#3. Cracking the Code: Insider Secrets to TJHSST Admissions

Episode 3 February 21, 2025 00:43:50

Hosted By

Krishna Cart, MA Ed, NBCT

Show Notes

Getting into Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (TJHSST) is no easy feat—but we’ve got you covered! In this episode of Learning by Design, we break down the TJ admissions process, reveal insider strategies, and share expert tips to help students stand out.

What You'll Learn:

✅ The key criteria TJHSST looks for in applicants

✅ A step-by-step breakdown of the admissions process

✅ How to master the Student Portrait Sheet, Problem-Solving Section, and STEM Essay

✅ Winning strategies from past successful applicants

✅ Common mistakes and how to avoid them

Whether you're a prospective TJ student, parent, or educator, this episode is packed with valuable insights to help you crack the code and maximize your chances of admission!

Resources & Links:

Visit https://masterpiecek12.org/tjhsst/ for more TJ admissions tips

Got questions? Email us at [email protected]

Contact us at (571) 485-0934

Don’t forget to like, subscribe, and share this episode with anyone applying to TJHSST!

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Episode Transcript

[00:00:00] Speaker A: Foreign. [00:00:07] Speaker B: This is Krishna Card, and I'm your host in Learning by Design podcast. And in this episode, we're going to crack the code in TJHSST admissions. Well, Every year, over 3,000 students apply to TJ, and only 550 make the cut. So what separates the winner? It's basically less than 20% acceptance rate. What separates the winners from the rest? It's not grades. It's not, you know, it's basically strategies. [00:00:42] Speaker A: Okay. [00:00:42] Speaker B: Even the toughest student, the brightest student who gets straight A, would not make it to TJ if you don't know some ways to prepare for it. So there are some insider tips that you might need to know, especially if you have a student who are TJ material. Okay, so in this episode, this is basically what you will see. We will crack the code to help you stand out in your applications and secure a spot. So let's get started. Okay, so before we dive in into the strategies, let's break down the basics. What exactly does it take to get into teaching? Well, the school looks for students to excel in stem, demonstrate exceptional academic achievement, and show a deep passion for learning. But, you know, that's just the beginning, and those are something that you can plan ahead of time. So that's why this episode or this webinar, and if you go to our website, you can look for free TJ admission tips and click on that button and we have some extra free tips for you. Like, you can upload ahead of time your essay, and we can look it up before you even get started with us. Okay? So just to give you a heads up, this is my son. He graduated. Obviously he is. This is JR and he graduated at TJ in 2016. This was taken when he was about. He was in sophomore when we went back to the Philippines. Okay, so I'm Krishna Card. If some of you. Some of you might know me, some of you might not, and I'm a national board certified teacher. I have over 25 years of teaching experiences. And I resigned from public school system when my youngest son, Junior, went to college in Stanford. And after that, I just focus on my passion, which is still teaching. So that's why I'm here at the Masterpiece Academy. And I also still do, you know, I still volunteer as a speaker. They get me as a speaker in international literacy conferences in Europe and, you know, locally and internationally. Nationally and internationally. Okay, so these are my two sons, and I only have two sons. And that's my husband. That's our family. And this is Al, Jane. He graduated 2015 from TJ and Junior is the youngest one. And this picture in the middle, this is our family picture when Junior graduated from tj. Okay, so well, let's go over the things that we will do today. So first is an overview of the TJ admissions. And it's somewhat similar to college. So admissions. Yeah, so, and then, you know, my, my two sons, Aldrin and Junior, they always tell me it's harder to get into TJ than to apply to colleges. Well, seriously. And then the next portion of our podcast is the admissions criteria and then some winning tips and strategies and question and answers. But you know, feel free to email us or again, just like what I told you, you know, we have some live in person where you can go to our Ashburn location or in our Fairfax locations. So that's where you can ask live questions. But, you know, other than that, you can just click on the free TG admission tips and log in there. Create your own account and you can ask your student to upload their essays and then we will make comments and then give you the next steps. You can always call us after your students submit an essay and give