TJ Admissions Shouldn't Be
This Confusing.

Here's what you're up against

If you've spent any time researching TJ admissions, you've probably noticed something: nothing seems to agree. Maybe you heard there's a lottery. Or a quota system. Or that the admissions test changed — again. You might have stumbled into school board politics, or the Supreme Court case, or a parent forum where everyone seems confident but nobody's saying the same thing.

Here's the uncomfortable truth: in trying to make TJ more accessible, the admissions process became more opaque. The test format has changed multiple times. Policies have shifted. And the internet is full of outdated information — much of it from well-intentioned parents whose kids went through a version of this process that's been overhauled several times since.

None of that is your fault. You're a parent trying to do right by your student. Or maybe you are the student, trying to get into one of the best high schools in the world. Either way, you deserve clarity — not another contradictory blog post.

We went through this. That's why we built it.

Growing up in Fairfax County, my parents signed me up for a TJ prep program. The instructor had never set foot inside TJ — she was a university English teacher with no knowledge of what TJ actually tests. There were 30 students in a single classroom, zero personalized feedback, and formulaic templates that had nothing to do with the real exam. On test day, we realized we'd been preparing for something completely different.

My friend Vishnu was right there with me — same classroom, same feeling that families deserved something fundamentally better. We talked about it all through TJ and into college. Vishnu passed away far too young, but his conviction never left me. EduAvenues was built in his memory — carrying forward his belief that if you're going to do this, do it right, and do it for the families who need it most.

So I built what should have existed

After UVA's McIntire School of Commerce, Goldman Sachs, and private equity — I walked away because this mattered more. TJ has been part of my family's life for as long as I can remember: my older sister went there before me, and I went on to serve on the TJ Partnership Fund's Board of Directors. This isn't just work for me. It's personal.

Today, every single one of our instructors is a TJ alum — from schools like MIT, Stanford, Harvard, and UVA. They know what the admissions committee is looking for because they were once on the other side of it. Meet our team.

And we built it to fit into your family's life, not the other way around. Every session is recorded. Every resource is available on demand. TJ prep should work around debate tournaments, Science Olympiad, and family dinners — not replace them.