Anonymous
04/16/2013 10:46
Subject: Re:TJ Admissions
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Asking around, it seemed that they accepted the second tier applicants. The ones with the best resumes and qualifications were rejected. Why?
Because most of the parents whose kids got rejected think their kids are much better than the ones they see as second tier ones that got in?
The other way around. Parents who were accepted (and who are able to be a bit objective about their DCs scores & accomplishments) are not putting them at the top of the class for TJ.
Are there a lot of eighth graders who are parents who apply to TJ? I would think it would be tough to juggle parenthood an the rigors of a school like TJ.
Anonymous
04/16/2013 08:28
Subject: Re:TJ Admissions
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Asking around, it seemed that they accepted the second tier applicants. The ones with the best resumes and qualifications were rejected. Why?
Because most of the parents whose kids got rejected think their kids are much better than the ones they see as second tier ones that got in?
The other way around. Parents who were accepted (and who are able to be a bit objective about their DCs scores & accomplishments) are not putting them at the top of the class for TJ.
Anonymous
04/15/2013 22:06
Subject: Re:TJ Admissions
Anonymous wrote:Asking around, it seemed that they accepted the second tier applicants. The ones with the best resumes and qualifications were rejected. Why?
Because most of the parents whose kids got rejected think their kids are much better than the ones they see as second tier ones that got in?
Anonymous
04/15/2013 21:06
Subject: Re:TJ Admissions
Asking around, it seemed that they accepted the second tier applicants. The ones with the best resumes and qualifications were rejected. Why?
Anonymous
04/15/2013 09:36
Subject: Re:TJ Admissions
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:
You are past acceptance due date. Even you DD wants to go now, she can not. I believe due date is April 12.
Actually, in the past you haven't had to commit until Registration Night, which this year is on April 24th.
This year the intent to attend had to be filed by 5pm Friday 4/12. They drilled that into our heads during Preview Night last week.
Yes, they were quite emphatic.
Anonymous
04/15/2013 08:10
Subject: Re:TJ Admissions
Anonymous wrote:
You are past acceptance due date. Even you DD wants to go now, she can not. I believe due date is April 12.
Actually, in the past you haven't had to commit until Registration Night, which this year is on April 24th.
This year the intent to attend had to be filed by 5pm Friday 4/12. They drilled that into our heads during Preview Night last week.
Anonymous
04/14/2013 23:49
Subject: Re:TJ Admissions
I am sure they will be so sad at TJ if you drop. There are 40+ on the waitlist.
Anonymous
04/14/2013 20:10
Subject: Re:TJ Admissions
You are past acceptance due date. Even you DD wants to go now, she can not. I believe due date is April 12.
Actually, in the past you haven't had to commit until Registration Night, which this year is on April 24th.
Anonymous
04/14/2013 18:49
Subject: TJ Admissions
Anonymous wrote:Actually, I am not sure what PP is talking about. My DD is at a MS in Vienna and we asked for an application, filled it out, gave it back to the school with our check, the TJ coordinator at the school (or maybe Dean of Students) signed the part that said the student was in good standing, and she was given a testing id.
Maybe you are talking about a situation when a parent requests an application right from TJ? No MS in Fairfax County that I know of makes a parent turn in anything but a check and a filled in application back to the school.
We were asked for similar documentation way back when we originally enrolled our DCs (in kindergarten). Since we never changed address, I assume that original "check" is what the MS use to establish residency.
Anonymous
04/14/2013 17:44
Subject: TJ Admissions
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:To be fair, PP, the Wash Post has done at least three negative articles on TJ in the last month (each one centering around the lopsided Asian admittance) and has also run a whole series on the pressure Asian parents put on their kids re: Math and Science, especially in Korea where a huge majority of parents pay for extra tutoring to increase the child's score on tests. It's not just this thread. Personally, my DC got in to TJ this year and we are probably turning it down in favor of the IB program at Marshall, almost entirely due to the fact that my DC doesn't want to go to a school where the supposedly smartest kids in the county/country need remedial English lessons. DC has many friends who should have been shoo-ins get rejection letters. Here's the hard facts - Fairfax[i] County is only 17% Asian. TJ is now 57% Asian. 224 African American students applied and they took only 6, rejecting two AA students at my DC's GT Center School who are straight-A award winning students. So please don't bash the parents on this thread. Facts are the facts, and lots of folks in the media and local government are focusing on this now.
as in, George Marshall HS on Rt 7 in Falls Church? you're out of your mind.
I am leaning towards doing the same thing for my DS.
Right. And my DD plans to turn down TJ so she can go to Lee.
You are past acceptance due date. Even you DD wants to go now, she can not. I believe due date is April 12.
Anonymous
04/14/2013 14:53
Subject: Re:TJ Admissions
Also, an eighth grader who wants to be a minister may change his mind twenty times before he even graduates from high school. Over 70% of college freshmen change their majors. And, even if he never changes his mind, it's a benefit to any profession to have a great background in math and science!
I meant of course he would say he would do the ethical thing and share -- he wants a life devoted to God.
Anonymous
04/14/2013 14:03
Subject: Re:TJ Admissions
1. Essays [25%] - Persuasive writing
2. SIS [20%] - Rated on persuasive writing or true accomplishments that only come with true passion? She was rated deficient in this area
Actually, the essays and SIS do not involve persuasive writing. They need to respond to two different prompts, such as the ethical question a poster mentioned earlier, involving whether a student would give credit to the group when he of she made a discovery when no one else was around at that moment. The student is asked to describe the thought process he of she would go through in a particular situation, not persuade someone that he or she is right.
Here's the description frem the TJ site:
...applicants will have one hour to write two essays in response to two different essay questions. One essay question focuses on real-world problem solving, often with an ethical component. The other essay question focuses on self-assessment by the applicant.
Also, an eighth grader who wants to be a minister may change his mind twenty times before he even graduates from high school. Over 70% of college freshmen change their majors. And, even if he never changes his mind, it's a benefit to any profession to have a great background in math and science!
Anonymous
04/14/2013 13:04
Subject: Re:TJ Admissions
Lee? what is it?
Anonymous
04/14/2013 09:43
Subject: TJ Admissions
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:To be fair, PP, the Wash Post has done at least three negative articles on TJ in the last month (each one centering around the lopsided Asian admittance) and has also run a whole series on the pressure Asian parents put on their kids re: Math and Science, especially in Korea where a huge majority of parents pay for extra tutoring to increase the child's score on tests. It's not just this thread. Personally, my DC got in to TJ this year and we are probably turning it down in favor of the IB program at Marshall, almost entirely due to the fact that my DC doesn't want to go to a school where the supposedly smartest kids in the county/country need remedial English lessons. DC has many friends who should have been shoo-ins get rejection letters. Here's the hard facts - Fairfax[i] County is only 17% Asian. TJ is now 57% Asian. 224 African American students applied and they took only 6, rejecting two AA students at my DC's GT Center School who are straight-A award winning students. So please don't bash the parents on this thread. Facts are the facts, and lots of folks in the media and local government are focusing on this now.
as in, George Marshall HS on Rt 7 in Falls Church? you're out of your mind.
I am leaning towards doing the same thing for my DS.
Right. And my DD plans to turn down TJ so she can go to Lee.
Anonymous
04/14/2013 09:32
Subject: Re:TJ Admissions
Anonymous wrote:So do they ask race on the application?
Why the heck?
Absolutely. The application will not go through if you do not answer.