you the next steps. Okay, so just like what I said, TJ is, you know, it's basically you. Not everybody is. Not everybody is a TJ material. Okay? So if you have the heart for stem, and that is really your, your student's passion, stem, then you go to tj. And again, it's not only that you always, you also need to have some, you know, in built in time management skills. It's like going to college. [00:05:55] Speaker A: Okay? [00:05:55] Speaker B: And the good thing about tj, it's collegiate. [00:05:59] Speaker A: Okay? [00:06:00] Speaker B: So just like what my two son said, it's easier to, to adjust in college life if they have been through tj. It's very collegiate, it's very competitive and they will, you know, they, they will find friends that kind of like, you know, think deeper like them because, you know, these gifted kids, they have their own, they have their own needs. And it's easier if you are in the same environment where, you know, everybody has, everybody is curious and everybody has the same passion in the things that you like in stem. [00:06:44] Speaker A: Okay? [00:06:45] Speaker B: It's community. Okay? So you can see that this was, this is a picture when my, when I brought my two sons. They are, this is the old tj and now the new TJ is, is a nice building. This is way back, you know, way back 2014, 2015. And yeah, this is one of those moments when I'm dropping my two sons and then they go Separate twice. Okay. So anyway, so what makes TJ very, very competitive. You can see here, this is a screenshot of the TJ's research laboratories. And this might have been something that's already, you know, this might be, they probably have updated theirs. But these are some. Okay, you can see that there's astronomy and astrophysics and mobile and web application neuroscience, oceanography and geophysical systems, computer systems prototyping and engineering materials. You know, these are just some. [00:07:56] Speaker A: Okay. [00:07:57] Speaker B: And initially I'll give you some tips because initially my sons usually, well, initially they don't want to go to tj, but if you can schedule a, a visit, a school visit, that would be great. And then make sure you bring your two students because in the past I have, you know, I brought my students to my two sons to a TJ during the TJ open, you know, open lab. They have like school visits. So schedule something and make sure you visit these laboratories. And that's when my sons, you know, can kind of like, oh, I really wanted to go there because they need to, they really need to want it. Okay, you don't want to push them to go to tj because that will just be a disaster. [00:09:03] Speaker A: Okay. [00:09:03] Speaker B: It needs to be, you know, the passion needs to be within them and that it should be their choice that make them make it their own. No, so it's, it's really not going to work if you push them. And that's what I'm telling majority of our parents, don't push them because it's, it's really very difficult to. Just getting into TJ is one, one, one battle. Staying at TJ is another battle. [00:09:34] Speaker A: Okay. [00:09:35] Speaker B: So yeah, they need to want it okay to get into the tj. So it's, it's a pathway. And you know, if you are into, if your student is into stem, then that is a very good pathway because what makes it good is it's structured. They will learn, they will do, you know, over the top, you know, it's basically for the gifted, obviously, over the top activities to get them started and that will help them in their college admissions as well. [00:10:24] Speaker A: Okay. [00:10:25] Speaker B: So there are several pathways, of course. It's science, technology, engineering and math. And you can see in the research laboratories that everyone has their own space. And the good thing about TJ is both federal government and private organizations, some alumni donate back to tj. So it's well funded and it's very, well, a lot of connections just getting in there and then the connections that you will get is, is good. [00:11:01] Speaker A: Okay. [00:11:02] Speaker B: So this is basically what the curriculum looks like. Hey, these are some of the choices and I'm not going to read it one by one. You can download this slide here in this podcast, but this is just to give you a heads up of how it looks like. Okay. Okay. So you can see here, you know, their selection of courses and obviously this will, this might be updated. No. So they update it every year. And again, just to tell you it's really a good pathway to college if your student is really into stem. That's, that's really a good way to train your students into college. Okay, so now these are the basic requirements, okay. To get in, to apply, just eligibility for applying at pj. So here you will notice, let's start from the top. They need to be enrolled or they should have taken Algebra 1 honors or