Reasons why one would not accept TJ offer?

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Oh the imaginary race based admissions again. TJ admissions are race-blind. Further, the majority of the county believes that the more equitable process that allowed all residents to participate not just those that can afford to drop $20k for test answers was a good thing.


$20k for Curie? Hard to believe. May be a private tutor that comes home, but Curie cant be costing more than Kumon. Does it?


The poster knows it is false. Been called on it many times. Curie is around 5k but that is not dramatic enough for the poster.

Even $5k is ridiculous. Are you sure your child is enrolled in Curie? We dont pay anywhere near. A family in our neighborhood requested help, and Curie cut their fee to almost nothing. So make sure you take advantage of financial relief they provide. DC really likes their rigorous math and college level english writing. It's tough but advanced kids in 7th and 8th would really like their precalculus curriculum.

Thank you for confirming. We have heard about Curie but from dropouts complaining about their tough syllabus. Hope they come out with an easier syllabus offering.


The courses run from early ES like grade 1 through 8 and typically run around 5k so over the course of years some might drop $40k+

you are funny. what courses does Curie offer for grade 1 students? do they pickup from school?


It's funny you should say that. In MoCo there's a afterschool shuttle to their Curie equivalent from the ES with the highest Asian population.

racist


Its racist to state facts?
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Oh the imaginary race based admissions again. TJ admissions are race-blind. Further, the majority of the county believes that the more equitable process that allowed all residents to participate not just those that can afford to drop $20k for test answers was a good thing.

Imaginary?

"FCPS created a race-based affirmative action program to admit more black and Hispanic students. The program was in effect for the admissions process for the graduating classes of 1997 through 2002; the county ended it because of legal challenges to similar programs. Following the end of this program, the share of black and Hispanic students at the school decreased from 9.4 percent in 1997–98 to 3.5 percent in 2003–04."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson_High_School_for_Science_and_Technology


Using local norms to ensure that all schools participate in these programs does not equate to race-based. In fact, it's considered a best-practice in gifted education since not doing this often results in these programs being dominated by schools where parents can afford outside enrichment to the detriment of everyone else.


It's illegal to use race as criteria selection for public schools programs. The 4TJ crowd tried to get the SCOTUS to look at this but their case got laughed out of court even by those far-right nutjobs.


Yep, even scotus wouldn't touch their case. It has 0 merit.


I remember even SCOTUS wouldn't touch C4TJ's fake discrimination case which speaks volumes.


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Anonymous wrote:Colleges care ONLY about GPA.

If you think your child cannot land in the top half of the TJ class AND get a 4.0 (w) or above GPA - then avoid TJ.

The overall curriculum at TJ is same as any base HS - they all cover mostly the same courses such as AP Stats, AP Cal A/B or B/C, AP Physics.

Well TJ has been forcefully transformed into being more of a base HS, while the original intent was for it have a much higher curriculum than that of base HS's.

As originally designed, TJ historically drew the attention of exceptional students because those students saw it as their only public school choice to get access to advanced curriculum that went beyond AP levels. These students were not coming to TJ to finish at AP level, but start there and progress further. For instance with math, an academically advanced TJ student historically expected to complete AP calculus BC in freshman/sophomore, MultiVariable & Linear in sophomore/junior, differential & discrete in junior/senior, and adv math techniques & scientific math in senior year. While these courses still exist currently, the enrollment in these courses is very low due to the caliber of admitted class. The middle schools in the past have supported and nurtured exceptional students by providing access to precalculus courses in the middle school itself, allowing them to go far beyond AP level if they chose TJ.

Over the past two decades, the rise of equity and diversity politics in FCPS and other feeder county schools has created roadblocks for these exceptional students in achieving precalculus or calculus by the end of middle school. The maximum access they now have is for Algebra 2 Trig, and even this requires numerous approvals and summer course enrollment. As a result, the pool of top talent entering TJ with trig and, at most, precalculus credits from middle school has been drastically reduced to less than a fifth of the new class. Currently, fewer than a hundred students in a TJ class enroll in courses beyond Multivariable/Linear.


