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Anonymous wrote:It's not a lottery. This document is not the current admissions process.

How exactly is the current process?

They choose the top 1.5% of each middle school according to size, and then an additional overall top 100 students from any school. It's not a lottery.

The top 1.5% of only yields a bit over 200 across FCPS (from the ~14k 8th graders)... then the rest are done from a county-wide pool, but it's gotta be over half the class (i.e., ~500 total minus the ~200 from from the 1.5% method would mean ~300 are coming from the county-wide pool)

there is big difference between 14k and 1.5k fcps students that apply. total 2.5k apply?

Yes, it is a small pool. As much as people on this specific forum think the bar to apply is low, it is actually relatively high.

1) Students have to have completed Algebra 1 H by the end of 8th grade. Based on SOL scores, there were 8,315 students in 8th grade who took the Algebra 1, Geometry, and Algebra II.
2) Students have to take Honors or AAP Math and Science
3) Students have to take Honors or AAP Social studies or English
4) Students have to have a 3.5 GPA

There were 4,587 students in Math 8 in FCPS. None of those kids can apply. I have no clue how to look up average GPAs in MS but I would guess that the average GPA is under 3.5.

And then kids have to want to leave their friends and potentially communte 30-60 minutes in order to attend school. That is going to decrease the number of kids who are interested.

Young Scholars have an exception.

Really???? That is a very bad idea. If a kid can’t even do honors at their base school they are not going to be able to swim at TJ.

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Anonymous wrote:It's not a lottery. This document is not the current admissions process.

How exactly is the current process?

They choose the top 1.5% of each middle school according to size, and then an additional overall top 100 students from any school. It's not a lottery.

The top 1.5% of only yields a bit over 200 across FCPS (from the ~14k 8th graders)... then the rest are done from a county-wide pool, but it's gotta be over half the class (i.e., ~500 total minus the ~200 from from the 1.5% method would mean ~300 are coming from the county-wide pool)

there is big difference between 14k and 1.5k fcps students that apply. total 2.5k apply?

Yes, it is a small pool. As much as people on this specific forum think the bar to apply is low, it is actually relatively high.

1) Students have to have completed Algebra 1 H by the end of 8th grade. Based on SOL scores, there were 8,315 students in 8th grade who took the Algebra 1, Geometry, and Algebra II.
2) Students have to take Honors or AAP Math and Science
3) Students have to take Honors or AAP Social studies or English
4) Students have to have a 3.5 GPA

There were 4,587 students in Math 8 in FCPS. None of those kids can apply. I have no clue how to look up average GPAs in MS but I would guess that the average GPA is under 3.5.

And then kids have to want to leave their friends and potentially communte 30-60 minutes in order to attend school. That is going to decrease the number of kids who are interested.

Young Scholars have an exception.

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Anonymous wrote:Pretty simple; farms and you are in.

Not that simple. We are farms, and we didnt get in. Even if we were offered, our middle school doesnt teach even basic subjects like algebra 1 well, so it was obvious to us our child would go there and struggle.

But other kids did get in. And if everyone was farms.....

Anonymous wrote:Some stats for the folks interested
Class of 2027:
550 out of 2,548 applications (21.5% acceptance)
Source: https://www.fcps.edu/node/47920

Class of 2026:
550 out of 2,544 applications (21.6% acceptance)
Source: https://www.fcps.edu/news/thomas-jefferson-high-school-continues-increase-access-all

In both years, the applications were well below the peak years ago, when there were roughly 3200 applicants.

Some stats for the folks interested
Class of 2027:
550 out of 2,548 applications (21.5% acceptance)
Source: https://www.fcps.edu/node/47920

Class of 2026:
550 out of 2,544 applications (21.6% acceptance)
Source: https://www.fcps.edu/news/thomas-jefferson-high-school-continues-increase-access-all

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Anonymous wrote:It's not a lottery. This document is not the current admissions process.

How exactly is the current process?

They choose the top 1.5% of each middle school according to size, and then an additional overall top 100 students from any school. It's not a lottery.

The top 1.5% of only yields a bit over 200 across FCPS (from the ~14k 8th graders)... then the rest are done from a county-wide pool, but it's gotta be over half the class (i.e., ~500 total minus the ~200 from from the 1.5% method would mean ~300 are coming from the county-wide pool)

You're forgetting about the top 1.5% allocations for LCPS, PWCS, and APS. LCPS usually sends around 100 kids to TJ. APS sends around 20. I'm not sure about PWCS, but their participation increased a lot with the new admissions system.

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Anonymous wrote:It's not a lottery. This document is not the current admissions process.

How exactly is the current process?

They choose the top 1.5% of each middle school according to size, and then an additional overall top 100 students from any school. It's not a lottery.

The top 1.5% of only yields a bit over 200 across FCPS (from the ~14k 8th graders)... then the rest are done from a county-wide pool, but it's gotta be over half the class (i.e., ~500 total minus the ~200 from from the 1.5% method would mean ~300 are coming from the county-wide pool)

there is big difference between 14k and 1.5k fcps students that apply. total 2.5k apply?

Yes, it is a small pool. As much as people on this specific forum think the bar to apply is low, it is actually relatively high.

1) Students have to have completed Algebra 1 H by the end of 8th grade. Based on SOL scores, there were 8,315 students in 8th grade who took the Algebra 1, Geometry, and Algebra II.
2) Students have to take Honors or AAP Math and Science
3) Students have to take Honors or AAP Social studies or English
4) Students have to have a 3.5 GPA

There were 4,587 students in Math 8 in FCPS. None of those kids can apply. I have no clue how to look up average GPAs in MS but I would guess that the average GPA is under 3.5.

And then kids have to want to leave their friends and potentially communte 30-60 minutes in order to attend school. That is going to decrease the number of kids who are interested.