TJ sports vs. academics

[Anonymous]

TJ does have students going to play D1 and recruited to play at Harvard, Princeton, Cornell, etc. However, there are also TJ kids who could have pursued D1 (have the talent) and do have coaches reaching out, but are preferring to attend a high academics college and not just going somewhere to play sports, so are not interested in being recruited. Those kids go on to do college club team --like Field Hockey, Lacrosse, Soccer, Rowing, etc.
And those of you who think the athletes have lower grades at TJ are just misinformed. Most by far also have high GPAs, because they have mastered the time management piece. Yes, many base schools are competing in higher level districts but TJ also has athletic superstars here and there --they just don't have 100% superstars on any one sports team, only 3-4.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:TJ does have students going to play D1 and recruited to play at Harvard, Princeton, Cornell, etc. However, there are also TJ kids who could have pursued D1 (have the talent) and do have coaches reaching out, but are preferring to attend a high academics college and not just going somewhere to play sports, so are not interested in being recruited. Those kids go on to do college club team --like Field Hockey, Lacrosse, Soccer, Rowing, etc.
And those of you who think the athletes have lower grades at TJ are just misinformed. Most by far also have high GPAs, because they have mastered the time management piece. Yes, many base schools are competing in higher level districts but TJ also has athletic superstars here and there --they just don't have 100% superstars on any one sports team, only 3-4.

The bolded is correct. Exceptional athletes at TJ are always making the choice between continuing in their recruitable sport and optimizing their college admissions outcomes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:TJ does have students going to play D1 and recruited to play at Harvard, Princeton, Cornell, etc. However, there are also TJ kids who could have pursued D1 (have the talent) and do have coaches reaching out, but are preferring to attend a high academics college and not just going somewhere to play sports, so are not interested in being recruited. Those kids go on to do college club team --like Field Hockey, Lacrosse, Soccer, Rowing, etc.
And those of you who think the athletes have lower grades at TJ are just misinformed. Most by far also have high GPAs, because they have mastered the time management piece. Yes, many base schools are competing in higher level districts but TJ also has athletic superstars here and there --they just don't have 100% superstars on any one sports team, only 3-4.

The bolded is correct. Exceptional athletes at TJ are always making the choice between continuing in their recruitable sport and optimizing their college admissions outcomes.

This is a choice lots of serious student athletes need to make.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I will say that there are programs heavily recruiting athletes from TJ. The football program is not very strong and a couple of the kids have Harvard knocking on their doors. Hopkins recruits from the track team. Not sure about other teams.

Harvard football isn't recruiting from TJ.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:TJ does have students going to play D1 and recruited to play at Harvard, Princeton, Cornell, etc. However, there are also TJ kids who could have pursued D1 (have the talent) and do have coaches reaching out, but are preferring to attend a high academics college and not just going somewhere to play sports, so are not interested in being recruited. Those kids go on to do college club team --like Field Hockey, Lacrosse, Soccer, Rowing, etc.
And those of you who think the athletes have lower grades at TJ are just misinformed. Most by far also have high GPAs, because they have mastered the time management piece. Yes, many base schools are competing in higher level districts but TJ also has athletic superstars here and there --they just don't have 100% superstars on any one sports team, only 3-4.

+1 Our coach used to say," excellence is a habit"

[Anonymous]

It's pretty much consistently reiterated by our coach, focus on academics first, sports next. One of the good players on freshman team, went on academic break, and never got back on the team, returned to base school after fall season. You really cannot take TJ academics for granted like base school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's pretty much consistently reiterated by our coach, focus on academics first, sports next. One of the good players on freshman team, went on academic break, and never got back on the team, returned to base school after fall season. You really cannot take TJ academics for granted like base school.

If academics and college options are more important to you than athletics, this is your mindset, plan and goal at all schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's pretty much consistently reiterated by our coach, focus on academics first, sports next. One of the good players on freshman team, went on academic break, and never got back on the team, returned to base school after fall season. You really cannot take TJ academics for granted like base school.

If academics and college options are more important to you than athletics, this is your mindset, plan and goal at all schools.