When was this? (From you post, apparently this was 3-4 decades ago. As an FCPS alum myself, I'm not sure I can agree with you on this.)

FWIW, "equity and diversity politics" have only been around for the past 5 years or so. That is not why middle schools do not offer precal classes. (At TJ, 00 freshmen have completed trig/precal and go straight to calculus? Are they all from Loudoun County?)

If you're unaware of FCPS's history of racial quota-based admissions to TJ dating back to the mid-'90s, you were probably not yet born or likely in preschool. Many younger activists are manipulated into thinking they are starting this equity battle anew, to have you take ownership of it, and work for free. Politicians define the battle to their benefit. Activist is merely a pawn in their battle.


There is no such history since it's always been illegal. This is just misinformation spread by some bitter parents with an axe to grind.


"FCPS created a race-based affirmative action program to admit more black and Hispanic students. The program was in effect for the admissions process for the graduating classes of 1997 through 2002; the county ended it because of legal challenges to similar programs. Following the end of this program, the share of black and Hispanic students at the school decreased from 9.4 percent in 1997–98 to 3.5 percent in 2003–04."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson_High_School_for_Science_and_Technology

Vividly recall this. If not for then Principal Elizabeth Lodal being honest, and parents being persistent to end it, that racial quota based admissions of late 90s would have continued.

They dont hire principals with backbone like Lodal anymore. Race based preferences have always been practiced until they got caught. But Lodal had a way of putting sense into the board members' heads before full blown disaster. Glad they heeded her advice, and ended race quota in 2002.
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Oh the imaginary race based admissions again. TJ admissions are race-blind. Further, the majority of the county believes that the more equitable process that allowed all residents to participate not just those that can afford to drop $20k for test answers was a good thing.

Imaginary?

"FCPS created a race-based affirmative action program to admit more black and Hispanic students. The program was in effect for the admissions process for the graduating classes of 1997 through 2002; the county ended it because of legal challenges to similar programs. Following the end of this program, the share of black and Hispanic students at the school decreased from 9.4 percent in 1997–98 to 3.5 percent in 2003–04."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson_High_School_for_Science_and_Technology


Using local norms to ensure that all schools participate in these programs does not equate to race-based. In fact, it's considered a best-practice in gifted education since not doing this often results in these programs being dominated by schools where parents can afford outside enrichment to the detriment of everyone else.


It's illegal to use race as criteria selection for public schools programs. The 4TJ crowd tried to get the SCOTUS to look at this but their case got laughed out of court even by those far-right nutjobs.


Yep, even scotus wouldn't touch their case. It has 0 merit.


I remember even SCOTUS wouldn't touch C4TJ's fake discrimination case which speaks volumes.


C4TJ's discrimination suit was so bad that it got laughed out fo court by the RWNJ's on SCOTUS.
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Anonymous wrote:Colleges care ONLY about GPA.

If you think your child cannot land in the top half of the TJ class AND get a 4.0 (w) or above GPA - then avoid TJ.

The overall curriculum at TJ is same as any base HS - they all cover mostly the same courses such as AP Stats, AP Cal A/B or B/C, AP Physics.

Well TJ has been forcefully transformed into being more of a base HS, while the original intent was for it have a much higher curriculum than that of base HS's.

As originally designed, TJ historically drew the attention of exceptional students because those students saw it as their only public school choice to get access to advanced curriculum that went beyond AP levels. These students were not coming to TJ to finish at AP level, but start there and progress further. For instance with math, an academically advanced TJ student historically expected to complete AP calculus BC in freshman/sophomore, MultiVariable & Linear in sophomore/junior, differential & discrete in junior/senior, and adv math techniques & scientific math in senior year. While these courses still exist currently, the enrollment in these courses is very low due to the caliber of admitted class. The middle schools in the past have supported and nurtured exceptional students by providing access to precalculus courses in the middle school itself, allowing them to go far beyond AP level if they chose TJ.

