TJ admissions now verifying free and reduced price meal status for successful 2026 applicants
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Anonymous
How does one enter this "equity officer" profession? I hope a generation of youth dream of becoming chief equity officers and we have a millions of them. Imagine how much they would contribute to society! 
These are all parasites in the true sense of the term. Blood sucking leaches! |
Anonymous
No more Chief Executive Officer. Only Chief Equity officers. Let's others do the work. We will just make it equal. We have reached true dystopia. With people asking to be CEOs (chief equity officers). This is the state of America - where ambitious men and women from all the world come to make their lives better. |
Anonymous
As I said, "Seems like CEO is now Chief Equity Officer at this organization! The chief equity officer is now responsible for the admissions test. Given how she is measured, literally, equity is the key consideration, not merit." |
Anonymous
The point seems to be to create an infinite number of organizational scourges, who constantly look for new ways to ascribe the lack of effort of certain people to the purported shortcomings of others. |
Anonymous
It is even worse. The point seems to punish people who work by pushing them down to be equal to someone who chooses to work less. Not trying to pull everyone up. Pushing the winners down to manufacture equity is the easy way for the chief equity officer to earn their fat salaries. The whole thing is beyond ludicrous. |
Anonymous
+1 |
Anonymous
I wouldn't describe it as punishing people who work at gaming the system so much as leveling the playing field so all students have an equal shot not just those who can pony up $20k for prep classes. |
Anonymous
First off this reference to $20k without any basis is meaningless. There are more dropout in 10th and more needing remediaal maths under this asian / immmigrant exclusion project. Also, to use that argument to include misdirected students who till 5th grade could not qualify for cogat and could not qualify for algebra, is nothing but an extension of privilege, mostly white |
Anonymous
Exactly, but parents who enjoyed being able to game admissions aren't happy that their kids no longer have an advantage over others. |
Anonymous
From Chief Equity Officer bag of tricks. 1. Demonize the achievers. |
Anonymous
I think the $20,000 is someone totaling classes at a place like Curie from Pre-K through 8th grade. The TJ Prep class is no longer on the main page, I seem to recall that one being in the SAT Prep range or a bit more expensive. I think it is crazy to call enrichment classes prep. DS does math because he likes to take math. We started in third grade, with the pandemic. We are not doing it to prep for TJ or college but we would be crazy to not acknowledge that the classes will help him compete in those areas if he chooses to do so. Then I look at the Curie middle school programs and see the rising 8th grade class, which requires the rising 7th grade class. The one class, 8th grade, is about $5,000m for the year. The 7th grade program is over $4,000. So the 2 classes are at the $9,000 range. They are not the Algebra, Geometry, or other type of classes the offer. I would guess that these are the TJ Prep classes that people talk about. Here is how they describe the program “This program incorporates high-level coursework in math, English, writing, science, and critical thinking, with a focus on preparation for success in high school and college. This program will prepare students not only to pass any test for admission into specialized programs like AOS/AET and TJ, but also to succeed and even thrive in high school and later in college.” https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScu7l3Xzc4H36n7C6sFXNCuF0Kime_f_CwtGvQ2m-7e7qH-Ng/viewform So yeah, the prep is real even if the cost of the specific program is only about 1/2 of the amount the poster is talking about. |
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Note to self, don’t post when tired. Sorry for the ramble above.
Slight edit…. Curies still runs a program for MS kids to prepare for TJ and other schools. It is a good deal more expensive then the regular classes for math and science. They run about $10,000 if you take the full sequence. So yes, the prep classes are expensive. |
Anonymous
Curie prep courses are not to prep kids for TJ but to set a strong foundation for their high school and beyond wherever they go. Not every kid who joins curie makes it to TJ. You still need lot of hard work. The teachers there are very passionate about teaching and work very hard as well. It is no different than AOPS or other courses. Curie does focus on how to answer essay questions but it is not just for TJ test but it is to teach how to structure essay answers for any kind of test/application. We being parents if we can afford should invest in kids education. If somebody is interested in Curie but can't afford, talk to them and they may be able to enrool for reduced fee or even free.....no harm in asking. |
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Anonymous
The point of Curie class is if you can teach kids how to fish they can fish. They don't prepare just for TJ but to set them a strong foundation to take any test. There is nothing wrong in investing in kids education. There is nothing wrong in sending to expensive ivy league schools vs a local community college. We all want the best for our children and it is an investment. Stock market can go up and down and your investment can go in either direction but investing in kids future does provide good returns in their career (if the kid is interested and can handle the competition / pressure) |