TJ - Changing the Senior Research Project to an Optional Elective?

[Anonymous]

I heard that TJ is looking into removing the requirement for a senior research project. Students can still elect to do a project, but it will be optional and the number of students who can participate will be capped.

Does anyone know more about this? Is this based on staffing?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I heard that TJ is looking into removing the requirement for a senior research project. Students can still elect to do a project, but it will be optional and the number of students who can participate will be capped.

Does anyone know more about this? Is this based on staffing?

No- it is based on making TJ easier for the bottom 25%.

[Anonymous]

This would be awful. I hope it’s an unfounded rumor.

[Anonymous]

They should keep it but move it to junior year. More useful.

[Anonymous]

Heard that there are too many students to accommodate into the current labs. But struggling students would also be lost in trying to do the research.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I heard that TJ is looking into removing the requirement for a senior research project. Students can still elect to do a project, but it will be optional and the number of students who can participate will be capped.

Does anyone know more about this? Is this based on staffing?

No- it is based on making TJ easier for the bottom 25%.

TJ Freshmen and Sophomores (students admitted under the new admission system) are about to take required courses etc. next year to begin preparations for the Sr. Research project. Paving the way for the under prepared pioneers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Heard that there are too many students to accommodate into the current labs. But struggling students would also be lost in trying to do the research.

How did they not take the lab space into account when they decided to expand the class???

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Heard that there are too many students to accommodate into the current labs. But struggling students would also be lost in trying to do the research.

How did they not take the lab space into account when they decided to expand the class???

Because they were so motivated to take advantage of the pandemic crisis/opportunity that no real discussions or deliberations took place and the admissions changes were rammed through. Heck of job there SB members.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I heard that TJ is looking into removing the requirement for a senior research project. Students can still elect to do a project, but it will be optional and the number of students who can participate will be capped.

Does anyone know more about this? Is this based on staffing?

No- it is based on making TJ easier for the bottom 25%.

+1 truth

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I heard that TJ is looking into removing the requirement for a senior research project. Students can still elect to do a project, but it will be optional and the number of students who can participate will be capped.

Does anyone know more about this? Is this based on staffing?

No- it is based on making TJ easier for the bottom 25%.

TJ Freshmen and Sophomores (students admitted under the new admission system) are about to take required courses etc. next year to begin preparations for the Sr. Research project. Paving the way for the under prepared pioneers.

Yes, many of the students who only got in because they had purchased access to the test aren't up to the challenge, but hoping the more rigorous admissions that stopped their rampant cheating addressed this issue.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I heard that TJ is looking into removing the requirement for a senior research project. Students can still elect to do a project, but it will be optional and the number of students who can participate will be capped.

Does anyone know more about this? Is this based on staffing?

No- it is based on making TJ easier for the bottom 25%.

TJ Freshmen and Sophomores (students admitted under the new admission system) are about to take required courses etc. next year to begin preparations for the Sr. Research project. Paving the way for the under prepared pioneers.

Yes, many of the students who only got in because they had purchased access to the test aren't up to the challenge, but hoping the more rigorous admissions that stopped their rampant cheating addressed this issue.

Ugh PP give it a REST! It’s ok to think that the prepping culture demanded we overhaul admissions - I agree. But it’s ridiculous to not admit that the new crop of kids are going to be more likely to need supports than the old batch of kids.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I heard that TJ is looking into removing the requirement for a senior research project. Students can still elect to do a project, but it will be optional and the number of students who can participate will be capped.

Does anyone know more about this? Is this based on staffing?

No- it is based on making TJ easier for the bottom 25%.

TJ Freshmen and Sophomores (students admitted under the new admission system) are about to take required courses etc. next year to begin preparations for the Sr. Research project. Paving the way for the under prepared pioneers.

Yes, many of the students who only got in because they had purchased access to the test aren't up to the challenge, but hoping the more rigorous admissions that stopped their rampant cheating addressed this issue.

Aren't Freshman and Sophomore students, admitted under new admission policy?

[Anonymous]

So what’s left at TJ to make it different from the base schools?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So what’s left at TJ to make it different from the base schools?

Demographics

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I heard that TJ is looking into removing the requirement for a senior research project. Students can still elect to do a project, but it will be optional and the number of students who can participate will be capped.

Does anyone know more about this? Is this based on staffing?

No- it is based on making TJ easier for the bottom 25%.

TJ Freshmen and Sophomores (students admitted under the new admission system) are about to take required courses etc. next year to begin preparations for the Sr. Research project. Paving the way for the under prepared pioneers.

Yes, many of the students who only got in because they had purchased access to the test aren't up to the challenge, but hoping the more rigorous admissions that stopped their rampant cheating addressed this issue.

You're truly certifiable if you think that a process based on a few generic essays is "more rigorous" than one based on deeper essays, test scores, course difficulty/math level, teacher recommendations, major accomplishments, and ECs.