Over the past two decades, the rise of equity and diversity politics in FCPS and other feeder county schools has created roadblocks for these exceptional students in achieving precalculus or calculus by the end of middle school. The maximum access they now have is for Algebra 2 Trig, and even this requires numerous approvals and summer course enrollment. As a result, the pool of top talent entering TJ with trig and, at most, precalculus credits from middle school has been drastically reduced to less than a fifth of the new class. Currently, fewer than a hundred students in a TJ class enroll in courses beyond Multivariable/Linear.


When was this? (From you post, apparently this was 3-4 decades ago. As an FCPS alum myself, I'm not sure I can agree with you on this.)

FWIW, "equity and diversity politics" have only been around for the past 5 years or so. That is not why middle schools do not offer precal classes. (At TJ, 00 freshmen have completed trig/precal and go straight to calculus? Are they all from Loudoun County?)

If you're unaware of FCPS's history of racial quota-based admissions to TJ dating back to the mid-'90s, you were probably not yet born or likely in preschool. Many younger activists are manipulated into thinking they are starting this equity battle anew, to have you take ownership of it, and work for free. Politicians define the battle to their benefit. Activist is merely a pawn in their battle.


There is no such history since it's always been illegal. This is just misinformation spread by some bitter parents with an axe to grind.


"FCPS created a race-based affirmative action program to admit more black and Hispanic students. The program was in effect for the admissions process for the graduating classes of 1997 through 2002; the county ended it because of legal challenges to similar programs. Following the end of this program, the share of black and Hispanic students at the school decreased from 9.4 percent in 1997–98 to 3.5 percent in 2003–04."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson_High_School_for_Science_and_Technology

No racial preference at all whatsoever...., until it gets exposed. Hopefully someone working there snitches and exposes the inside sham this time too. That drop from 9.4 to 3.5 percent is dramatic. Wonder how they explained it.
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Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
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Anonymous wrote:Colleges care ONLY about GPA.

If you think your child cannot land in the top half of the TJ class AND get a 4.0 (w) or above GPA - then avoid TJ.

The overall curriculum at TJ is same as any base HS - they all cover mostly the same courses such as AP Stats, AP Cal A/B or B/C, AP Physics.

Well TJ has been forcefully transformed into being more of a base HS, while the original intent was for it have a much higher curriculum than that of base HS's.

As originally designed, TJ historically drew the attention of exceptional students because those students saw it as their only public school choice to get access to advanced curriculum that went beyond AP levels. These students were not coming to TJ to finish at AP level, but start there and progress further. For instance with math, an academically advanced TJ student historically expected to complete AP calculus BC in freshman/sophomore, MultiVariable & Linear in sophomore/junior, differential & discrete in junior/senior, and adv math techniques & scientific math in senior year. While these courses still exist currently, the enrollment in these courses is very low due to the caliber of admitted class. The middle schools in the past have supported and nurtured exceptional students by providing access to precalculus courses in the middle school itself, allowing them to go far beyond AP level if they chose TJ.

Over the past two decades, the rise of equity and diversity politics in FCPS and other feeder county schools has created roadblocks for these exceptional students in achieving precalculus or calculus by the end of middle school. The maximum access they now have is for Algebra 2 Trig, and even this requires numerous approvals and summer course enrollment. As a result, the pool of top talent entering TJ with trig and, at most, precalculus credits from middle school has been drastically reduced to less than a fifth of the new class. Currently, fewer than a hundred students in a TJ class enroll in courses beyond Multivariable/Linear.


When was this? (From you post, apparently this was 3-4 decades ago. As an FCPS alum myself, I'm not sure I can agree with you on this.)

FWIW, "equity and diversity politics" have only been around for the past 5 years or so. That is not why middle schools do not offer precal classes. (At TJ, 00 freshmen have completed trig/precal and go straight to calculus? Are they all from Loudoun County?)