higher. So this is where our IAT students usually take IAT. If you are in FCPS Advanced Academic Program, you take IAT in sixth grade. It's very crucial that you get into, you know, Algebra one honors in seventh grade and Geometry Honors in eighth grade because it helps a lot when you get into tj. It helps a lot when you are in Advanced math right away. [00:12:42] Speaker A: Okay. [00:12:43] Speaker B: If you're not in advancement, that's still okay because we still have some students who in the past who get into TJ who are only taking algebra and honors in 8th grade. But I'm telling you, it's really makes a huge difference if you are in Geometry honors when you apply to TJ in eighth grade. Okay. And then you need to have 3.5 course GPA in all, all core subjects. They take all seventh grade subjects. And don't worry about submitting it. It's through internal system. The counselor submits it through the system. And then if you have some language courses elective, that will be counted as well. So core subjects means English, Math, Science and Social studies. Okay. And one more question is some of the questions that I get here is, is it weighted? Say for example, if you are in Geometry Honors versus the one in Algebra one honors, is it weighted? No, it's not weighted. Okay, I know it's. Well, you know, that's their protocol. It's not weighted. So whether you're in algebra 1 honors or in Geometry Honors, you need to have a high gpa. Okay. Another one, you need to be in all honors or highest level in, in English, Science and Social Studies and you need to be in AAP or Young Scholars. That means you are being pulled out in one. If you are in the, if you're not in The AAP being pulled out in for young scholars. Okay, so that means you are, you know, it's basically one of the gifted programs in fcps. For those of you who are in not in fcps at least you know, you majority or in, in some public school districts they have gifted programs and they call it differently. Like for example in Loudon they call it Futura and Spectrum. So if you are in Futura or Spectrum or Spectrum in middle school, then you're good to go. And then there's also a pull out where they pull like those who are in below spectrum, kind of like a third level. You know, there's a tier. As long as you are being pulled out for gifted services, then you're good to go. Okay, so in this slide you will see that there are four factors that I put in, in this slide. And this is basically, I put it here because that's basically the mission statement of tj. They're looking for students, what they're looking for in a student. So they're looking for students who have a STEM aptitude. And these are some of the things that you need to do ahead of time. Like you know, from grade six to eight you've got to look at, you know, summer camps and internships and you know, do some academic competitions which we will focus later on today. And again, it's very crucial that you get into enroll in our classes because that's where we will guide you tremendously. Okay, so number one, STEM aptitude. So they're looking for STEM aptitude. So that means it's very important to start doing STEM or start helping your student find their STEM passion early on. Sometimes you need to start like fifth grade or fourth grade level. But they will need to write, when they write their student portrait sheet, they will need to write about their STEM experiences from 6th to 8th grade. Okay, so STEM aptitude is one. Okay. They're looking for exceptional academic achievement. So they're looking for academic competitions that should be one of your resumes and commitment, curiosity, passion and creativity. So when you write your essays, TJ student portrait sheet, these needs to, there are certain ways or language to make this, make this language float. There are certain ways to write it out. [00:17:11] Speaker A: Okay. [00:17:11] Speaker B: So it's very crucial to invest in your students writing skills. So you know, enrolling in our portrait sheet writing workshop classes is really an investment because that's something that they can, you know, that they can do right now, but then they carry it forward. That skill that they get from that writing workshop, that's something that they can Apply when they apply for summer camps, you know, college applications, you know, and internships. [00:17:47] Speaker A: Okay. [00:17:48] Speaker B: And then again, they're looking kind of like college CJ is looking for their background skills and experiences early on. [00:17:57] Speaker A: Okay. [00:17:57] Speaker B: There's no way you can say that you are passionate in STEM when you just did an, you know, a STEM activity in 8th grade or you don't have STEM experiences. It's so hard to prove it. [00:18:07] Speaker A: Okay. [00:18:08] Speaker B: So majority of my students, there's a reason why we are doing these webinars and this