What TJ coaches appear to be stressing is that meeting minimum TJ graduation requirements comes before sports. At base schools, coaches are more flexible since academic demands are lower, like calculus not being required, only three basic science classes, just two credits world language, etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's pretty much consistently reiterated by our coach, focus on academics first, sports next. One of the good players on freshman team, went on academic break, and never got back on the team, returned to base school after fall season. You really cannot take TJ academics for granted like base school.

If academics and college options are more important to you than athletics, this is your mindset, plan and goal at all schools.

What TJ coaches appear to be stressing is that meeting minimum TJ graduation requirements comes before sports. At base schools, coaches are more flexible since academic demands are lower, like calculus not being required, only three basic science classes, just two credits world language, etc.

WTF are you even talking about?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's pretty much consistently reiterated by our coach, focus on academics first, sports next. One of the good players on freshman team, went on academic break, and never got back on the team, returned to base school after fall season. You really cannot take TJ academics for granted like base school.

If academics and college options are more important to you than athletics, this is your mindset, plan and goal at all schools.

What TJ coaches appear to be stressing is that meeting minimum TJ graduation requirements comes before sports. At base schools, coaches are more flexible since academic demands are lower, like calculus not being required, only three basic science classes, just two credits world language, etc.

Yeah, only smart kids and coaches are at tj. Only there. No tj student crams in summer foreign language or gets below an A. Oh wait

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's pretty much consistently reiterated by our coach, focus on academics first, sports next. One of the good players on freshman team, went on academic break, and never got back on the team, returned to base school after fall season. You really cannot take TJ academics for granted like base school.

If academics and college options are more important to you than athletics, this is your mindset, plan and goal at all schools.

What TJ coaches appear to be stressing is that meeting minimum TJ graduation requirements comes before sports. At base schools, coaches are more flexible since academic demands are lower, like calculus not being required, only three basic science classes, just two credits world language, etc.

TJ coaches do not have a single clue about TJ's "minimum graduation requirements".

The number of things people say here that betray their complete lack of understanding of TJ is *staggering*.

[Anonymous]

not just team, individual sports are just as demanding. one of DC’s teammates went back to their base school basically for similar reasons mentioned here, to have more time for the sport and not deal with such a heavy academic load

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's pretty much consistently reiterated by our coach, focus on academics first, sports next. One of the good players on freshman team, went on academic break, and never got back on the team, returned to base school after fall season. You really cannot take TJ academics for granted like base school.

If academics and college options are more important to you than athletics, this is your mindset, plan and goal at all schools.

What TJ coaches appear to be stressing is that meeting minimum TJ graduation requirements comes before sports. At base schools, coaches are more flexible since academic demands are lower, like calculus not being required, only three basic science classes, just two credits world language, etc.

TJ coaches do not have a single clue about TJ's "minimum graduation requirements".

The number of things people say here that betray their complete lack of understanding of TJ is *staggering*.

They either do not have kids at TJ or their kids do not participate in any sports.
Only about half the kids play on a team at TJ.

They may think the coaches are part of the faculty or something.
It's just ignorant people saying ignorant things.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It's pretty much consistently reiterated by our coach, focus on academics first, sports next. One of the good players on freshman team, went on academic break, and never got back on the team, returned to base school after fall season. You really cannot take TJ academics for granted like base school.

If academics and college options are more important to you than athletics, this is your mindset, plan and goal at all schools.

What TJ coaches appear to be stressing is that meeting minimum TJ graduation requirements comes before sports. At base schools, coaches are more flexible since academic demands are lower, like calculus not being required, only three basic science classes, just two credits world language, etc.

TJ coaches do not have a single clue about TJ's "minimum graduation requirements".

The number of things people say here that betray their complete lack of understanding of TJ is *staggering*.

They either do not have kids at TJ or their kids do not participate in any sports.
Only about half the kids play on a team at TJ.

They may think the coaches are part of the faculty or something.
It's just ignorant people saying ignorant things.

+1

[Anonymous]

geometry eats up all the time. barely any reps left for the field