If TJ has such smart kids, why so much cheating?

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Anonymous wrote:Well, here is whats happening: TJ course work and exams are 2x harder than base school. These kids are fearful of getting a B or C even though they know the material really well.

Colleges dont care about course rigor - only grades.

TJ principal and staff turn a blind eye to this well known problem

Hence the cheating.

The problem seems to be the grading at TJHSST. Why not use the same standard at TJHSST as they would use with other honors classes and AP classes at other schools?

Wouldn't change a thing. Everyone would just be competing to get as close to 5.0 as possible instead of as close to 4.5 as possible.

I don't think so. I see a lot of pressure over college admissions and so many kids that could have gotten into UVA but for their 4.3 GPA. If their GPA was 4.8 they would get in. If everyone at TJHSST thought that they could get into UVA or VT with an honest effort, I doubt there would be much cheating at all, but every year most of the kids go to schools in the 50-100 range because of GPA, not SATs, not extracurriculars, just the GPA holding them back.

Really!!! 4.8 GPA is it Technically possible? Even with all AP/AV courses the GPA would range around 4.7+.

I feel like you are missing the point. The point is that grading is lower at tjhsst compared to base schools and this is causing unnecessary stress. And stress is one of the primary drivers of cheating anywhere.

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Anonymous wrote:Well, here is whats happening: TJ course work and exams are 2x harder than base school. These kids are fearful of getting a B or C even though they know the material really well.

Colleges dont care about course rigor - only grades.

TJ principal and staff turn a blind eye to this well known problem

Hence the cheating.

The problem seems to be the grading at TJHSST. Why not use the same standard at TJHSST as they would use with other honors classes and AP classes at other schools?

Wouldn't change a thing. Everyone would just be competing to get as close to 5.0 as possible instead of as close to 4.5 as possible.

I don't think so. I see a lot of pressure over college admissions and so many kids that could have gotten into UVA but for their 4.3 GPA. If their GPA was 4.8 they would get in. If everyone at TJHSST thought that they could get into UVA or VT with an honest effort, I doubt there would be much cheating at all, but every year most of the kids go to schools in the 50-100 range because of GPA, not SATs, not extracurriculars, just the GPA holding them back.

Really!!! 4.8 GPA is it Technically possible? Even with all AP/AV courses the GPA would range around 4.7+.

I feel like you are missing the point. The point is that grading is lower at tjhsst compared to base schools and this is causing unnecessary stress. And stress is one of the primary drivers of cheating anywhere.

DP. If kids are blaming their GPA for not getting into college, it's because they don't understand how college admissions work. TJ kids are compared to their peers at TJ applying to the same school, not the base school applicants. The schools TJ kids apply to typically know TJ and TJ provides a comprehensive explanation of it's grading scale along with the transcript.

Private schools often don't weight GPA at all. Other districts weight differently. College admissions officers know how to account for this.

What you're saying is simply an easy excuse for cheating. Changing it would inflate the GPAs but otherwise change nothing.

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Anonymous wrote:Well, here is whats happening: TJ course work and exams are 2x harder than base school. These kids are fearful of getting a B or C even though they know the material really well.

Colleges dont care about course rigor - only grades.

TJ principal and staff turn a blind eye to this well known problem

Hence the cheating.

The problem seems to be the grading at TJHSST. Why not use the same standard at TJHSST as they would use with other honors classes and AP classes at other schools?

Wouldn't change a thing. Everyone would just be competing to get as close to 5.0 as possible instead of as close to 4.5 as possible.

I don't think so. I see a lot of pressure over college admissions and so many kids that could have gotten into UVA but for their 4.3 GPA. If their GPA was 4.8 they would get in. If everyone at TJHSST thought that they could get into UVA or VT with an honest effort, I doubt there would be much cheating at all, but every year most of the kids go to schools in the 50-100 range because of GPA, not SATs, not extracurriculars, just the GPA holding them back.

Really!!! 4.8 GPA is it Technically possible? Even with all AP/AV courses the GPA would range around 4.7+.

I feel like you are missing the point. The point is that grading is lower at tjhsst compared to base schools and this is causing unnecessary stress. And stress is one of the primary drivers of cheating anywhere.

