TJ admissions related - how to get student interested in STEM?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Re basketball and saxophone:

Your kid will not have time to get As and make the basketball team at TJ. Practices are every day for four hours a day and you need to factor in their studying and group projects.

Don’t do it. If your kid can’t handle it it’s not worth it.

I seriously doubt that the basketball team at a high school is practicing 4 hours a day. Division 1 basketball teams do not practice 4 hours a day. They are probably holding practice after school and finishing in time for the kids to take the late bus home.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Re basketball and saxophone:

Your kid will not have time to get As and make the basketball team at TJ. Practices are every day for four hours a day and you need to factor in their studying and group projects.

Don’t do it. If your kid can’t handle it it’s not worth it.

Basketball practices are not 4 hours a day.
They are about 2 hours/day 4 days/week during the season.

Band is a Fall activity that coincides with football season and that can be very time intensive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP - read this to get an idea of the work intensity. There's an industry to help kids survive TJ.

https://www.kryptontutors.com/tjprep

Many parents with high level science and math degrees provide extra tutoring for their kids to survive TJ. Those who don't have those skills often pay for tutoring.

Note that not all kids require this type of tutoring. My kid, who is doing very well at TJ, has not done outside prep, does not receive tutoring, and considers the workload to be reasonable. I’m sure there are other kids like him. Of course, I’m not sure how this cuts—there are some (perhaps many) kids at TJ who are just very smart and efficient.

Going to TJ means that you’ll be in that environment. In many ways, it’s great to be surrounded by other intelligent, motivated kids who are really interested in academics and learning. That’s probably the biggest advantage of going to TJ. At the same time, though, if your kid is not as innately intelligent or motivated, you (or, more accurately, they) will have to consider whether they really want to be in that environment. And that’s the bottom line—if your kid is not interested in STEM, or even rigorous academics generally, TJ really won’t be a good fit. These are the things any prospective TJ student should think about, and ultimately it should be their decision based on whether they think it is a good fit for them.

I agree a lot of TJ kids do not need tutoring but some do especially the first year if they are coming from less academically intense schools.
It's really hard to tell which kids from these schools are going to be able to scale up without testing.
If you come from an academically intense school like carson and you are drowning, then pull the ripcord and go back to carson, things will not get easier.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Re basketball and saxophone:

Your kid will not have time to get As and make the basketball team at TJ. Practices are every day for four hours a day and you need to factor in their studying and group projects.

Don’t do it. If your kid can’t handle it it’s not worth it.

Basketball practices are not 4 hours a day.
They are about 2 hours/day 4 days/week during the season.

Band is a Fall activity that coincides with football season and that can be very time intensive.

This includes games.

[Anonymous]

Pushing your kid to go to TJ when they aren't interested seems like a recipe for disaster and a miserable high school experience. Send your kid to their base school and help them succeed in the areas where they are actually interested.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP - read this to get an idea of the work intensity. There's an industry to help kids survive TJ.

https://www.kryptontutors.com/tjprep

Many parents with high level science and math degrees provide extra tutoring for their kids to survive TJ. Those who don't have those skills often pay for tutoring.

TJ isn’t #1 in the country anymore. Not sure I’d trust people to tutor my kids who claim something false like that.

[Anonymous]

Wen just ordered a new sled, gloves, and boots so we are ready. I am not going to be surprised if it misses us though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wen just ordered a new sled, gloves, and boots so we are ready. I am not going to be surprised if it misses us though.

Whoops, way wrong topic. Sorry

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP - read this to get an idea of the work intensity. There's an industry to help kids survive TJ.

https://www.kryptontutors.com/tjprep

Many parents with high level science and math degrees provide extra tutoring for their kids to survive TJ. Those who don't have those skills often pay for tutoring.

TJ isn’t #1 in the country anymore. Not sure I’d trust people to tutor my kids who claim something false like that.

You are welcome to send your DC to BASIS, if that's more your cup of tea. No child has to go to TJ, if they aren't interested or think it is not a good option.