Minimum math at TJ

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Anonymous wrote:I see six math courses from Math 1 to 6. If doing algebra 1 in 8th, with what Math do they start at TJ?

TJ math courses are semesters. They will start in Math 1, and also need to take research statistics at the same time.

https://tjhsst.fcps.edu/node/3332

Thanks for the chart. Referring to the elective page, when you hear few students complete Advanced Math Techniques/ Differential Equations in 12th, that would imply enrollment of multi variable/linear in 11th, and Calc AB or BC in 10th? how is this possible to go have completed upto Math 6 in just freshman year? I assume they enter TJ having completed a higher level math from middle school or skipped certain math levels?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I see six math courses from Math 1 to 6. If doing algebra 1 in 8th, with what Math do they start at TJ?

TJ math courses are semesters. They will start in Math 1, and also need to take research statistics at the same time.

https://tjhsst.fcps.edu/node/3332

Thanks for the chart. Referring to the elective page, when you hear few students complete Advanced Math Techniques/ Differential Equations in 12th, that would imply enrollment of multi variable/linear in 11th, and Calc AB or BC in 10th? how is this possible to go have completed upto Math 6 in just freshman year? I assume they enter TJ having completed a higher level math from middle school or skipped certain math levels?

There are kids who enter TJ having completed Algebra 2. I think the vast majority of kids enter having completed Geometry and would be starting at Algebra 2/Trig.

[Anonymous]

If you have completed Geometry in 8th grade, you start with TJ Math 3. If you have completed Algebra 2 in 8th grade, you start with TJ Math 4. Both are semester courses. In 9th grade you will take either TJ Math 3 or TJ Math 4 for one semester and Research Statistics I for the other semester.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I see six math courses from Math 1 to 6. If doing algebra 1 in 8th, with what Math do they start at TJ?

TJ math courses are semesters. They will start in Math 1, and also need to take research statistics at the same time.

https://tjhsst.fcps.edu/node/3332

Thanks for the chart. Referring to the elective page, when you hear few students complete Advanced Math Techniques/ Differential Equations in 12th, that would imply enrollment of multi variable/linear in 11th, and Calc AB or BC in 10th? how is this possible to go have completed upto Math 6 in just freshman year? I assume they enter TJ having completed a higher level math from middle school or skipped certain math levels?

There are kids who enter TJ having completed Algebra 2. I think the vast majority of kids enter having completed Geometry and would be starting at Algebra 2/Trig.

Either of these kids, what TJ courses do they take in Freshman to start Calc BC in sophomore?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I see six math courses from Math 1 to 6. If doing algebra 1 in 8th, with what Math do they start at TJ?

TJ math courses are semesters. They will start in Math 1, and also need to take research statistics at the same time.

https://tjhsst.fcps.edu/node/3332

Thanks for the chart. Referring to the elective page, when you hear few students complete Advanced Math Techniques/ Differential Equations in 12th, that would imply enrollment of multi variable/linear in 11th, and Calc AB or BC in 10th? how is this possible to go have completed upto Math 6 in just freshman year? I assume they enter TJ having completed a higher level math from middle school or skipped certain math levels?

There are kids who enter TJ having completed Algebra 2. I think the vast majority of kids enter having completed Geometry and would be starting at Algebra 2/Trig.

Either of these kids, what TJ courses do they take in Freshman to start Calc BC in sophomore?

Algebra 1 in 6th
Geometry in 7th
Algebra 2 in 8th

It's a track that parents or teachers have to push for with some extraordinary proof, not a normal advertised thing.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I see six math courses from Math 1 to 6. If doing algebra 1 in 8th, with what Math do they start at TJ?

TJ math courses are semesters. They will start in Math 1, and also need to take research statistics at the same time.

https://tjhsst.fcps.edu/node/3332

Thanks for the chart. Referring to the elective page, when you hear few students complete Advanced Math Techniques/ Differential Equations in 12th, that would imply enrollment of multi variable/linear in 11th, and Calc AB or BC in 10th? how is this possible to go have completed upto Math 6 in just freshman year? I assume they enter TJ having completed a higher level math from middle school or skipped certain math levels?

There are kids who enter TJ having completed Algebra 2. I think the vast majority of kids enter having completed Geometry and would be starting at Algebra 2/Trig.

Either of these kids, what TJ courses do they take in Freshman to start Calc BC in sophomore?

Algebra 1 in 6th
Geometry in 7th
Algebra 2 in 8th

It's a track that parents or teachers have to push for with some extraordinary proof, not a normal advertised thing.

I mean, what courses among TJ math 1 to 6 series do they complete in freshman, in order to take Calc BC in sophomore?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Nope. You must take Calc at TJ.

Wish they had said something about this before applying, instead of wasting darn time. Cant get 3/4th of the kids in our school to learn basic algebra, but want them to go to TJ and do more math

Is this an FCPS school? Why not help kids learn grade level math at that middle school, instead of giving them false hope they do just fine after admission into TJ?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I see six math courses from Math 1 to 6. If doing algebra 1 in 8th, with what Math do they start at TJ?

TJ math courses are semesters. They will start in Math 1, and also need to take research statistics at the same time.

https://tjhsst.fcps.edu/node/3332

Thanks for the chart. Referring to the elective page, when you hear few students complete Advanced Math Techniques/ Differential Equations in 12th, that would imply enrollment of multi variable/linear in 11th, and Calc AB or BC in 10th? how is this possible to go have completed upto Math 6 in just freshman year? I assume they enter TJ having completed a higher level math from middle school or skipped certain math levels?