DP. If kids are blaming their GPA for not getting into college, it's because they don't understand how college admissions work. TJ kids are compared to their peers at TJ applying to the same school, not the base school applicants. The schools TJ kids apply to typically know TJ and TJ provides a comprehensive explanation of it's grading scale along with the transcript.

Private schools often don't weight GPA at all. Other districts weight differently. College admissions officers know how to account for this.

What you're saying is simply an easy excuse for cheating. Changing it would inflate the GPAs but otherwise change nothing.

They realize they are not as smart as they or their parents thought they were so they take a shortcut. They are in for bad news.

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Anonymous wrote:Well, here is whats happening: TJ course work and exams are 2x harder than base school. These kids are fearful of getting a B or C even though they know the material really well.

Colleges dont care about course rigor - only grades.

TJ principal and staff turn a blind eye to this well known problem

Hence the cheating.

The problem seems to be the grading at TJHSST. Why not use the same standard at TJHSST as they would use with other honors classes and AP classes at other schools?

Wouldn't change a thing. Everyone would just be competing to get as close to 5.0 as possible instead of as close to 4.5 as possible.

I don't think so. I see a lot of pressure over college admissions and so many kids that could have gotten into UVA but for their 4.3 GPA. If their GPA was 4.8 they would get in. If everyone at TJHSST thought that they could get into UVA or VT with an honest effort, I doubt there would be much cheating at all, but every year most of the kids go to schools in the 50-100 range because of GPA, not SATs, not extracurriculars, just the GPA holding them back.

Really!!! 4.8 GPA is it Technically possible? Even with all AP/AV courses the GPA would range around 4.7+.

I feel like you are missing the point. The point is that grading is lower at tjhsst compared to base schools and this is causing unnecessary stress. And stress is one of the primary drivers of cheating anywhere.

DP. If kids are blaming their GPA for not getting into college, it's because they don't understand how college admissions work. TJ kids are compared to their peers at TJ applying to the same school, not the base school applicants. The schools TJ kids apply to typically know TJ and TJ provides a comprehensive explanation of it's grading scale along with the transcript.

Private schools often don't weight GPA at all. Other districts weight differently. College admissions officers know how to account for this.

What you're saying is simply an easy excuse for cheating. Changing it would inflate the GPAs but otherwise change nothing.

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Anonymous wrote:Well, here is whats happening: TJ course work and exams are 2x harder than base school. These kids are fearful of getting a B or C even though they know the material really well.

Colleges dont care about course rigor - only grades.

TJ principal and staff turn a blind eye to this well known problem

Hence the cheating.

The problem seems to be the grading at TJHSST. Why not use the same standard at TJHSST as they would use with other honors classes and AP classes at other schools?

Wouldn't change a thing. Everyone would just be competing to get as close to 5.0 as possible instead of as close to 4.5 as possible.

I don't think so. I see a lot of pressure over college admissions and so many kids that could have gotten into UVA but for their 4.3 GPA. If their GPA was 4.8 they would get in. If everyone at TJHSST thought that they could get into UVA or VT with an honest effort, I doubt there would be much cheating at all, but every year most of the kids go to schools in the 50-100 range because of GPA, not SATs, not extracurriculars, just the GPA holding them back.

Really!!! 4.8 GPA is it Technically possible? Even with all AP/AV courses the GPA would range around 4.7+.

I feel like you are missing the point. The point is that grading is lower at tjhsst compared to base schools and this is causing unnecessary stress. And stress is one of the primary drivers of cheating anywhere.

DP. If kids are blaming their GPA for not getting into college, it's because they don't understand how college admissions work. TJ kids are compared to their peers at TJ applying to the same school, not the base school applicants. The schools TJ kids apply to typically know TJ and TJ provides a comprehensive explanation of it's grading scale along with the transcript.

Private schools often don't weight GPA at all. Other districts weight differently. College admissions officers know how to account for this.

What you're saying is simply an easy excuse for cheating. Changing it would inflate the GPAs but otherwise change nothing.

They realize they are not as smart as they or their parents thought they were so they take a shortcut. They are in for bad news.

Noone is excusing cheating. I am proposing a method to reduce the incentive for cheating.