guidance to parents. They just enrolled. They thought that, you know, the just getting a straight A is enough. Well, it's, it's really not enough. You really need to show your, you know, if, if you have volunteer activities that you need to show off this portraits of a graduate that you are a collaborator, communicator, creative and critical thinker, ethical and global citizens, gold directed and resilient. And this one, you know, innovator, leader and problem solver in variety of ways. Okay, so in the end, in the context of stem, what does it mean? That means you, you know, might have academic competitions in stem. Like math counts, you might have robotics, you might have, you know, hackathon, you know, in your, in your experiences from 6 to 8th grade. Okay. So, so that, that's why applying in TJ is not just like, oh, I'm gonna apply now. You've got to plan for it. It's kind of like in colleges where college Counselors look for 9th to 11th grade activities and volunteer summer camps, internships, volunteer activities from 9th to 11th grade. The same thing in TJ and academies of Loudon. They look for STEM activities and your passion, volunteer activities from sixth grade or below. Okay. So it's very important, this is a heads up that if you're planning to apply to this STEM schools, it's very crucial that you do it right and the right where you need to start. [00:20:02] Speaker A: Okay. [00:20:02] Speaker B: Start early and find your child's passion. Okay. But it's not good to push them. It's, you know, I think the bottom line is to find a balance, strike a balance and then just, you know, guide them where their heart leads to. You know, everyone is, has their own passion and their own talents. So just, you know, helping your child find their passion and their talent and cultivate it, that's basically it what it is. So let's move on. So in tj, this change during the pandemic, and I think they might change it again, okay. This year. So stay tuned to our website www.masterpiecektel.org. because they change it every. Well, every so often. Okay, so this one has changed way back. They scrap way back. The pandemic. They scrap those tests. And you know, the only one left are the timed essays. So they will take two timed essays. One is student portrait sheet, which is, you know, that means, you know, the one that we discussed. That means it's, it's somewhat a narrative of their resume. They will have four questions in one hour. And it's limited. 1500 characters. Yeah, it's very limited. So the thing, what, how does it, how does it apply to you? Well, at school the timed essay genre is not taught. Okay, I'll repeat it again. The timed essay genre is not taught. It's a different sets of skills. So. And then more so they need to limit the number of characters to 1500. Okay, so that's another set of skills. And the way you write student portrait sheet is different from the way you write in, in the academics. It's just different. And then another one that they will do is math or science, problem solving essay. So that means they will receive, you know, a code prompt. Code prompt is just right there. And then a code prompt, math and science problem solving essay. They won't know if it's a math or if it's a science. And yeah, and they only have one questions in one question in 30 minutes. They will have to respond to it in, in 30 minutes. So all in all, they will have, you know, one hour and 30 minutes in total to respond to basically five prompts. One prompt is science or math, problem solving essay. And another four prompts are, you know, student portrait sheet that would display the portraits of a graduate. The one that we, you know, take a look at here. [00:23:10] Speaker A: Okay. [00:23:10] Speaker B: In the previous slide, collaborator, communicator, creative and critical thinker, ethical and global citizen. Goal directed and resilient, individual and innovator, leader, problem solver. Now for your information, we have compiled several retired questions in the past. And then we also have created questions as practice test for the students to mimic the retired prompts. Okay, so we have compiled everything and then again we have created to mimic the actual content, format and test language of the retired props. And no, we are curriculum developers. We are state licensed teachers and that's what we do. All our curriculum are customized. So it's very important. Again, enrolling in our class is an investment. This is something that your student would do when they go to college, when they apply for summer camps, when they apply for scholarships. Just to give you a heads up, the math and science problem solving Essay we kind of like, it's basically somewhat related to, you know, AP calculus, you know, that type of prompts when you take those AP classes. Okay. And student portrait sheet is somewhat related to, you know, some prompts