This year 2,900 students applied for admission to Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology for the freshman class beginning in September. Only 487 students were accepted. Of those 60.2% were males and 39.8% are females. Once again two thirds of those admitted are Asians. Whites comprise 24%, Blacks 2.1%, Hispanics 1.6% and 5.9% are of mixed race. The vast majority of admitted students attend public schools, 92.8%, with only 8.2% coming from private schools. More details here.
TJHSST Admission Statistics for 2014, Class of 2018
written by Jeanine Martin
April 11, 2014
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Jeanine Martin
Also known as Lovettsville Lady, I am a Republican activist in the wilds of western Loudoun County.
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Obviously you are not from NOVA or you would know why people are interested in TJ admissions. TJ is not ‘some random high school’, it is the best high school in the nation, with the highest SAT scores of any high school, year after year. TJ sends more students to Ivy League schools, Stanford, and MIT, than any other school in the nation. TJ has more National Merit scholars than any other high school. To qualify to be a NMS, students must score in the top 1% on the SAT exam and have outstanding grades and recommendations. Students from Loudoun, Prince William, Fairfax counties and Alexandria are eligible for admission but TJ is very, very, selective. Attendance at TJ saves parents the $30,000 a year for a private high school that might be close to TJ in course offerings and results. Yeah, it’s a big deal in NOVA.
You still haven’t said why you posted it. What is the meaning of posting it? What are we to take away from those numbers? I’m not from NoVA, so its probably true that I don’t fully understand. But many readers of TBE may not be from NoVA, so context can help us understand.
I posted it because it’s of interest to parents in NOVA. Parents try to discern the odds of their child being accepted at TJ. Clicking the link may help you to see the information in more detail.
I’m struggling to find the relevance of this post? The breakout of admissions at some random high school?
Perhaps you are not familiar with TJ but it is the best high school in the US with the highest SAT scores of any high school, year after year. TJ has the highest number of National Merit Scholars of any school, which means the largest number of students who are in the top 1% of students nationwide. More students from TJ are admitted to the Ivies, Stanford, and MIT, than any other school. It’s also public school open to all students in Fairfax, Prince William, Loudoun and Alexandria. It is hardly a just a “random high school”, it is the best high school in the nation and with very competitive admission. Many parents are VERY interested in who is admitted to TJ. It also saves them $30,000 a year in private school tuition.
Eric, I get where you’re coming from, and your expectations, but not everything posted here is of urgent and immediate salience to the political warrior class. Sometimes we’ve got interesting but non-controversial stuff about Virginia school rankings, sometimes it’s literally about a walk in one of Virginia’s beautiful national parks, or maybe even a post or two about the weather or something else more pedestrian than Medicaid expansion or RPV drama. So relax and smell the roses sometimes. If it’s not your cup of tea, we’ve got plenty of stronger brews elsewhere.
I wouldn’t understand the relevance whether it was posted on a political blog or a cooking message board. Can you help me understand the purpose of the post? I’m genuinely trying to understand the message here. To me, it just seems really random. And I don’t have expectations, nor am I uptight and need to be told to relax. And I certainly wasn’t making this political, at all. I just have zero idea what is the purpose of this post. If the purpose really is “here’s some stats about some school admissions”, well, ok then.
That’s a valid point. I can see where you’re coming from. When we first started here not that long ago, we had a pretty regionally-specific audience who wouldn’t have needed explanation on a minor post like this. We’ll do a better job of adding context in future posts, and of making it relevant to a larger audience. Thanks for the constructive criticism.
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I was wondering the same thing until I saw the site stats that show a surprising number of people are specifically searching for this information.