If you're unaware of FCPS's history of racial quota-based admissions to TJ dating back to the mid-'90s, you were probably not yet born or likely in preschool. Many younger activists are manipulated into thinking they are starting this equity battle anew, to have you take ownership of it, and work for free. Politicians define the battle to their benefit. Activist is merely a pawn in their battle.


There is no such history since it's always been illegal. This is just misinformation spread by some bitter parents with an axe to grind.


"FCPS created a race-based affirmative action program to admit more black and Hispanic students. The program was in effect for the admissions process for the graduating classes of 1997 through 2002; the county ended it because of legal challenges to similar programs. Following the end of this program, the share of black and Hispanic students at the school decreased from 9.4 percent in 1997–98 to 3.5 percent in 2003–04."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson_High_School_for_Science_and_Technology

No racial preference at all whatsoever...., until it gets exposed. Hopefully someone working there snitches and exposes the inside sham this time too. That drop from 9.4 to 3.5 percent is dramatic. Wonder how they explained it.


Affirmative action was an understood and accepted part of admissions processes ... until it wasn't. How old are you?
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Anonymous wrote:Colleges care ONLY about GPA.

If you think your child cannot land in the top half of the TJ class AND get a 4.0 (w) or above GPA - then avoid TJ.

The overall curriculum at TJ is same as any base HS - they all cover mostly the same courses such as AP Stats, AP Cal A/B or B/C, AP Physics.

Well TJ has been forcefully transformed into being more of a base HS, while the original intent was for it have a much higher curriculum than that of base HS's.

As originally designed, TJ historically drew the attention of exceptional students because those students saw it as their only public school choice to get access to advanced curriculum that went beyond AP levels. These students were not coming to TJ to finish at AP level, but start there and progress further. For instance with math, an academically advanced TJ student historically expected to complete AP calculus BC in freshman/sophomore, MultiVariable & Linear in sophomore/junior, differential & discrete in junior/senior, and adv math techniques & scientific math in senior year. While these courses still exist currently, the enrollment in these courses is very low due to the caliber of admitted class. The middle schools in the past have supported and nurtured exceptional students by providing access to precalculus courses in the middle school itself, allowing them to go far beyond AP level if they chose TJ.

Over the past two decades, the rise of equity and diversity politics in FCPS and other feeder county schools has created roadblocks for these exceptional students in achieving precalculus or calculus by the end of middle school. The maximum access they now have is for Algebra 2 Trig, and even this requires numerous approvals and summer course enrollment. As a result, the pool of top talent entering TJ with trig and, at most, precalculus credits from middle school has been drastically reduced to less than a fifth of the new class. Currently, fewer than a hundred students in a TJ class enroll in courses beyond Multivariable/Linear.


When was this? (From you post, apparently this was 3-4 decades ago. As an FCPS alum myself, I'm not sure I can agree with you on this.)

FWIW, "equity and diversity politics" have only been around for the past 5 years or so. That is not why middle schools do not offer precal classes. (At TJ, 00 freshmen have completed trig/precal and go straight to calculus? Are they all from Loudoun County?)

If you're unaware of FCPS's history of racial quota-based admissions to TJ dating back to the mid-'90s, you were probably not yet born or likely in preschool. Many younger activists are manipulated into thinking they are starting this equity battle anew, to have you take ownership of it, and work for free. Politicians define the battle to their benefit. Activist is merely a pawn in their battle.


There is no such history since it's always been illegal. This is just misinformation spread by some bitter parents with an axe to grind.


"FCPS created a race-based affirmative action program to admit more black and Hispanic students. The program was in effect for the admissions process for the graduating classes of 1997 through 2002; the county ended it because of legal challenges to similar programs. Following the end of this program, the share of black and Hispanic students at the school decreased from 9.4 percent in 1997–98 to 3.5 percent in 2003–04."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson_High_School_for_Science_and_Technology

No racial preference at all whatsoever...., until it gets exposed. Hopefully someone working there snitches and exposes the inside sham this time too. That drop from 9.4 to 3.5 percent is dramatic. Wonder how they explained it.