In theory, what you say about norming TK GPAs to base school GPAs should be true but there are just too cases where this doesn't seem true at the virginia state schools like UVA and VT.
Kids with 1500 SAT scores (75th percentile at UVA) and extracurricular are getting rejected and the only thing that seems to be keeping them out are GPAs below 4.4
High SAT scores with middling GPAS get rejected from VT.
I think there is a consensus that these kids would all have gotten much higher GPAs at their base school.

I understand that UVA is a competitive school and noone is guaranteed to get in but the rejection rate from VT should be very low, and it isn't

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Anonymous wrote:Well, here is whats happening: TJ course work and exams are 2x harder than base school. These kids are fearful of getting a B or C even though they know the material really well.

Colleges dont care about course rigor - only grades.

TJ principal and staff turn a blind eye to this well known problem

Hence the cheating.

The problem seems to be the grading at TJHSST. Why not use the same standard at TJHSST as they would use with other honors classes and AP classes at other schools?

Wouldn't change a thing. Everyone would just be competing to get as close to 5.0 as possible instead of as close to 4.5 as possible.

I don't think so. I see a lot of pressure over college admissions and so many kids that could have gotten into UVA but for their 4.3 GPA. If their GPA was 4.8 they would get in. If everyone at TJHSST thought that they could get into UVA or VT with an honest effort, I doubt there would be much cheating at all, but every year most of the kids go to schools in the 50-100 range because of GPA, not SATs, not extracurriculars, just the GPA holding them back.

Really!!! 4.8 GPA is it Technically possible? Even with all AP/AV courses the GPA would range around 4.7+.

I feel like you are missing the point. The point is that grading is lower at tjhsst compared to base schools and this is causing unnecessary stress. And stress is one of the primary drivers of cheating anywhere.

DP. If kids are blaming their GPA for not getting into college, it's because they don't understand how college admissions work. TJ kids are compared to their peers at TJ applying to the same school, not the base school applicants. The schools TJ kids apply to typically know TJ and TJ provides a comprehensive explanation of it's grading scale along with the transcript.

Private schools often don't weight GPA at all. Other districts weight differently. College admissions officers know how to account for this.

What you're saying is simply an easy excuse for cheating. Changing it would inflate the GPAs but otherwise change nothing.

They realize they are not as smart as they or their parents thought they were so they take a shortcut. They are in for bad news.

Noone is excusing cheating. I am proposing a method to reduce the incentive for cheating.

In theory, what you say about norming TK GPAs to base school GPAs should be true but there are just too cases where this doesn't seem true at the virginia state schools like UVA and VT.
Kids with 1500 SAT scores (75th percentile at UVA) and extracurricular are getting rejected and the only thing that seems to be keeping them out are GPAs below 4.4
High SAT scores with middling GPAS get rejected from VT.
I think there is a consensus that these kids would all have gotten much higher GPAs at their base school.

I understand that UVA is a competitive school and noone is guaranteed to get in but the rejection rate from VT should be very low, and it isn't

There are other factors besides academics. These schools also expect compelling essays and look at hooks like legacy and athletics.

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Anonymous wrote:Well, here is whats happening: TJ course work and exams are 2x harder than base school. These kids are fearful of getting a B or C even though they know the material really well.

Colleges dont care about course rigor - only grades.

TJ principal and staff turn a blind eye to this well known problem

Hence the cheating.

The problem seems to be the grading at TJHSST. Why not use the same standard at TJHSST as they would use with other honors classes and AP classes at other schools?

Wouldn't change a thing. Everyone would just be competing to get as close to 5.0 as possible instead of as close to 4.5 as possible.

I don't think so. I see a lot of pressure over college admissions and so many kids that could have gotten into UVA but for their 4.3 GPA. If their GPA was 4.8 they would get in. If everyone at TJHSST thought that they could get into UVA or VT with an honest effort, I doubt there would be much cheating at all, but every year most of the kids go to schools in the 50-100 range because of GPA, not SATs, not extracurriculars, just the GPA holding them back.

Really!!! 4.8 GPA is it Technically possible? Even with all AP/AV courses the GPA would range around 4.7+.

