Thank you for providing detailed information about Curie. I have been reading about Curie for quite some time on this forum. I'll schedule an appointment with them. |
If you start at Curie in 1st or 2nd you can easily spend upwards of $40k on enrichment by HS. It may be worth it since they do teach valudalbe skills that the school won't and can't. The year they took out the ad in the paper over a third of all students admitted to TJ were their customers. |
Yes, it was a huge conspiracy involving hundreds of students and families. ![]() |
Our school doesnt teach all chapters in Algebra 1, still most of the class has an A. We are low income, and attend Curie on free tuition. |
$40k? You are funny! I learned about Curie due to their success in preparing students for TJ, especially in last three years. That's exactly why we want our child to enroll there, to enter TJ with advanced Math, Science and English. |
One or two families may be eligible each year for free or reduced tuition but they are after all a business, Too bad these elite services aren't abiaible to more students. Many low-income families wouldn't even know to ask. |
My kid also only went there for 3-4 years so we spent more like $15k. |
That still less than what we pay for our DC for their year round basketball, including league fees, training, attire, etc. |
We are low income and spent more than that for Kumon over the years. How can Curie charge less and still manage to send students to TJ? |
The test buying yapping fool has made Curie popular on this forum. |
Since over one third of the kids who got into TJ had prepped at Curie. It's safe to say it was already popular. |
I appreciate their candor. Seems like many here are still in denial about what was going on. |
It hasnt stopped. Curie's success rate for TJ is still the same as it was before test was eliminated, may be more. I wonder, why? |
This is false. In the first year of the new admissions process, Curie's number of TJ admits went down from 133 to 91. Honestly, it speaks more to the saturation that they have in the market among South Asian TJ applicants - especially those from Loudoun and western Fairfax. |
133 down to 91, while schools outside Curie's market area get automatic quota seats eating into Loudoun's allocation. It's not clear that 133 to 91 is a decline. |