Deadline for Thomas Jefferson High School Summer Round Applications is May 31

All eighth grade students who moved to Fairfax, Arlington, Loudoun or Prince William County or the City of Falls Church after Sept. 30, 2012 are still eligible to apply for admission to Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (TJHSST) for their summer round of admissions for the class of 2017.g

Applications for the class of 2017 (ninth grade), as well as for the class of 2016 (tenth grade), and the class of 2015 (eleventh grade) must be received by 4 p.m. on May 31, according to a news release from FCPS.

Read more: Which Middle Schools Had the Most Students Accepted to TJHSST?

To be eligible, all students have to take the TJ admissions test on Wednesday, June 5, and complete a student information sheet on Friday, June 7.

Students applying for the class of 2016 can access applications online through the TJ admissions online system or pick up paper applications from the TJ admissions office or at high schools of participating school divisions. Applications for the class of 2015 were only available through the TJHSST admissions office if requested by May 1, the news release states.

Students who are admitted during the summer round will be part of the 480 students who will comprise the class of 2017 at TJ.

A total of 480 students out of 3,121 who applied were accepted to the governor's school during the fall round of admissions, according to statistics released from Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) in April. Sixty-six percent, or 317, of the students offered admission in the fall are of Asian descent and 79, or about 58 percent of the students offered admission, are male.

See more TJ admissions statistics from FCPS on Patch: Of 3,121 Who Applied, 480 Students Admitted to Thomas Jefferson Class of 2017

Complete eligibility and residency requirements for all applicants can be found online on the TJ website.

Questions can be emailed to tjadmissions@fcps.edu or by calling 571-423-3770.

To learn more about the TJ admissions process, read our Patch series.