There are kids who enter TJ having completed Algebra 2. I think the vast majority of kids enter having completed Geometry and would be starting at Algebra 2/Trig.

Either of these kids, what TJ courses do they take in Freshman to start Calc BC in sophomore?

Algebra 1 in 6th
Geometry in 7th
Algebra 2 in 8th

It's a track that parents or teachers have to push for with some extraordinary proof, not a normal advertised thing.

More likely they took algebra 1 in 7th, geometry over the summer, and algebra 2 in 8th.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I see six math courses from Math 1 to 6. If doing algebra 1 in 8th, with what Math do they start at TJ?

TJ math courses are semesters. They will start in Math 1, and also need to take research statistics at the same time.

https://tjhsst.fcps.edu/node/3332

Thanks for the chart. Referring to the elective page, when you hear few students complete Advanced Math Techniques/ Differential Equations in 12th, that would imply enrollment of multi variable/linear in 11th, and Calc AB or BC in 10th? how is this possible to go have completed upto Math 6 in just freshman year? I assume they enter TJ having completed a higher level math from middle school or skipped certain math levels?

There are kids who enter TJ having completed Algebra 2. I think the vast majority of kids enter having completed Geometry and would be starting at Algebra 2/Trig.

Either of these kids, what TJ courses do they take in Freshman to start Calc BC in sophomore?

Algebra 1 in 6th
Geometry in 7th
Algebra 2 in 8th

It's a track that parents or teachers have to push for with some extraordinary proof, not a normal advertised thing.

I mean, what courses among TJ math 1 to 6 series do they complete in freshman, in order to take Calc BC in sophomore?

Math 4/5 are precalculus classes, so if those were taken freshman year they'd be set to do calculus as a sophomore and have access to elective/higher level math junior/senior year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Nope. You must take Calc at TJ.

Wish they had said something about this before applying, instead of wasting darn time. Cant get 3/4th of the kids in our school to learn basic algebra, but want them to go to TJ and do more math

Is this an FCPS school? Why not help kids learn grade level math at that middle school, instead of giving them false hope they do just fine after admission into TJ?

Every FCPS MS has kids who are taking Algebra 1 H in 8th grade. I would be shocked if there was a MS that does not have an Algebra 1 H class in 7th grade. There are kids who can handle TJ at every MS, it is not false hope. I do think that encouraging kids who are taking Algebra in 8th grade is problematic because I don't think that those kids are as strong in math, which is a TJ prereq, or in position to take advantage of the advanced classes that are available at TJ.

But every FCPS MS should have a class of kids taking Algebra 1 H in 7th grade that could be candidates for TJ. I think the fact that many of those MS don't use all of their slots points to kids who don't feel confident in their abilities or don't want to attend TJ for some reason. The few who take the offer are kids who might have been overlooked in the old system because they are less likely to have been prepped for the exam and might not have scored as high as other kids.

[Anonymous]

Is there a way to determine if DC is ready for TJ Math? does TJ provide an assessment or self evaluation tool that DC can use to decide if they are ready for TJ Math?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is there a way to determine if DC is ready for TJ Math? does TJ provide an assessment or self evaluation tool that DC can use to decide if they are ready for TJ Math?

Algebra H in 8th grade with a 3.5 grade is the minimum.

I will not encourage my child to apply unless he has an A in Algebra 1 H and Geometry when he is in 8th grade. I am aware that he can have less then that to apply but I don't see anything less then that as being a good fit for TJ. But that is my opinion and above the threshold for an application right now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is there a way to determine if DC is ready for TJ Math? does TJ provide an assessment or self evaluation tool that DC can use to decide if they are ready for TJ Math?

Algebra H in 8th grade with a 3.5 grade is the minimum.

I will not encourage my child to apply unless he has an A in Algebra 1 H and Geometry when he is in 8th grade. I am aware that he can have less then that to apply but I don't see anything less then that as being a good fit for TJ. But that is my opinion and above the threshold for an application right now.

Plenty of kids who were in Algebra 1 H in 8th grade have proven to be great fits for TJ.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is there a way to determine if DC is ready for TJ Math? does TJ provide an assessment or self evaluation tool that DC can use to decide if they are ready for TJ Math?

Algebra H in 8th grade with a 3.5 grade is the minimum.

I will not encourage my child to apply unless he has an A in Algebra 1 H and Geometry when he is in 8th grade. I am aware that he can have less then that to apply but I don't see anything less then that as being a good fit for TJ. But that is my opinion and above the threshold for an application right now.

Plenty of kids who were in Algebra 1 H in 8th grade have proven to be great fits for TJ.

This is a lie!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is there a way to determine if DC is ready for TJ Math? does TJ provide an assessment or self evaluation tool that DC can use to decide if they are ready for TJ Math?

Algebra H in 8th grade with a 3.5 grade is the minimum.

I will not encourage my child to apply unless he has an A in Algebra 1 H and Geometry when he is in 8th grade. I am aware that he can have less then that to apply but I don't see anything less then that as being a good fit for TJ. But that is my opinion and above the threshold for an application right now.

Plenty of kids who were in Algebra 1 H in 8th grade have proven to be great fits for TJ.

This is a lie!

I'm a TJ grad, but you're welcome to believe that.