TJ exam - Feb 4

[Anonymous]

I wish they would just release the results already! It is a long wait for my child for April 28 and I would like for the child to make peace and move on since odds of acceptance are unlikely.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If your child gets the Math section wrong but do great on the rest of the prompts, would he or she stand a chance at TJ? Assuming that they have the right grades.

That problem leaves open a lot of ways to get it right, so I wouldn’t worry too much if your child approached it differently from others as long as they had a reasonable basis for doing so and can explain how they derived their answer. After just a few minutes of thinking about it, was able to come up with ways to justify lease A, lease B and neither as answers while focusing only on the financials and not on non-financial considerations like environmentalism.

That video was terrible. What about the opportunity cost of tying up $15k per acre each year in order to generate $3k? Farmer Sam might have been better off taking one of the solar deals as guaranteed income and investing the $15k he would have otherwise had tied to up generating income in something else with a better return.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If your child gets the Math section wrong but do great on the rest of the prompts, would he or she stand a chance at TJ? Assuming that they have the right grades.

That problem leaves open a lot of ways to get it right, so I wouldn’t worry too much if your child approached it differently from others as long as they had a reasonable basis for doing so and can explain how they derived their answer. After just a few minutes of thinking about it, was able to come up with ways to justify lease A, lease B and neither as answers while focusing only on the financials and not on non-financial considerations like environmentalism.

How would you justify leases 1 and 2?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If your child gets the Math section wrong but do great on the rest of the prompts, would he or she stand a chance at TJ? Assuming that they have the right grades.

That problem leaves open a lot of ways to get it right, so I wouldn’t worry too much if your child approached it differently from others as long as they had a reasonable basis for doing so and can explain how they derived their answer. After just a few minutes of thinking about it, was able to come up with ways to justify lease A, lease B and neither as answers while focusing only on the financials and not on non-financial considerations like environmentalism.

How would you justify leases 1 and 2?

DP, for example I’d justify them by making clear that it’s guaranteed income without any outlay and without any uncertainty due to weather, crop failure or sales price. The money ($15k per acre) not used to generate income can be used elsewhere to generate income. Whoever runs that prep course is failing to help the kids think creatively or understand a range of factors.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If your child gets the Math section wrong but do great on the rest of the prompts, would he or she stand a chance at TJ? Assuming that they have the right grades.

They might get accepted to TJ, especially if they have an experience factor or the competition at their school isn't too stiff. If they struggled on that very, very basic math problem, they would get eaten alive in TJ math.

It's all about the experience factors! Okay, maybe not, but some posters seem obsessed.

They're one of those parents who are still bummed they can't sway selection in their favor with test buying and resent that the new process considers hardship and well-documented disadvantages like poverty.

I don’t buy it that the county cares about poverty and other factors. Why wouldn’t they care since kindergarten, but start at TJ?

I don't know but at least people aren't buying the test answers these days.

#BackDoorKaren

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If your child gets the Math section wrong but do great on the rest of the prompts, would he or she stand a chance at TJ? Assuming that they have the right grades.

They might get accepted to TJ, especially if they have an experience factor or the competition at their school isn't too stiff. If they struggled on that very, very basic math problem, they would get eaten alive in TJ math.

It's all about the experience factors! Okay, maybe not, but some posters seem obsessed.

They're one of those parents who are still bummed they can't sway selection in their favor with test buying and resent that the new process considers hardship and well-documented disadvantages like poverty.

I don’t buy it that the county cares about poverty and other factors. Why wouldn’t they care since kindergarten, but start at TJ?

I don't know but at least people aren't buying the test answers these days.

They now hire people to write their essays.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If your child gets the Math section wrong but do great on the rest of the prompts, would he or she stand a chance at TJ? Assuming that they have the right grades.

They might get accepted to TJ, especially if they have an experience factor or the competition at their school isn't too stiff. If they struggled on that very, very basic math problem, they would get eaten alive in TJ math.

It's all about the experience factors! Okay, maybe not, but some posters seem obsessed.

They're one of those parents who are still bummed they can't sway selection in their favor with test buying and resent that the new process considers hardship and well-documented disadvantages like poverty.

I don’t buy it that the county cares about poverty and other factors. Why wouldn’t they care since kindergarten, but start at TJ?

I don't know but at least people aren't buying the test answers these days.

#BackDoorKaren

The above poster gets wound up when others shed light on these dirty little secrets they've been using to game admission for these programs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If your child gets the Math section wrong but do great on the rest of the prompts, would he or she stand a chance at TJ? Assuming that they have the right grades.

That problem leaves open a lot of ways to get it right, so I wouldn’t worry too much if your child approached it differently from others as long as they had a reasonable basis for doing so and can explain how they derived their answer. After just a few minutes of thinking about it, was able to come up with ways to justify lease A, lease B and neither as answers while focusing only on the financials and not on non-financial considerations like environmentalism.

How would you justify leases 1 and 2?

DP, for example I’d justify them by making clear that it’s guaranteed income without any outlay and without any uncertainty due to weather, crop failure or sales price. The money ($15k per acre) not used to generate income can be used elsewhere to generate income. Whoever runs that prep course is failing to help the kids think creatively or understand a range of factors.

This seems like a good reason to justify lease 2, but how would you justify lease 1 over lease 2?