prestigious college.

Anonymous wrote:Dear Reading Comprehension Challenged, when did I ever claim that my experience explained "every Asian kid and kids at TJ today"?

That’s okay, Kanye also doesn’t understand what he says.

Enough with the nerd fight.

Dear Reading Comprehension Challenged, when did I ever claim that my experience explained "every Asian kid and kids at TJ today"?

Anonymous wrote:How is self-loathing racism (i.e., "prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against someone of a different race based on the belief that one's own race is superior")?

And also, it doesn't change the fact that I knew many brilliant math/science types through HS team competitions, Chinese School, church groups, etc. and even they would admit to you that they weren't great in the humanities and social sciences (and frankly didn't really care).

Dear Asian Kanye West, how does your experience with your contemporaries explain every Asian kid and kids at TJ today is not or does not care about humanities?

Anonymous wrote:Ha ha ha. Everybody was getting Bs and Cs 20+ years ago. Has no relevance to today.

Grade inflation at TJ must be rampant today if no one is getting Bs and Cs.

Anonymous wrote:People talking about TJ 20 years ago is not helpful. A lot has changed. But private school students and TJ students are very different. TJ is 80% Asian. (If you count India as Asian)

Well our Indian kid got into the big 3 and picked TJ and is very good in humanities (national. recognition) as well as math and science. I And we are quite upper class enough to pay for private tuition and live in NW DC if we wanted to.

The fact is none of the big 3 have the 2nd-year university level math, cs, and physical and biological science courses that TJ has. Most of self-possesed and bigoted posters on this forum who call (asian) TJ kids as one-dimensional have no clue what truly deep advanced level math and physical sciences consists of. Also you have no clue about the multidimensional leadership activities the TJ kids are doing in their summers and school time. So please stop the insults, it is really unfair to the wonderful and accomplished kids at TJ who also work very hard.

How is self-loathing racism (i.e., "prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against someone of a different race based on the belief that one's own race is superior")?

And also, it doesn't change the fact that I knew many brilliant math/science types through HS team competitions, Chinese School, church groups, etc. and even they would admit to you that they weren't great in the humanities and social sciences (and frankly didn't really care).

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Anonymous wrote:Your original claim was that all TJ kids could cut it at a Big 3. Not most, or even some. And the prior post provides little to no proof of that. Being good at math and science doesn't preclude a TJ kid from being good at other things, but I have firsthand knowledge of STEM magnet kids who are great at those subjects only and terrible elsewhere. Are they representative? Of course not. But there are lots of them.
And despite being one-dimensional, they'll accomplish great things in life. Don't make them out to be something that they're not, though.

I am amused by your fascination with the phrase ‘one dimensional’. Is that an euphemism for ‘asian’ and ‘indian’ kids because TJ is full of them. And offcourse you aren’t racist because you are friends with many Asians and Indians, right?

What about, I was one of those one-dimensional Asians myself (and happened to have lots of friends just like that too)?

Self loathing? You do understand that racism is not about someone else’s skin color or look but about the color of one’s own mind, right?

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Anonymous wrote:Your original claim was that all TJ kids could cut it at a Big 3. Not most, or even some. And the prior post provides little to no proof of that. Being good at math and science doesn't preclude a TJ kid from being good at other things, but I have firsthand knowledge of STEM magnet kids who are great at those subjects only and terrible elsewhere. Are they representative? Of course not. But there are lots of them.
And despite being one-dimensional, they'll accomplish great things in life. Don't make them out to be something that they're not, though.

I am amused by your fascination with the phrase ‘one dimensional’. Is that an euphemism for ‘asian’ and ‘indian’ kids because TJ is full of them. And offcourse you aren’t racist because you are friends with many Asians and Indians, right?

What about, I was one of those one-dimensional Asians myself (and happened to have lots of friends just like that too)?

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Anonymous wrote:Admission by testing is hardly a meritocracy.

!! Admission by testing (and teacher recs and personal essays), isn't a meritocracy? O wise one, what then would be a meritocracy by your definition?

A meritocracy considers a super-long list of criteria, not just testing only. You're the one choosing to define merit in as narrow a way as possible.

Such as....?

At the privates it is based on legacy status, family income, how prominent your father's job is, whether you have a sibling already in the school

Donating to the school also helps

People talking about TJ 20 years ago is not helpful. A lot has changed. But private school students and TJ students are very different. TJ is 80% Asian. (If you count India as Asian)

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Anonymous wrote:Where did you get "pulling Cs" from "consistently got Bs and Cs"?

From "consistently got Bs and Cs." That's where. Obviously your writing skills are worse than a student at TJ.
I named TJ's actual SAT scores and you responded by just making something up. Post the actual grade distribution at TJ showing that "plenty of students consistently get Bs and Cs" and I'll eat crow.

Your reading comprehension is terrible. Is the difference between "getting Bs and Cs" and "pulling Cs" not obvious to you, and that one is much more likely to result in leaving the school than the other?

Also, the folks I know personally from TJ and Blair getting Bs and Cs. were from 20+ years ago. And where are actual grade distributions publicly available? Yeah, I thought so.

Ha ha ha. Everybody was getting Bs and Cs 20+ years ago. Has no relevance to today.