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Anonymous wrote:Tjhsst is not what it used to be before pandemic. Now admissions are not merit based, but diversity focused. UVA admissions is responding accordingly

Oh so it's not merit enough to be one of the top students in your middle school just because it doesn't perform as well as the wealthier schools? Sounds like you think merit is really just giving spaces to those who are able to buy their way into TJ.

wealthier schools? top feeder school are all public schools. Of course, the process is broken, if students are returning to base school unable to handle TJ curriculum.

Oh please the schools that were traditionally feeders to TJ were all in wealthier areas of the counties, with the best teachers and more advanced programs. You can't pretend that the schools here are all equal. And students have had that problem long before this change because being able to do well on the test doesn't actually measure how well students will be able to handle the environment. Just like the SAT it really just measures who has the most money and time to prep for it.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Tjhsst is not what it used to be before pandemic. Now admissions are not merit based, but diversity focused. UVA admissions is responding accordingly

Oh so it's not merit enough to be one of the top students in your middle school just because it doesn't perform as well as the wealthier schools? Sounds like you think merit is really just giving spaces to those who are able to buy their way into TJ.

This is inaccurate. If the top 15 kids don’t apply to TJ, the top kids aren’t even considered. If a kid is 17th and applies but at another HS would be 60th, that kid kids in.

The new system captures kids in a way that is not meritorious.

NP

Why do you think kids deserve to be punished for going to a MS with less resources and opportunities? They don't have any control over boundaries. They're still indisputably at the top of their class - so I don't know why you're acting like they aren't smart enough to handle TJ because because someone at Rachel Carson had a higher score. The people who are upset about this are just angry they can't pay their way into TJ anymore.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are you saying:

EA:
93 admit +
17 withdrew +
70=61+9 defer +
164 deny +

ED:
10 admit +
10 defer +
29 deny =

393 seniors applied?

I am surprised only 393. Could be because UVA is GPA heavily valued school. You need 4.4 atleast from TJ.

UVA has No more essays.
If you have to get into UVA from TJ it has to be applied early. It shows interest.

UVA does not track interest. Applying early is not the advantage at UVA that it is elsewhere. That may change not that they have $60k apps but not he case in the past. the slight bumb accounts for athletes, etc. You have to have top grades and top rigor, have your gpa line up well with those in your school and then they look more holistically. TJ is tough bc so many kids are beyond qualified and would absolutely get in from their home base high school, but they have to draw the line somewhere.

Lala land. Maybe. That’s all it would be…maybe they would.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are you saying:

EA:
93 admit +
17 withdrew +
70=61+9 defer +
164 deny +

ED:
10 admit +
10 defer +
29 deny =

393 seniors applied?

I am surprised only 393. Could be because UVA is GPA heavily valued school. You need 4.4 atleast from TJ.

UVA has No more essays.
If you have to get into UVA from TJ it has to be applied early. It shows interest.

UVA does not track interest. Applying early is not the advantage at UVA that it is elsewhere. That may change not that they have $60k apps but not he case in the past. the slight bumb accounts for athletes, etc. You have to have top grades and top rigor, have your gpa line up well with those in your school and then they look more holistically. TJ is tough bc so many kids are beyond qualified and would absolutely get in from their home base high school, but they have to draw the line somewhere.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Tjhsst is not what it used to be before pandemic. Now admissions are not merit based, but diversity focused. UVA admissions is responding accordingly

Oh so it's not merit enough to be one of the top students in your middle school just because it doesn't perform as well as the wealthier schools? Sounds like you think merit is really just giving spaces to those who are able to buy their way into TJ.

wealthier schools? top feeder school are all public schools. Of course, the process is broken, if students are returning to base school unable to handle TJ curriculum.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:EA:
93 admit
17 withdrew
70=61+9 defer
164 deny

ED:
10 admit
10 defer
29 deny

source: insider

17 withdrew.
Maybe because these students got in better choice elsewhere?

+1
Absolutely. UVA is their safety school.

Kinda sounds like a diss to UVA, yet only the top of TJ gets admitted. UVA may be a backup for the relatively few who get into Ivies, but for most kids at this prestigious high school, it’s a match or even a reach.

I am not sure why you are taking this so personally. UVA is a great safety school for some kids. DD is at another school (not TJ). At her school, Scoir showed an acceptance rate of 100 with her stats over the past 4 years. So, for DD, UVA was a safety. (And yes, she did get in EA but is going elsewhere).

NP

Naviance showed 100% acceptance for DS's stats to UVA from TJ, but we still did not consider it a safety school. Things change year to year, sometimes dramatically in college admissions and especially to selective colleges. Got into two of HYPSM in the end but we were absolutely thrilled when DS got into UVA and a huge relief.

That's just you, not objective thinking.

Disagree. Naviance for fcps does not show ECs, awards, hooked, if tests were sent, act score, etc.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Tjhsst is not what it used to be before pandemic. Now admissions are not merit based, but diversity focused. UVA admissions is responding accordingly

Oh so it's not merit enough to be one of the top students in your middle school just because it doesn't perform as well as the wealthier schools? Sounds like you think merit is really just giving spaces to those who are able to buy their way into TJ.