in college essays. You know, that reminds me of that when I, you know, when my son applied into mit. Basically, somewhat like that. [00:24:52] Speaker A: Okay. [00:24:53] Speaker B: Short answers, but they want it deep. Okay. And there are some strategies that your student need to learn in a timed essay different from the academic essay that they learn in school. Okay. So this is basically the general timeline because obviously every year it changes. But you apply usually in October. Usually it's on the last week of October. And you know, sometimes it will end the second week of November. So be on the lookout. [00:25:27] Speaker A: Okay. [00:25:28] Speaker B: And then testing is usually the first Saturday of February. [00:25:33] Speaker A: Okay. [00:25:34] Speaker B: So the first Saturday of February is usually the test and the results are usually in April. So that's basically the timeline. [00:25:41] Speaker A: Okay. [00:25:43] Speaker B: And when you apply, it is online and apply early because, you know, it is, there's a communication internally where your, your counselor will have to, you know, give them your GPA and some other credentials. So you've got to apply early. And again, this might change because they changed this application during the pandemic. They removed all the tests. [00:26:18] Speaker A: Okay. [00:26:19] Speaker B: So if it changed, then check back and be sure that you attend the next, you know, the next webinar or the next in person parent outreach. Okay. So, so these are basically some. What we do in, in our classes. So what we do is in, in science, in math and science problem solving essay, they will learn the science essay format. And the one who will teach this is basically a science teacher. And then the math essay format, they will have a different teacher. And the one who will teach it is the math teacher, obviously. And that's the reason why we are different from others, because it's taught by licensed teachers. And then if we have people who will teach it like another, if we open another section, all our teachers are trained the way we want it, you know, so in that way the one, the one who created the curriculum are usually. Okay, so it's state licensed curriculum developers. And then we train our instructors if we're going to open another instructor. But usually we have class that's taught by a licensed teacher. So you wanted to get into that class. [00:27:46] Speaker A: Okay. [00:27:46] Speaker B: Usually it's usually the first class. Okay, so and then another one, if you go at the bottom here, they will learn problem solving techniques and strategies. In this math and science problem solving essay, they will learn STEM essay language structure. Because again, these are the types of essays that they don't learn in, in their regular academic school. Because again, it is, it's. It's a different genre. [00:28:19] Speaker A: Okay? [00:28:20] Speaker B: It is test prep genre. So it's a different genre than the one that they learn in their regular academic school. Okay. In the student portrait sheet, we have all the retired TJ essay prompts that we have compiled way back 2009 when we opened, when we incorporated Young Scholar Circle, doing business as the Masterpiece Academy. And we have successful TJ essay examples. Okay? And we walk through your, your student to, and we guide them on how to best exemplify or show off their personality in, in different format and different language and different, you know, perspective. So that's one of the test techniques, writing workshop techniques that your student will get from us. And of course, we teach them time management in all the essays. So it's very crucial that they enroll because they need help from the real teachers. We teach them time management skills, how to break their time wisely, how much time they need to allot. We teach them the pacing, how much time they need to do in brainstorming, in drafting and revising and editing. We teach them early on. And it's all embedded in our classes. Okay, so what do we do in the essay? It's very crucial that they know the TJ mission statements and beliefs and how it would reflect in their essays. We, you know, guide them in choosing which STEM activities they would need to highlight in their essay. We teach them the winning language stems, the format and the structure. Again, time management and techniques to ace the timed essay and then more so, you know, we teach them the writing techniques and strategies and you know, some other writers craft like beginning, ending and other writing crafts that they can apply not just in, you know, not just in college essay, in STEM calls, STEM internship or scholarships, but also in their academics. Because this is basically writing techniques. Okay, so it's very. Just to give you a heads up that, you know, it is crucial to, to apply to enroll in our