Anonymous
05/14/2021 10:10
Subject: When do we hear about TJ admission?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:How are the students ranked?
They have not been clear about how the various factors like GPA and SIS score will be weighted and they will consider “experience factors” which are intended to introduce the specific kind of diversity they intend to achieve but have nothing to do with readiness for TJ. Basically they will do whatever they want.
Thousands of kids every year have more than adequate "readiness for TJ". TJ will be just fine.
You couldn't be more wrong. If it was a Governor's school for band or performing arts you wouldn't be saying that. You would expect them to find the truly gifted kids that excel in those focus areas and admit them.
If there are thousands of kids more than ready for TJ, they should open a second STEM school to serve those kids. I could get behind that effort.
If that were true, they were "ready", why do so few make the cut on the test? It literally knocked out 2/3 of the applicants before round 2.
Systemic racism.
Anonymous
05/14/2021 10:09
Subject: When do we hear about TJ admission?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:How are the students ranked?
They have not been clear about how the various factors like GPA and SIS score will be weighted and they will consider “experience factors” which are intended to introduce the specific kind of diversity they intend to achieve but have nothing to do with readiness for TJ. Basically they will do whatever they want.
Thousands of kids every year have more than adequate "readiness for TJ". TJ will be just fine.
You couldn't be more wrong. If it was a Governor's school for band or performing arts you wouldn't be saying that. You would expect them to find the truly gifted kids that excel in those focus areas and admit them.
If there are thousands of kids more than ready for TJ, they should open a second STEM school to serve those kids. I could get behind that effort.
If that were true, they were "ready", why do so few make the cut on the test? It literally knocked out 2/3 of the applicants before round 2.
Anonymous
05/14/2021 10:08
Subject: When do we hear about TJ admission?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:How are the students ranked?
They have not been clear about how the various factors like GPA and SIS score will be weighted and they will consider “experience factors” which are intended to introduce the specific kind of diversity they intend to achieve but have nothing to do with readiness for TJ. Basically they will do whatever they want.
Thousands of kids every year have more than adequate "readiness for TJ". TJ will be just fine.
You couldn't be more wrong. If it was a Governor's school for band or performing arts you wouldn't be saying that. You would expect them to find the truly gifted kids that excel in those focus areas and admit them.
If there are thousands of kids more than ready for TJ, they should open a second STEM school to serve those kids. I could get behind that effort.
Anonymous
05/14/2021 10:04
Subject: When do we hear about TJ admission?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:How are the students ranked?
They have not been clear about how the various factors like GPA and SIS score will be weighted and they will consider “experience factors” which are intended to introduce the specific kind of diversity they intend to achieve but have nothing to do with readiness for TJ. Basically they will do whatever they want.
Thousands of kids every year have more than adequate "readiness for TJ". TJ will be just fine.
You couldn't be more wrong. If it was a Governor's school for band or performing arts you wouldn't be saying that. You would expect them to find the truly gifted kids that excel in those focus areas and admit them.
Anonymous
05/14/2021 09:06
Subject: When do we hear about TJ admission?
Anonymous wrote:Will any kid even want to join in late June? Of course this stupid process was going to take longer without the first cut of the standardized test. What a mess these people have made of this school.
The process is taking longer because of how long they spent arguing about the process. The application phase started much later than it usually does.
Anonymous
05/14/2021 09:05
Subject: When do we hear about TJ admission?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:How are the students ranked?
They have not been clear about how the various factors like GPA and SIS score will be weighted and they will consider “experience factors” which are intended to introduce the specific kind of diversity they intend to achieve but have nothing to do with readiness for TJ. Basically they will do whatever they want.
Thousands of kids every year have more than adequate "readiness for TJ". TJ will be just fine.
Anonymous
05/14/2021 08:50
Subject: When do we hear about TJ admission?
Will any kid even want to join in late June? Of course this stupid process was going to take longer without the first cut of the standardized test. What a mess these people have made of this school.
Anonymous
05/14/2021 08:48
Subject: When do we hear about TJ admission?
Anonymous wrote:How are the students ranked?
They have not been clear about how the various factors like GPA and SIS score will be weighted and they will consider “experience factors” which are intended to introduce the specific kind of diversity they intend to achieve but have nothing to do with readiness for TJ. Basically they will do whatever they want.
Anonymous
05/14/2021 08:46
Subject: When do we hear about TJ admission?
Anonymous wrote:Maybe the admissions office is realizing that they need more objective measures than reading thousands of essays that all sound the same.
Simple. Pitch all the ones that sound the same and select the kids who actually have something genuine to offer.
Anonymous
05/14/2021 08:45
Subject: When do we hear about TJ admission?
Anonymous wrote:They are not going to care about losing kids and going down the list when the whole process has been so screwed up anyway. The list and rankings are going to be so subjective.
Subjectivity works for pretty much every elite academic institution in America - it will work fine for TJ and indeed probably better than what they've been doing all along.
Anonymous
05/13/2021 06:12
Subject: When do we hear about TJ admission?
Maybe the admissions office is realizing that they need more objective measures than reading thousands of essays that all sound the same.
Anonymous
05/12/2021 22:47
Subject: When do we hear about TJ admission?
They are not going to care about losing kids and going down the list when the whole process has been so screwed up anyway. The list and rankings are going to be so subjective.
Anonymous
05/12/2021 18:12
Subject: When do we hear about TJ admission?
How are the students ranked?
Anonymous
05/12/2021 16:27
Subject: When do we hear about TJ admission?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:A ton of the class of 2025 will be lottery anyway, so the seats are completely interchangeable in that regard.
This is false - they dispensed with the lottery.
I’m confused.
Isn’t it only the top 100 that are automatically in? And the rest that pass some bar (whatever that is?) are placed into a pool and then selected via lottery?
No. Each middle school gets to send its top ranked 1.5%. After that, the rest of the slots are offered to the highest ranked students in the holistic review in order of ranking.
Anonymous
05/12/2021 15:02
Subject: When do we hear about TJ admission?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:A ton of the class of 2025 will be lottery anyway, so the seats are completely interchangeable in that regard.
This is false - they dispensed with the lottery.
I’m confused.
Isn’t it only the top 100 that are automatically in? And the rest that pass some bar (whatever that is?) are placed into a pool and then selected via lottery?