Sophomore Application portal
This is where you will click to apply to TJHSST for the Sophomore Round. Applications available April 1, 2025, at 4:00 pm.
TJHSST Admissions accepts a very limited number of students for its sophomore class (10th grade) each year. Students who wish to apply for the 2025-2026 sophomore class must submit their 9th grade high school transcript between April 1 and April 23 by 4:00 pm. While PSAT or SAT scores are optional, they are encouraged. (Scores should be in the 90th percentile or above.) Once approval is given to move forward with the application, the applicant has until May 16, 2025, at 4:00 pm to complete and submit the application. All students offered admission into TJHSST begin the first day of the new school year. There is no other window available for a student to apply or enter the school.
Students that applied for the Freshman Application Round and were not offered admission may be eligible to apply during the Sophomore Round.
Students that do not live in Fairfax County need to contact the Admissions Office at 571-423-3770 or by email at [email protected] before you apply to make sure that applications will be allowed from your school division.
Deadline for submission of transcripts and test scores is Wednesday, April 23, 2025, by 4:00 pm.
Please send your high school transcripts as well as your test scores (PSAT or SAT that are optional this year) to the [email protected]. You will be notified when they are approved and you may move forward with the application.
This is where you will click to apply to TJHSST for the Sophomore Round. Applications available April 1, 2025, at 4:00 pm.
Read the eligibility requirements to determine if you are eligible to apply.
Applicants to the sophomore class must have completed the following graduation credits by the end of the 2024-2025 academic year:
If your school does not offer the exact courses listed above, you must submit with your application documentation from your prior school (such as copies of the curriculum, course syllabus, etc.) that describes in detail each course and the material covered.
Biology is required as a course for 9th grade students and Geometry is the minimum required math class.
If you have taken Algebra 2, but not Algebra 2/Trigonometry, you may apply to TJHSST. If admitted, you will be placed in the appropriate math course to address the Trigonometry component.
All applicants to the sophomore class of TJHSST are not required to take either the PSAT or the SAT for admissions. [This is optional (but recommended) and we will accept any PSAT or SAT scores you have already received.]
We do not accept or consider ACT, ASPIRE, or any other standardized tests at this time as a substitution for the PSAT or SAT.
The College Board administers the SAT. Go to College Board to obtain information about the SAT and to register for that test. Your current school’s student services/guidance office can assist you with this process.
The TJHSST Admissions Office will not receive scores sent to Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology through SAT Registration.
All applicants to the Sophomore Round (10th grade) of admissions at TJHSST must complete the following, once their transcript has been approved:
For information on final admissions decisions, please see the sophomore section of Decision Process.
*The application deadline for sophomore round applicants (TJHSST Class of 2028) is May 16, 2025, by 4:00 PM. No late applications will be accepted for any reason.
Sophomore applications are reviewed by a committee of TJHSST faculty and staff. Through an independent selection process each committee member evaluates every application packet to determine who will be offered admission to the tenth grade at TJHSST.
The selection committee undertakes a holistic review to select applicants that demonstrate the following:
The following materials are used as evidence of the above characteristics in each sophomore applicant review.
No other materials are considered for any applicant.
Once all review processes are completed, the strongest applicants are offered admission. Please note that the numbers of spaces for accepted students in the sophomore round are available through student attrition at the end of ninth grade.
For more information see Regulation 3355.
TJHSST Admissions accepts a very limited number of students for its junior (11th grade) class each year.
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