Affirmative action was an understood and accepted part of admissions processes ... until it wasn't. How old are you?

Old enough to have seen these racial deviltries over and over, even before you were born. Racial politics back then also hurt the very people it claimed to uplift, much like what you're seeing now with loading up the lower segment of TJ with innocent kids who cant handle 'the rigor and are forced to struggle and suffer with Cs, Ds, and Fs.
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Anonymous wrote:Colleges care ONLY about GPA.

If you think your child cannot land in the top half of the TJ class AND get a 4.0 (w) or above GPA - then avoid TJ.

The overall curriculum at TJ is same as any base HS - they all cover mostly the same courses such as AP Stats, AP Cal A/B or B/C, AP Physics.

Well TJ has been forcefully transformed into being more of a base HS, while the original intent was for it have a much higher curriculum than that of base HS's.

As originally designed, TJ historically drew the attention of exceptional students because those students saw it as their only public school choice to get access to advanced curriculum that went beyond AP levels. These students were not coming to TJ to finish at AP level, but start there and progress further. For instance with math, an academically advanced TJ student historically expected to complete AP calculus BC in freshman/sophomore, MultiVariable & Linear in sophomore/junior, differential & discrete in junior/senior, and adv math techniques & scientific math in senior year. While these courses still exist currently, the enrollment in these courses is very low due to the caliber of admitted class. The middle schools in the past have supported and nurtured exceptional students by providing access to precalculus courses in the middle school itself, allowing them to go far beyond AP level if they chose TJ.

Over the past two decades, the rise of equity and diversity politics in FCPS and other feeder county schools has created roadblocks for these exceptional students in achieving precalculus or calculus by the end of middle school. The maximum access they now have is for Algebra 2 Trig, and even this requires numerous approvals and summer course enrollment. As a result, the pool of top talent entering TJ with trig and, at most, precalculus credits from middle school has been drastically reduced to less than a fifth of the new class. Currently, fewer than a hundred students in a TJ class enroll in courses beyond Multivariable/Linear.


When was this? (From you post, apparently this was 3-4 decades ago. As an FCPS alum myself, I'm not sure I can agree with you on this.)

FWIW, "equity and diversity politics" have only been around for the past 5 years or so. That is not why middle schools do not offer precal classes. (At TJ, 00 freshmen have completed trig/precal and go straight to calculus? Are they all from Loudoun County?)

If you're unaware of FCPS's history of racial quota-based admissions to TJ dating back to the mid-'90s, you were probably not yet born or likely in preschool. Many younger activists are manipulated into thinking they are starting this equity battle anew, to have you take ownership of it, and work for free. Politicians define the battle to their benefit. Activist is merely a pawn in their battle.


There is no such history since it's always been illegal. This is just misinformation spread by some bitter parents with an axe to grind.


"FCPS created a race-based affirmative action program to admit more black and Hispanic students. The program was in effect for the admissions process for the graduating classes of 1997 through 2002; the county ended it because of legal challenges to similar programs. Following the end of this program, the share of black and Hispanic students at the school decreased from 9.4 percent in 1997–98 to 3.5 percent in 2003–04."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson_High_School_for_Science_and_Technology

No racial preference at all whatsoever...., until it gets exposed. Hopefully someone working there snitches and exposes the inside sham this time too. That drop from 9.4 to 3.5 percent is dramatic. Wonder how they explained it.


Affirmative action was an understood and accepted part of admissions processes ... until it wasn't. How old are you?

Old enough to have seen these racial deviltries over and over, even before you were born. Racial politics back then also hurt the very people it claimed to uplift, much like what you're seeing now with loading up the lower segment of TJ with innocent kids who cant handle 'the rigor and are forced to struggle and suffer with Cs, Ds, and Fs.


Yes and no. Did the affirmative action of the 80s and 90s hurt the perception of some qualified Black people? Yes. Did the affirmative action of the 80s and 90s help many Black people? Yes.