I feel like you are missing the point. The point is that grading is lower at tjhsst compared to base schools and this is causing unnecessary stress. And stress is one of the primary drivers of cheating anywhere.

DP. If kids are blaming their GPA for not getting into college, it's because they don't understand how college admissions work. TJ kids are compared to their peers at TJ applying to the same school, not the base school applicants. The schools TJ kids apply to typically know TJ and TJ provides a comprehensive explanation of it's grading scale along with the transcript.

Private schools often don't weight GPA at all. Other districts weight differently. College admissions officers know how to account for this.

What you're saying is simply an easy excuse for cheating. Changing it would inflate the GPAs but otherwise change nothing.

They realize they are not as smart as they or their parents thought they were so they take a shortcut. They are in for bad news.

Noone is excusing cheating. I am proposing a method to reduce the incentive for cheating.

In theory, what you say about norming TK GPAs to base school GPAs should be true but there are just too cases where this doesn't seem true at the virginia state schools like UVA and VT.
Kids with 1500 SAT scores (75th percentile at UVA) and extracurricular are getting rejected and the only thing that seems to be keeping them out are GPAs below 4.4
High SAT scores with middling GPAS get rejected from VT.
I think there is a consensus that these kids would all have gotten much higher GPAs at their base school.

I understand that UVA is a competitive school and noone is guaranteed to get in but the rejection rate from VT should be very low, and it isn't

There are other factors besides academics. These schools also expect compelling essays and look at hooks like legacy and athletics.

Virginia state schools do not look at legacy.

This is a very specific problem at TJ with respect to virginia state schools. We're not talking about harvard or other ivy+, just UVA and VT.

The tj students are being penalized by a focus on GPAs that are lower than they would be at the base school.

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Anonymous wrote:Well, here is whats happening: TJ course work and exams are 2x harder than base school. These kids are fearful of getting a B or C even though they know the material really well.

Colleges dont care about course rigor - only grades.

TJ principal and staff turn a blind eye to this well known problem

Hence the cheating.

The problem seems to be the grading at TJHSST. Why not use the same standard at TJHSST as they would use with other honors classes and AP classes at other schools?

Wouldn't change a thing. Everyone would just be competing to get as close to 5.0 as possible instead of as close to 4.5 as possible.

I don't think so. I see a lot of pressure over college admissions and so many kids that could have gotten into UVA but for their 4.3 GPA. If their GPA was 4.8 they would get in. If everyone at TJHSST thought that they could get into UVA or VT with an honest effort, I doubt there would be much cheating at all, but every year most of the kids go to schools in the 50-100 range because of GPA, not SATs, not extracurriculars, just the GPA holding them back.

Really!!! 4.8 GPA is it Technically possible? Even with all AP/AV courses the GPA would range around 4.7+.

I feel like you are missing the point. The point is that grading is lower at tjhsst compared to base schools and this is causing unnecessary stress. And stress is one of the primary drivers of cheating anywhere.

DP. If kids are blaming their GPA for not getting into college, it's because they don't understand how college admissions work. TJ kids are compared to their peers at TJ applying to the same school, not the base school applicants. The schools TJ kids apply to typically know TJ and TJ provides a comprehensive explanation of it's grading scale along with the transcript.

Private schools often don't weight GPA at all. Other districts weight differently. College admissions officers know how to account for this.

What you're saying is simply an easy excuse for cheating. Changing it would inflate the GPAs but otherwise change nothing.

They realize they are not as smart as they or their parents thought they were so they take a shortcut. They are in for bad news.

Noone is excusing cheating. I am proposing a method to reduce the incentive for cheating.

In theory, what you say about norming TK GPAs to base school GPAs should be true but there are just too cases where this doesn't seem true at the virginia state schools like UVA and VT.
Kids with 1500 SAT scores (75th percentile at UVA) and extracurricular are getting rejected and the only thing that seems to be keeping them out are GPAs below 4.4
High SAT scores with middling GPAS get rejected from VT.
I think there is a consensus that these kids would all have gotten much higher GPAs at their base school.

I understand that UVA is a competitive school and noone is guaranteed to get in but the rejection rate from VT should be very low, and it isn't

There are other factors besides academics. These schools also expect compelling essays and look at hooks like legacy and athletics.