classes. Okay, so what would be the contents? Okay, again, these are insider tips. And when you enroll with us, we, you know, we usually advise our parents, especially the ones who are aspiring, who have students who are aspiring to go to TJ and Academies of Loudon to build up their resume from ground up, starting maybe from fifth grade or fourth grade, start looking for summer camps and internships, look for, you know, Johns Hopkins University center for Talented Youth, all of those EPGY from Stanford, you know, all of those, you know, summer camps or, you know, maybe start with Our summer camps in, in the summer and majority of our summer camps, what makes us unique is, you know, it is towards. We're, we're training the students for competitions like our robotics is. We are training them for first competitions, First LEGO League and first Tech Challenge. [00:32:00] Speaker A: Okay. [00:32:01] Speaker B: And we also have math counts club and AMC Club that you can benefit from. [00:32:10] Speaker A: Okay. [00:32:10] Speaker B: So you've got to pack up your academic activities and then they can do volunteer work. It's very crucial that they have volunteer work. Whether it's school related or, you know, church related. You want to have at least, you know, some volunteer activities, you know, once in a while in your credentials. And you can pursue interest. You don't need to be enrolled in any of the classes, but you know, pursue your STEM interest. Whether it's basically making a video YouTube channel or you know, creating a website or coding a. Again, it's very important that you have interest to show off in your essay. Okay, so this triangle, that's basically the contents of your student essay, of your children's essays. Okay. And it's very crucial that you. And again, these are some of the things that you, your child will do when they apply for college. So TJ Admissions and Academies of Loudoun is basically just a practice mini college application. Okay, so these are some of the activities. Well, this is just like a sample resume from our student. Obviously this is a girl. These are some of the things that she did when she's in sixth grade. Okay, I'm not gonna read it, but you know, you can just download the slides and look it up. Sixth grade. And these are some of the activities that she did in seventh grade. Notice here, on top of the seventh grade, you'll see part of set study of exceptional talent. And majority of my students, or my families, the families that we work with don't know that, but that is a Johns Hopkins citywide center for talented youth. So you need to have, you need to apply to CTY and to apply there you need to take the SAT in middle school. And you know, if you're planning to apply for that. We have SAT for middle school during the summer and yeah, you need to have at least 700 to get into that. Okay. So my two sons applied in CTY and you know, they, they, they got over 700 in math when they were in reading and writing when they were in middle school. We have a lot of students who applied in CTY because, you know, especially if they attended our outreach, parent outreach or family outreach like this notice they have this student have math counts, you know, acsl. Amc. ACSL is Computer Science League. And then AMC American Math Competition. And then academic B History, B Debate, Python programming. So you can see that, you know, in Python programming, you know, there's a. She won. No, so this is just an example. Okay. And then in eighth grade, you will see again, there's another Math counts. You see Varsity debate, predicting droughts, Math contest, ACSL Nationals. And you know, again, the interest. She continued her interest in programming and chess. Okay, so these are just an example. Okay. And this is an example of the way they write. Okay, so this is one of the drafts. And this is like, you know, 1500 characters. And the way they structure it, it's, you know, that means they need to be very deliberate. I'm not going to read it, you know, but they need to be very deliberate in their word choices. And yeah, so this is one of the retired prompts. And yeah, we guide them in choosing which one and how to make that creativity and critical thinking, you know, pop. Pop in their essay. Okay, so these are my spons when they graduated from TJ. One is 2016 and one is 2015. And it's really good to invest there. It, you know, in, in tj, if you, you know, if you are, if your student is passionate in stem, I encourage you to cultivate that, you know, that interest because it helps in the economy, okay. And then it helps in workforce development. [00:36:55] Speaker A: Okay? [00:36:56] Speaker B: So here we have. This was way back 2021, but, you know, we need STEM education. You know, we need to strengthen our STEM education, and that's why we're here. And, you know, we, we just encourage you because that's. We. We