There was a reason that it was dismantled at the end of the 90s but let's be honest. The country was in an altogether better place then than afterwards. Maybe taking down affirmative action wasn't the right thing to do then. And maybe your incessant posts about the segments at TJ are misguided as well.
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Oh the imaginary race based admissions again. TJ admissions are race-blind. Further, the majority of the county believes that the more equitable process that allowed all residents to participate not just those that can afford to drop $20k for test answers was a good thing.


$20k for Curie? Hard to believe. May be a private tutor that comes home, but Curie cant be costing more than Kumon. Does it?


The poster knows it is false. Been called on it many times. Curie is around 5k but that is not dramatic enough for the poster.

Even $5k is ridiculous. Are you sure your child is enrolled in Curie? We dont pay anywhere near. A family in our neighborhood requested help, and Curie cut their fee to almost nothing. So make sure you take advantage of financial relief they provide. DC really likes their rigorous math and college level english writing. It's tough but advanced kids in 7th and 8th would really like their precalculus curriculum.


They have a TJ prep course that if enrolled in 7th and 8th runs to 5k I think, but is cheaper if you don't do all of 8th grade.
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Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Colleges care ONLY about GPA.

If you think your child cannot land in the top half of the TJ class AND get a 4.0 (w) or above GPA - then avoid TJ.

The overall curriculum at TJ is same as any base HS - they all cover mostly the same courses such as AP Stats, AP Cal A/B or B/C, AP Physics.

Well TJ has been forcefully transformed into being more of a base HS, while the original intent was for it have a much higher curriculum than that of base HS's.

As originally designed, TJ historically drew the attention of exceptional students because those students saw it as their only public school choice to get access to advanced curriculum that went beyond AP levels. These students were not coming to TJ to finish at AP level, but start there and progress further. For instance with math, an academically advanced TJ student historically expected to complete AP calculus BC in freshman/sophomore, MultiVariable & Linear in sophomore/junior, differential & discrete in junior/senior, and adv math techniques & scientific math in senior year. While these courses still exist currently, the enrollment in these courses is very low due to the caliber of admitted class. The middle schools in the past have supported and nurtured exceptional students by providing access to precalculus courses in the middle school itself, allowing them to go far beyond AP level if they chose TJ.

Over the past two decades, the rise of equity and diversity politics in FCPS and other feeder county schools has created roadblocks for these exceptional students in achieving precalculus or calculus by the end of middle school. The maximum access they now have is for Algebra 2 Trig, and even this requires numerous approvals and summer course enrollment. As a result, the pool of top talent entering TJ with trig and, at most, precalculus credits from middle school has been drastically reduced to less than a fifth of the new class. Currently, fewer than a hundred students in a TJ class enroll in courses beyond Multivariable/Linear.


When was this? (From you post, apparently this was 3-4 decades ago. As an FCPS alum myself, I'm not sure I can agree with you on this.)

FWIW, "equity and diversity politics" have only been around for the past 5 years or so. That is not why middle schools do not offer precal classes. (At TJ, 00 freshmen have completed trig/precal and go straight to calculus? Are they all from Loudoun County?)

If you're unaware of FCPS's history of racial quota-based admissions to TJ dating back to the mid-'90s, you were probably not yet born or likely in preschool. Many younger activists are manipulated into thinking they are starting this equity battle anew, to have you take ownership of it, and work for free. Politicians define the battle to their benefit. Activist is merely a pawn in their battle.


There is no such history since it's always been illegal. This is just misinformation spread by some bitter parents with an axe to grind.


"FCPS created a race-based affirmative action program to admit more black and Hispanic students. The program was in effect for the admissions process for the graduating classes of 1997 through 2002; the county ended it because of legal challenges to similar programs. Following the end of this program, the share of black and Hispanic students at the school decreased from 9.4 percent in 1997–98 to 3.5 percent in 2003–04."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson_High_School_for_Science_and_Technology

No racial preference at all whatsoever...., until it gets exposed. Hopefully someone working there snitches and exposes the inside sham this time too. That drop from 9.4 to 3.5 percent is dramatic. Wonder how they explained it.