If this were the problem then we wouldn't see so many kids at tj being rejected from uva but being accepted to more selective schools.
Honestly just having a fair shot at uva and VT would alleviate a lot of stress at the school.
This is one of the most cited reasons for kids not accepting their tj offer.

[Anonymous]

UVA and VT should serve all parts of VA via geographic diversity. Not all kids should come from one school in NoVA.

Every kid who attends TJ knows they are competing for college seats against all of the other TJ kids. Kids who don’t have top stats should look at less popular options.

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Anonymous wrote:Well, here is whats happening: TJ course work and exams are 2x harder than base school. These kids are fearful of getting a B or C even though they know the material really well.

Colleges dont care about course rigor - only grades.

TJ principal and staff turn a blind eye to this well known problem

Hence the cheating.

The problem seems to be the grading at TJHSST. Why not use the same standard at TJHSST as they would use with other honors classes and AP classes at other schools?

Wouldn't change a thing. Everyone would just be competing to get as close to 5.0 as possible instead of as close to 4.5 as possible.

I don't think so. I see a lot of pressure over college admissions and so many kids that could have gotten into UVA but for their 4.3 GPA. If their GPA was 4.8 they would get in. If everyone at TJHSST thought that they could get into UVA or VT with an honest effort, I doubt there would be much cheating at all, but every year most of the kids go to schools in the 50-100 range because of GPA, not SATs, not extracurriculars, just the GPA holding them back.

Really!!! 4.8 GPA is it Technically possible? Even with all AP/AV courses the GPA would range around 4.7+.

I feel like you are missing the point. The point is that grading is lower at tjhsst compared to base schools and this is causing unnecessary stress. And stress is one of the primary drivers of cheating anywhere.

DP. If kids are blaming their GPA for not getting into college, it's because they don't understand how college admissions work. TJ kids are compared to their peers at TJ applying to the same school, not the base school applicants. The schools TJ kids apply to typically know TJ and TJ provides a comprehensive explanation of it's grading scale along with the transcript.

Private schools often don't weight GPA at all. Other districts weight differently. College admissions officers know how to account for this.

What you're saying is simply an easy excuse for cheating. Changing it would inflate the GPAs but otherwise change nothing.

They realize they are not as smart as they or their parents thought they were so they take a shortcut. They are in for bad news.

Noone is excusing cheating. I am proposing a method to reduce the incentive for cheating.

In theory, what you say about norming TK GPAs to base school GPAs should be true but there are just too cases where this doesn't seem true at the virginia state schools like UVA and VT.
Kids with 1500 SAT scores (75th percentile at UVA) and extracurricular are getting rejected and the only thing that seems to be keeping them out are GPAs below 4.4
High SAT scores with middling GPAS get rejected from VT.
I think there is a consensus that these kids would all have gotten much higher GPAs at their base school.

I understand that UVA is a competitive school and noone is guaranteed to get in but the rejection rate from VT should be very low, and it isn't

But we also don’t know what kind of outside activities the non accepted kids were involved in. Maybe they exclusively did academic activities so the schools saw them as not having as much to offer the college community as a similar candidate who was more involved in activities such as sports, music, arts, theatre, etc.

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Anonymous wrote:UVA and VT should serve all parts of VA via geographic diversity. Not all kids should come from one school in NoVA.

Every kid who attends TJ knows they are competing for college seats against all of the other TJ kids. Kids who don’t have top stats should look at less popular options.

They don't though. The distribution of offers to these schools are overwhelmingly concentrated in NOVA. It's not even close.

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Anonymous wrote:Well, here is whats happening: TJ course work and exams are 2x harder than base school. These kids are fearful of getting a B or C even though they know the material really well.

Colleges dont care about course rigor - only grades.

TJ principal and staff turn a blind eye to this well known problem

Hence the cheating.

The problem seems to be the grading at TJHSST. Why not use the same standard at TJHSST as they would use with other honors classes and AP classes at other schools?

Wouldn't change a thing. Everyone would just be competing to get as close to 5.0 as possible instead of as close to 4.5 as possible.