need future leaders. [00:37:14] Speaker A: Okay? [00:37:15] Speaker B: So we need your student. [00:37:16] Speaker A: Okay. [00:37:17] Speaker B: See, we are. We have STEM crisis. And yeah, we need our future leaders. So this is another news. You can get some other things. [00:37:32] Speaker A: Okay. [00:37:32] Speaker B: The good thing is if you are in tj, see how TJ students partnered with NASA. And if you look at the news, you know, look at the TJ today, the newspaper at tj, you will see that, you know, there's a lot of activities that's. That they're doing with NASA. They're partnering with some other federal government agencies because they really want that. They really wanted to build the workforce. [00:38:02] Speaker A: Okay. [00:38:04] Speaker B: Build the future leaders. Okay. Now this is my son, Junior. Okay. And then you can see that he won. And this is kind of like a snapshot of, you know, kind like a screenshot of the TJ today. So he won during that time, you know, and he. This is, I think he's a TJ here or you know, when he was claiming and he's doing his, uh, his presentation and thanking everyone. So he built an app for post traumatic PTSD way back when he was at TJ and you can see that he built it up a mobile app. And JR's positivity app allows people who suffer from PTSD to spread encouragement to others, inform their friends about how they're doing, or keep a personal diary of their symptoms. He's the only high school competitor at the event. So this event was, you know, it's basically for college and he's the only high school student there, but he won, so I'm so proud of my son. Okay, so that's basically what you will do at tj. It's really above high school. [00:39:19] Speaker A: Okay. [00:39:20] Speaker B: So it's really good for, you know, when they get out there in college, it's better to train them under your roof while they are still under you than going to college and then, you know, suffer. And again, my two sons, Aldrin and Junior, they told me that, you know, college is easier when they go to tj. And you will hear that a lot from TJ alumni. So try to get out there. Maybe you have some TJ alumni in your neighborhood and you know, you can look at, ask them how they do, how DJ look like before you even apply. Because it takes a lot of passion and commitment. It needs a lot of time management skills. And then if you need help, always ask because we always have one on one tutoring for TG students alone. If you're falling behind a little bit, then make sure you ask for help. It's always good to ask for help. Okay, and here, see, look at this. TJ graduate earns Davidson Scholarship for Brain Cancer Research. Okay, so these are some of the things that they do. Now this is just a pie, kind of like a statistics. Way back when they, during the pandemic 2020, they get at least 1.5% per region per school. Okay, so this is kind of like what kind of like the distribution of 550 students way back under. You know, it was the first when they first did this, when they scrapped those exams and then they only retained the essays. Okay, so this is the first one. But of course that changes every year. You know, the numbers change every year because they get the upper 1.5% per school per region. And so if you are in a school that is, that has a lot of, you know, intelligent students and this might change, hopefully it change, you know, then chances are it's gonna be Harder for you. Does that make sense? In the past, during my two sons at TJ, during my two sons time at TJ, they just get the top 480. It's not even 550. At that time, it was the top 480 in five school districts. Now it's, you know, it's the top 1.5% per region. [00:42:04] Speaker A: Okay. [00:42:06] Speaker B: So yeah. And if you don't know what your region is, you can look it up in FCPS or in, you know, in, in your school district. And better ask the TJ admissions because they change the, the, the zoning every, every so often. So better check the TG admissions, not us. Okay. Okay, so here is another one. The case discovered that EpiPens may not work in space. Okay. So you know this. If you are in tj, there's some, there's a lot of things that you can do. You will be. No, you will be supported and there's mentorship there. It's just the right environment. [00:42:57] Speaker A: Okay. [00:42:58] Speaker B: So if you have question and answer, feel free to email us or you know, again, we have free TG admission tips in our website and yeah, and this is our information infoasterpechtual.org or call or text at 571485, 0934. And again, if you like this podcast, feel free to share and subscribe because we will have more podcasts like this. Learning by design and yeah, so that's it and thank you so much for attending and bye for now. Make sure you like, share or subscribe to our podcast. Bye for now.

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