TJ Prep Options

[Anonymous]

Hello

I am looking for TJ Prep options for my kid. I have heard of Curie as the primary option that most go with. Are there others which have worked well and are aligned to the updated admissions process ?

Any information will be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance

[Anonymous]

What grade?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hello

I am looking for TJ Prep options for my kid. I have heard of Curie as the primary option that most go with. Are there others which have worked well and are aligned to the updated admissions process ?

Any information will be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance

Curie is good but demanding in terms of workload as well as challenging. And teachers don’t grade the homework given. So the kid and/or parent need to review the answer keys, grade the homework, and try to figure out how to fix what was answered wrong. Although, there is some time set aside in lessons for kids to ask questions about things they don’t understand. Need a very self-motivated kid to keep up with schoolwork along with rigor of Curie.

[Anonymous]

I feel like Curie is posting these prep advice threads.

OP in case you are serious you do not need to do this anymore. The new system is set up in a way that makes prep much less useful.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I feel like Curie is posting these prep advice threads.

OP in case you are serious you do not need to do this anymore. The new system is set up in a way that makes prep much less useful.

The only response I have for you is "Too young too simple sometime naive"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I feel like Curie is posting these prep advice threads.

OP in case you are serious you do not need to do this anymore. The new system is set up in a way that makes prep much less useful.

I don't think they need to since everyone knows kids who go there tend to get in.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I feel like Curie is posting these prep advice threads.

OP in case you are serious you do not need to do this anymore. The new system is set up in a way that makes prep much less useful.

The only response I have for you is "Too young too simple sometime naive"

Outside enrichment is helpful nevertheless. Just not as directly as before.

[Anonymous]

I'm the one who posted above that Curie is posting these "hey, where can i find a great test prep" posts. The follow-up replies afterwards sound even more like that.

OP, there's no more high-stakes test to get in. It's about grades, some super minor level of honors/advancement classes, and a short-reply "essay" form - then layered over with: 1) plus points for certain disadvantage factors like poverty & ESOL; and 2) allocation of X seats per middle school to create the initial swath of the class.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm the one who posted above that Curie is posting these "hey, where can i find a great test prep" posts. The follow-up replies afterwards sound even more like that.

OP, there's no more high-stakes test to get in. It's about grades, some super minor level of honors/advancement classes, and a short-reply "essay" form - then layered over with: 1) plus points for certain disadvantage factors like poverty & ESOL; and 2) allocation of X seats per middle school to create the initial swath of the class.

It's definitely an improvement since you can no longer just buy the test answers, but prep still helps ensure your kid is at the very top of their class. They'll also advice on how to craft the perfect essay. At least others have said this.

[Anonymous]

Now freshmen TJ admissions is closer to a lottery. Above a certain minimum level of competence, it just becomes a lottery.

A vast majority of the people I know send their kids to Curie. A very high percentage of Loudoun Asian kids go there. I would guess that 40% of the people applying to TJ go there and 30% of the TJ class is made up of them. So Curie actually has a lower rate of admission than kids who dont go there.

We are Asian too but did not take any prep. DC went to one class from another provider, which happened to be a test day and looking at the scores and what they planned to teach DC never went to another class.

Also many go to Curie even though they have no intention of applying to TJ or AOS. They just want academic reinforcement. But I honestly think Curie is the worst way to do that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Now freshmen TJ admissions is closer to a lottery. Above a certain minimum level of competence, it just becomes a lottery.

A vast majority of the people I know send their kids to Curie. A very high percentage of Loudoun Asian kids go there. I would guess that 40% of the people applying to TJ go there and 30% of the TJ class is made up of them. So Curie actually has a lower rate of admission than kids who dont go there.

We are Asian too but did not take any prep. DC went to one class from another provider, which happened to be a test day and looking at the scores and what they planned to teach DC never went to another class.

Also many go to Curie even though they have no intention of applying to TJ or AOS. They just want academic reinforcement. But I honestly think Curie is the worst way to do that.

I guess it's closer to a lottery than the old system where you just bought the test questions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Now freshmen TJ admissions is closer to a lottery. Above a certain minimum level of competence, it just becomes a lottery.

A vast majority of the people I know send their kids to Curie. A very high percentage of Loudoun Asian kids go there. I would guess that 40% of the people applying to TJ go there and 30% of the TJ class is made up of them. So Curie actually has a lower rate of admission than kids who dont go there.

We are Asian too but did not take any prep. DC went to one class from another provider, which happened to be a test day and looking at the scores and what they planned to teach DC never went to another class.

Also many go to Curie even though they have no intention of applying to TJ or AOS. They just want academic reinforcement. But I honestly think Curie is the worst way to do that.

It seems to provide solid enrichment which is generally great.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Now freshmen TJ admissions is closer to a lottery. Above a certain minimum level of competence, it just becomes a lottery.

A vast majority of the people I know send their kids to Curie. A very high percentage of Loudoun Asian kids go there. I would guess that 40% of the people applying to TJ go there and 30% of the TJ class is made up of them. So Curie actually has a lower rate of admission than kids who dont go there.

We are Asian too but did not take any prep. DC went to one class from another provider, which happened to be a test day and looking at the scores and what they planned to teach DC never went to another class.

Also many go to Curie even though they have no intention of applying to TJ or AOS. They just want academic reinforcement. But I honestly think Curie is the worst way to do that.

I guess it's closer to a lottery than the old system where you just bought the test questions.

#fakenews

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Now freshmen TJ admissions is closer to a lottery. Above a certain minimum level of competence, it just becomes a lottery.

A vast majority of the people I know send their kids to Curie. A very high percentage of Loudoun Asian kids go there. I would guess that 40% of the people applying to TJ go there and 30% of the TJ class is made up of them. So Curie actually has a lower rate of admission than kids who dont go there.

We are Asian too but did not take any prep. DC went to one class from another provider, which happened to be a test day and looking at the scores and what they planned to teach DC never went to another class.

Also many go to Curie even though they have no intention of applying to TJ or AOS. They just want academic reinforcement. But I honestly think Curie is the worst way to do that.

A whole bunch of kids I know who are weak in math are going there, and finding the work tough. The idea that Curie gets you in is wrong, but their essay prep might help for TJ admissions.
It can still help with AOS test, perhaps with the same question bank. They are using a STEM Critical Thinking test.

[Anonymous]

Surprised it hasn't been mentioned yet, but one prep is to move to a weaker middle school to get an automatic spot.