Affirmative action was an understood and accepted part of admissions processes ... until it wasn't. How old are you?

Old enough to have seen these racial deviltries over and over, even before you were born. Racial politics back then also hurt the very people it claimed to uplift, much like what you're seeing now with loading up the lower segment of TJ with innocent kids who cant handle 'the rigor and are forced to struggle and suffer with Cs, Ds, and Fs.


Like those poor kids who were so over prepped with test answers to appear gifted but also stalled once they got into TJ. It was a cruel joke.
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Oh the imaginary race based admissions again. TJ admissions are race-blind. Further, the majority of the county believes that the more equitable process that allowed all residents to participate not just those that can afford to drop $20k for test answers was a good thing.


$20k for Curie? Hard to believe. May be a private tutor that comes home, but Curie cant be costing more than Kumon. Does it?


The poster knows it is false. Been called on it many times. Curie is around 5k but that is not dramatic enough for the poster.

Even $5k is ridiculous. Are you sure your child is enrolled in Curie? We dont pay anywhere near. A family in our neighborhood requested help, and Curie cut their fee to almost nothing. So make sure you take advantage of financial relief they provide. DC really likes their rigorous math and college level english writing. It's tough but advanced kids in 7th and 8th would really like their precalculus curriculum.


They have a TJ prep course that if enrolled in 7th and 8th runs to 5k I think, but is cheaper if you don't do all of 8th grade.

Why think? Call them and ask. Maybe too late for this year. Classes are full, but request to be put on waitlist
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Oh the imaginary race based admissions again. TJ admissions are race-blind. Further, the majority of the county believes that the more equitable process that allowed all residents to participate not just those that can afford to drop $20k for test answers was a good thing.


$20k for Curie? Hard to believe. May be a private tutor that comes home, but Curie cant be costing more than Kumon. Does it?


The poster knows it is false. Been called on it many times. Curie is around 5k but that is not dramatic enough for the poster.

Even $5k is ridiculous. Are you sure your child is enrolled in Curie? We dont pay anywhere near. A family in our neighborhood requested help, and Curie cut their fee to almost nothing. So make sure you take advantage of financial relief they provide. DC really likes their rigorous math and college level english writing. It's tough but advanced kids in 7th and 8th would really like their precalculus curriculum.


They have a TJ prep course that if enrolled in 7th and 8th runs to 5k I think, but is cheaper if you don't do all of 8th grade.

Why think? Call them and ask. Maybe too late for this year. Classes are full, but request to be put on waitlist


We only signed up for a couple of years, so it cost us more than $20k, but it made all the difference for us under the old system. They had done a great job preparing DC for the entry exam. Having access to questions really helps.
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Oh the imaginary race based admissions again. TJ admissions are race-blind. Further, the majority of the county believes that the more equitable process that allowed all residents to participate not just those that can afford to drop $20k for test answers was a good thing.


$20k for Curie? Hard to believe. May be a private tutor that comes home, but Curie cant be costing more than Kumon. Does it?


The poster knows it is false. Been called on it many times. Curie is around 5k but that is not dramatic enough for the poster.

Even $5k is ridiculous. Are you sure your child is enrolled in Curie? We dont pay anywhere near. A family in our neighborhood requested help, and Curie cut their fee to almost nothing. So make sure you take advantage of financial relief they provide. DC really likes their rigorous math and college level english writing. It's tough but advanced kids in 7th and 8th would really like their precalculus curriculum.


They have a TJ prep course that if enrolled in 7th and 8th runs to 5k I think, but is cheaper if you don't do all of 8th grade.

