Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I recently browsed through the TJ website and found a section with a few scholarships listed. One of them was for the low income families, and another one was for minorities, such as Asians. When I looked through the TJ student directory, it seemed like about 90% of students and parents have Asian last names - obviously minorities deserving a scholarship based on race.

The "minorities" in this context are URMs (other than chinese, koreans, Japanese or Indians) who need to be incentivized to try out for TJ.

Japanese are actually not a significant portion of the TJ population at all. It's Korean with some Chinese among the East Asians, and the rest (the majority of Asians) are actually South Asian.

Possibly.. I assume most of the japanese ethnicity folks in the country have been here for at least 2-3 generations and their attitudes, behavior and accomplishments have tended towards the "mean" so their level of representation would likely be about the same as that of Whites..

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I recently browsed through the TJ website and found a section with a few scholarships listed. One of them was for the low income families, and another one was for minorities, such as Asians. When I looked through the TJ student directory, it seemed like about 90% of students and parents have Asian last names - obviously minorities deserving a scholarship based on race.

The "minorities" in this context are URMs (other than chinese, koreans, Japanese or Indians) who need to be incentivized to try out for TJ.

Japanese are actually not a significant portion of the TJ population at all. It's Korean with some Chinese among the East Asians, and the rest (the majority of Asians) are actually South Asian.

Anonymous wrote:I recently browsed through the TJ website and found a section with a few scholarships listed. One of them was for the low income families, and another one was for minorities, such as Asians. When I looked through the TJ student directory, it seemed like about 90% of students and parents have Asian last names - obviously minorities deserving a scholarship based on race.

The "minorities" in this context are URMs (other than chinese, koreans, Japanese or Indians) who need to be incentivized to try out for TJ.

Anonymous wrote:No, being a white girl will NOT help you. It may even act against you on the margins.

Your DD is less likely to want to go if she think she will be out of place. If she doesn’t want to be there, she won’t push her self as hard on the test. Also, MS Teachers generally think TJ is not a positive place for girls, especially white girls, so they are more likely to write a less than glowing recommendation letter.

Just embrace the base high school!

Really? And the MS teachers union called you to tell you this? Don't spread misinformation. There are enough girls - white or otherwise - at TJ and they all do well..

That doesn’t include race or ethnicity.

Anonymous wrote:There is no consideration of race or erhnicity in the admission decisions.

False. The second round is a more holistic look at the child, including their background.

There is no consideration of race or erhnicity in the admission decisions.

How about being a Latino girl? Would that improve the odds in the final phase?

Highly doubtful, although I am a boobocrat.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

+1. I work for the federal government, and we have problems keeping the all Williams in our office straight.

I wonder who is physically counting Chens? Get a life.

Also, why someone in the TJ thinks it’s 90% Asian? And how you get a physical directory? I’ve only gotten electronic.

There are only 3 Williams in the TJ directory and 14 Wus on the same page I just found it interesting that every other page has 10-40 persons with the same Asian last name.

You can purchase the paper directory for $10 when you pay for PTSA membership.

Since 2 of the Williams are my kids, I might have to call Jeff on this thread.

The ethnic breakdown is published every year. It's not a secret.
https://www.insidenova.com/news/education/asian-students-again-predominate-in-tj-admissions/article_97384878-87c0-11e9-8247-0ba712df28e9.html

Are you and your spouse 2 of the Williams who work in the federal government office mentioned by PP above?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

+1. I work for the federal government, and we have problems keeping the all Williams in our office straight.

I wonder who is physically counting Chens? Get a life.

Also, why someone in the TJ thinks it’s 90% Asian? And how you get a physical directory? I’ve only gotten electronic.

There are only 3 Williams in the TJ directory and 14 Wus on the same page I just found it interesting that every other page has 10-40 persons with the same Asian last name.

You can purchase the paper directory for $10 when you pay for PTSA membership.

Since 2 of the Williams are my kids, I might have to call Jeff on this thread.

The ethnic breakdown is published every year. It's not a secret.
https://www.insidenova.com/news/education/asian-students-again-predominate-in-tj-admissions/article_97384878-87c0-11e9-8247-0ba712df28e9.html

No, being a white girl will NOT help you. It may even act against you on the margins.

Your DD is less likely to want to go if she think she will be out of place. If she doesn’t want to be there, she won’t push her self as hard on the test. Also, MS Teachers generally think TJ is not a positive place for girls, especially white girls, so they are more likely to write a less than glowing recommendation letter.

Just embrace the base high school!

Preparation books recommended?

Anonymous wrote:

+1. I work for the federal government, and we have problems keeping the all Williams in our office straight.

I wonder who is physically counting Chens? Get a life.

Also, why someone in the TJ thinks it’s 90% Asian? And how you get a physical directory? I’ve only gotten electronic.

There are only 3 Williams in the TJ directory and 14 Wus on the same page I just found it interesting that every other page has 10-40 persons with the same Asian last name.

You can purchase the paper directory for $10 when you pay for PTSA membership.

Is there any data about TJ and AAP?

i.e,

what percent of TJ was AAP in middle school?

what percent of kids from the various AAP programs get into TJ? X% from ___ MS, Y% from ___ MS?