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33M/38/V on the test. Must be a typo. => No it's not a typo.


=> Betcha NOT Asian => sorry you are wrong. She is Asian.

Anonymous wrote:33M/38/V on the test. Must be a typo. => No it's not a typo.

=> Betcha NOT Asian

test scores Math: The test numbers are misleading because the test is the same for all applicants whether or not they have completed Algebra I. For students currently enrolled in Algebra I at the time of the test, they have only completed 1/3 of the course. Students in geometry are taking the same test but have completed more material -- Algebra I as well as 1/3 of Geometry. (more than 50% of applicants) If the students grades are very high for all of the classes they have taken thus far, the presumption is that they will take the next level and do as well as they have in the past (TJ has the complete records of past performance).

test scores Verbal: many students are prepped, prepped, and prepped, so they score well on the test, but their actual writing skills are not outstanding.. Other students have mastered writing skills demonstrated in the essays, which count for 25% (?) of the total score.
Or they are published already and that has been noted in their records.

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Anonymous wrote:The two girls with lower test scores - are they headed for being part of the population that needs "remedial math help"?

Okay, can't keep quiet. I have no bone in this but, like train wrecks, I keep coming back. I can't believe people who first ask for scores then start critiquing them and then imply that some of the acceptances aren't up to par. What is it again, he who cast the first stone, or don't throw stones if you live in glass houses? Really people.....

Stop complaining about the critiquing and focus on the data.

Anonymous wrote:Girls have need much lower test scores to get in. The number of females at TJ keeps falling. Last year it was around 41% which clearly does not match the overall county student population numbers.

Affirmative action at its worst....letting in unqualified blacks, hispanics, females, and those needing remedial math.

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Anonymous wrote:Asian female. Straight A's. 33M/38/V on the test. Accepted.

I'm surprised that she was accepted with these stats but glad to see it's possible. Congratulations!

Forcefeed women into engineering?

Anonymous wrote:The two girls with lower test scores - are they headed for being part of the population that needs "remedial math help"?

Okay, can't keep quiet. I have no bone in this but, like train wrecks, I keep coming back. I can't believe people who first ask for scores then start critiquing them and then imply that some of the acceptances aren't up to par. What is it again, he who cast the first stone, or don't throw stones if you live in glass houses? Really people.....

The two girls with lower test scores - are they headed for being part of the population that needs "remedial math help"?

Comgratulations! If anyone is willing to share middle school were Dd/Ds is currently at it would be much appreciated

We're hoping the same logic gets DD accepted to Va Tech.

Girls have need much lower test scores to get in. The number of females at TJ keeps falling. Last year it was around 41% which clearly does not match the overall county student population numbers.

The two low scores are female. Maybe that had something to do with it.

People can get pissed at that comment if they want....but engineering schools are still mostly male and I would think TJ would attract more males than females. If TJ is trying to get equal numbers of males and females those scores might have been at the top end of the female scores.

Anonymous wrote:Asian female. Straight A's. 33M/38/V on the test. Accepted.

I'm surprised that she was accepted with these stats but glad to see it's possible. Congratulations!

They are. Teacher told us.

Anonymous wrote:^^Excellent writing skills and recs.

Aren't recs sent directly from the school?