I don't think so. I see a lot of pressure over college admissions and so many kids that could have gotten into UVA but for their 4.3 GPA. If their GPA was 4.8 they would get in. If everyone at TJHSST thought that they could get into UVA or VT with an honest effort, I doubt there would be much cheating at all, but every year most of the kids go to schools in the 50-100 range because of GPA, not SATs, not extracurriculars, just the GPA holding them back.

Really!!! 4.8 GPA is it Technically possible? Even with all AP/AV courses the GPA would range around 4.7+.

I feel like you are missing the point. The point is that grading is lower at tjhsst compared to base schools and this is causing unnecessary stress. And stress is one of the primary drivers of cheating anywhere.

DP. If kids are blaming their GPA for not getting into college, it's because they don't understand how college admissions work. TJ kids are compared to their peers at TJ applying to the same school, not the base school applicants. The schools TJ kids apply to typically know TJ and TJ provides a comprehensive explanation of it's grading scale along with the transcript.

Private schools often don't weight GPA at all. Other districts weight differently. College admissions officers know how to account for this.

What you're saying is simply an easy excuse for cheating. Changing it would inflate the GPAs but otherwise change nothing.

They realize they are not as smart as they or their parents thought they were so they take a shortcut. They are in for bad news.

Noone is excusing cheating. I am proposing a method to reduce the incentive for cheating.

In theory, what you say about norming TK GPAs to base school GPAs should be true but there are just too cases where this doesn't seem true at the virginia state schools like UVA and VT.
Kids with 1500 SAT scores (75th percentile at UVA) and extracurricular are getting rejected and the only thing that seems to be keeping them out are GPAs below 4.4
High SAT scores with middling GPAS get rejected from VT.
I think there is a consensus that these kids would all have gotten much higher GPAs at their base school.

I understand that UVA is a competitive school and noone is guaranteed to get in but the rejection rate from VT should be very low, and it isn't

But we also don’t know what kind of outside activities the non accepted kids were involved in. Maybe they exclusively did academic activities so the schools saw them as not having as much to offer the college community as a similar candidate who was more involved in activities such as sports, music, arts, theatre, etc.

That's clearly not true.

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Anonymous wrote:Title has the question?

If they cheat then wouldn’t they be flunking out of MIT or all these other schools? Why is college matriculation still so high if these kids sink and don’t swim?

Why is DCUM so obsessed with pulling down one of the only merit-based charter schools that produces equal or better college results than the big 3? Stay salty DCUM.

It's because university of so easy compared to TJ. I went to a top 3 public school and I studied max 1 hour a day.

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Anonymous wrote:Low performing prepped and un-prepped students who cannot handle TJ rigor, and resorting to cheating out of desperation should not have been admitted. How did they make it in such large number? Is remedial not as indepth to bridge the gap?

The unripped kids came from less affluent schools but were at the top of their classes. They usually picked things up quickly. The heavily prepped kids needed more help and often resorted to these less ethical means to continue the charade.

Did TJ announce that it was prepped advanced students and not low performing students that were cheating?

DP. They have been cheating at TJ for years. The pressure to succeed is powerful.

who is They? prepped advanced students or low performing students?

Everyone. I recently graduated and I can guarantee that everyone in my class, except the real geniuses, have cheated at least once. Everyone I talked to during my time at TJ cheated, and I know that to be 200+ people. Some are very minor through.

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Anonymous wrote:Low performing prepped and un-prepped students who cannot handle TJ rigor, and resorting to cheating out of desperation should not have been admitted. How did they make it in such large number? Is remedial not as indepth to bridge the gap?

The unripped kids came from less affluent schools but were at the top of their classes. They usually picked things up quickly. The heavily prepped kids needed more help and often resorted to these less ethical means to continue the charade.

Did TJ announce that it was prepped advanced students and not low performing students that were cheating?

DP. They have been cheating at TJ for years. The pressure to succeed is powerful.

who is They? prepped advanced students or low performing students?

Everyone. I recently graduated and I can guarantee that everyone in my class, except the real geniuses, have cheated at least once. Everyone I talked to during my time at TJ cheated, and I know that to be 200+ people. Some are very minor through.

You forgot those of us who just didn't mind the Bs. We didn't cheat either.
-alumna