This is inaccurate. If the top 15 kids don’t apply to TJ, the top kids aren’t even considered. If a kid is 17th and applies but at another HS would be 60th, that kid kids in.

The new system captures kids in a way that is not meritorious.

NP

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:EA:
93 admit
17 withdrew
70=61+9 defer
164 deny

ED:
10 admit
10 defer
29 deny

source: insider

17 withdrew.
Maybe because these students got in better choice elsewhere?

+1
Absolutely. UVA is their safety school.

Kinda sounds like a diss to UVA, yet only the top of TJ gets admitted. UVA may be a backup for the relatively few who get into Ivies, but for most kids at this prestigious high school, it’s a match or even a reach.

I am not sure why you are taking this so personally. UVA is a great safety school for some kids. DD is at another school (not TJ). At her school, Scoir showed an acceptance rate of 100 with her stats over the past 4 years. So, for DD, UVA was a safety. (And yes, she did get in EA but is going elsewhere).

NP

Naviance showed 100% acceptance for DS's stats to UVA from TJ, but we still did not consider it a safety school. Things change year to year, sometimes dramatically in college admissions and especially to selective colleges. Got into two of HYPSM in the end but we were absolutely thrilled when DS got into UVA and a huge relief.

That's just you, not objective thinking.

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Anonymous wrote:100 admits? This is ridiculous, so many?

Deservedly so. These are top or near top students from dozens of school districts in Northern VA.

Abt 70% denied/deferred, so guess not.

Anonymous wrote:Tjhsst is not what it used to be before pandemic. Now admissions are not merit based, but diversity focused. UVA admissions is responding accordingly

Oh so it's not merit enough to be one of the top students in your middle school just because it doesn't perform as well as the wealthier schools? Sounds like you think merit is really just giving spaces to those who are able to buy their way into TJ.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:EA:
93 admit
17 withdrew
70=61+9 defer
164 deny

ED:
10 admit
10 defer
29 deny

source: insider

17 withdrew.
Maybe because these students got in better choice elsewhere?

+1
Absolutely. UVA is their safety school.

Kinda sounds like a diss to UVA, yet only the top of TJ gets admitted. UVA may be a backup for the relatively few who get into Ivies, but for most kids at this prestigious high school, it’s a match or even a reach.

I am not sure why you are taking this so personally. UVA is a great safety school for some kids. DD is at another school (not TJ). At her school, Scoir showed an acceptance rate of 100 with her stats over the past 4 years. So, for DD, UVA was a safety. (And yes, she did get in EA but is going elsewhere).

NP

Naviance showed 100% acceptance for DS's stats to UVA from TJ, but we still did not consider it a safety school. Things change year to year, sometimes dramatically in college admissions and especially to selective colleges. Got into two of HYPSM in the end but we were absolutely thrilled when DS got into UVA and a huge relief.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:EA:
93 admit
17 withdrew
70=61+9 defer
164 deny

ED:
10 admit
10 defer
29 deny

source: insider

17 withdrew.
Maybe because these students got in better choice elsewhere?

+1
Absolutely. UVA is their safety school.

Kinda sounds like a diss to UVA, yet only the top of TJ gets admitted. UVA may be a backup for the relatively few who get into Ivies, but for most kids at this prestigious high school, it’s a match or even a reach.

I am not sure why you are taking this so personally. UVA is a great safety school for some kids. DD is at another school (not TJ). At her school, Scoir showed an acceptance rate of 100 with her stats over the past 4 years. So, for DD, UVA was a safety. (And yes, she did get in EA but is going elsewhere).

Anyone at TJ with less than 4.4 is not likely to get into UVA over 4.5 and you are very likely to get in. UVA is probably as tough or tougher admit than T15-25 from TJ.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:EA:
93 admit
17 withdrew
70=61+9 defer
164 deny

ED:
10 admit
10 defer
29 deny

source: insider

17 withdrew.
Maybe because these students got in better choice elsewhere?

+1
Absolutely. UVA is their safety school.

Kinda sounds like a diss to UVA, yet only the top of TJ gets admitted. UVA may be a backup for the relatively few who get into Ivies, but for most kids at this prestigious high school, it’s a match or even a reach.

I am not sure why you are taking this so personally. UVA is a great safety school for some kids. DD is at another school (not TJ). At her school, Scoir showed an acceptance rate of 100 with her stats over the past 4 years. So, for DD, UVA was a safety. (And yes, she did get in EA but is going elsewhere).

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:EA:
93 admit
17 withdrew
70=61+9 defer
164 deny

ED:
10 admit
10 defer
29 deny

source: insider

17 withdrew.
Maybe because these students got in better choice elsewhere?

+1
Absolutely. UVA is their safety school.

UVA is nobody's safety school these days. Some kids may think it is their safety school but it's not. We see so many top TJ kids getting rejected it is silly.

Colleges despite new laws all care about diversity so poor TJ students can still can get in to good schools.