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Anonymous
| Good luck to the kids waiting on decisions. My DS insists he doesn’t want to go. Not sure if he says this because he doesn’t think he will get in or because he really doesn’t want to go. He seems adverse to the amount of work as he has never really been challenged in school. He is a profoundly gifted student but lazy. I think he would flourish at a TJ and become much more motivated. If he gets in, should we force the issue more? |
Anonymous
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DD says she will be fine at TJ and fine at her base school. And she will. But underneath I can tell she wants it so badly. Her brother attends, so she knows exactly what she would be signing up for.
Speaking of which, her brother is also profoundly gifted but lazy. I would not push it. TJ cannot be done on just be smart. You need to put in the hours and hours and hours each week. And be self-motivated enough to teach yourself. There are definitely times I regret letting him attend, because I knew it would be an issue. And it is. His grades are just not where they would be if he got the “low hanging fruit”— test corrections, test retakes, extra credit. We spend way too much time arguing about effort and grades, and AP hate that this is the last 4 years before college. He love the schools and is happy there. He really wanted to go. He will not consider dropping back to the base school. I would never, ever, send a kid to TJ who was not enthusiastic about going. And certainly not one who is being honest with you about not wanting the work load. In the same way, I don’t worry at all about DD if she is accepted. She is very smart, but not super fast intelligence/brilliant like her brother. But she will work, and work and work some more if she goes, and has been fixated for years in an areas of STEM unique to TJ. Her brother says that TJ admissions is fatally flawed if he gets in and she does not, because she is exactly the kid who would thrive at TJ. Good luck to every kid with fingers crossed today. |
Anonymous
| Did they say what time decisions will be released? |
Anonymous
| After 6pm. |
Anonymous
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Yes, good luck to everyone. My DD is a finalist and I am keeping in mind that she will do well at her base school or at TJ. I'm sure the situation is the same for many/all TJ finalists.
For most folks living in NoVA we are very lucky that our options are not a good school and a bad school, but different varieties of great schools. (As a side note, I really appreciate a positive thread! Let's keep up the positive, helpful comments.) |
Anonymous
+1 |
Anonymous
| The wait is killing us at our house. Good luck everyone! |
Anonymous
+1. And may you not be waitlisted! DS was his year. Ultimately, the took the whole waitlist from FCPS, plus other jurisdictions with free slots. But we had to wait another 3 months for an early July decision. 
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Anonymous
| it out |
Anonymous
| My DS is IN!!! |
Anonymous
| Us too! |
Anonymous
| Big deal. |
Anonymous
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What's wrong with me? I have NO dog in this fight AT ALL but I get all giddy and nervous for those of you who are waiting! Excited for the "in"s and achingly disappointed for those who were hoping and got "not in"...
Maybe I'm an empath? Or maybe I just need a hobby (other than this one)! |
Anonymous
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DS in. 97 reading, 98 science and 88 math. Weird about math - expected that to be highest.
We told him he could decide about going. |
Anonymous
Strange you are on this thread then . . . . |