Why think? Call them and ask. Maybe too late for this year. Classes are full, but request to be put on waitlist


We only signed up for a couple of years, so it cost us more than $20k, but it made all the difference for us under the old system. They had done a great job preparing DC for the entry exam. Having access to questions really helps.

t seems like people are being tricked using Curie's name. Another person here made a $5k payment. Who are they paying and what for?
Our child goes to Curie, and we switched them from Kumon because Curie charges less than Kumon or any other enrichment program we considered. Price was a factor for us, as we are a single-parent income family. Also, absolutely no one at Curie goes for TJ prep only; mostly it's for advanced math, science, and English. Specifically, for math they go until precalculus concepts in 8th grade itself, which is why we chose Curie. Not a good fit if child is not advanced.
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Oh the imaginary race based admissions again. TJ admissions are race-blind. Further, the majority of the county believes that the more equitable process that allowed all residents to participate not just those that can afford to drop $20k for test answers was a good thing.


$20k for Curie? Hard to believe. May be a private tutor that comes home, but Curie cant be costing more than Kumon. Does it?


The poster knows it is false. Been called on it many times. Curie is around 5k but that is not dramatic enough for the poster.

Even $5k is ridiculous. Are you sure your child is enrolled in Curie? We dont pay anywhere near. A family in our neighborhood requested help, and Curie cut their fee to almost nothing. So make sure you take advantage of financial relief they provide. DC really likes their rigorous math and college level english writing. It's tough but advanced kids in 7th and 8th would really like their precalculus curriculum.


They have a TJ prep course that if enrolled in 7th and 8th runs to 5k I think, but is cheaper if you don't do all of 8th grade.

Why think? Call them and ask. Maybe too late for this year. Classes are full, but request to be put on waitlist


We only signed up for a couple of years, so it cost us more than $20k, but it made all the difference for us under the old system. They had done a great job preparing DC for the entry exam. Having access to questions really helps.

t seems like people are being tricked using Curie's name. Another person here made a $5k payment. Who are they paying and what for?
Our child goes to Curie, and we switched them from Kumon because Curie charges less than Kumon or any other enrichment program we considered. Price was a factor for us, as we are a single-parent income family. Also, absolutely no one at Curie goes for TJ prep only; mostly it's for advanced math, science, and English. Specifically, for math they go until precalculus concepts in 8th grade itself, which is why we chose Curie. Not a good fit if child is not advanced.

That 20k person is lying again. Signature 7 at Curie appears to be $5100 for three semesters.
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Oh the imaginary race based admissions again. TJ admissions are race-blind. Further, the majority of the county believes that the more equitable process that allowed all residents to participate not just those that can afford to drop $20k for test answers was a good thing.


$20k for Curie? Hard to believe. May be a private tutor that comes home, but Curie cant be costing more than Kumon. Does it?


The poster knows it is false. Been called on it many times. Curie is around 5k but that is not dramatic enough for the poster.

Even $5k is ridiculous. Are you sure your child is enrolled in Curie? We dont pay anywhere near. A family in our neighborhood requested help, and Curie cut their fee to almost nothing. So make sure you take advantage of financial relief they provide. DC really likes their rigorous math and college level english writing. It's tough but advanced kids in 7th and 8th would really like their precalculus curriculum.


They have a TJ prep course that if enrolled in 7th and 8th runs to 5k I think, but is cheaper if you don't do all of 8th grade.

Why think? Call them and ask. Maybe too late for this year. Classes are full, but request to be put on waitlist


We only signed up for a couple of years, so it cost us more than $20k, but it made all the difference for us under the old system. They had done a great job preparing DC for the entry exam. Having access to questions really helps.

t seems like people are being tricked using Curie's name. Another person here made a $5k payment. Who are they paying and what for?
Our child goes to Curie, and we switched them from Kumon because Curie charges less than Kumon or any other enrichment program we considered. Price was a factor for us, as we are a single-parent income family. Also, absolutely no one at Curie goes for TJ prep only; mostly it's for advanced math, science, and English. Specifically, for math they go until precalculus concepts in 8th grade itself, which is why we chose Curie. Not a good fit if child is not advanced.

That 20k person is lying again. Signature 7 at Curie appears to be $5100 for three semesters.

well it is not. it's cheaper than AoPs
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