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[quote=Anonymous]My kid loves being at TJ. It is stressful at times.  He is working his butt off.  In our family, TJ is re-evaluated at the end of freshman and sophomore year (it is very hard to imagine why you would leave after junior year). Parents and kid both have to agree it is working.  He was adamant about returning after freshman year.  He is being pushed in his classes.  Loves some of them and has really taken to the integrated curriculum, and loves the IBET/ CHUM learning experience.  Has decided he does not like math or want to be an engineer after all, and is looking at liberal arts colleges that do integrated curriculums.  Has found a great peer group, went to homecoming with them, performed at iNite, did his first HackTJ and JDay. Is now deciding on a senior lab so he can take take the pre-Recs next year.  His sister in in the semifinal pool for next year and desperately wants to attend.

All that said, I would never, ever, ever push a kid to go.  Too many kids just don’t want to be there.   It is an amazing experience, but there are real costs— in time, and workload, and commute, and stress and grade deflation, and late nights. For my kid the trade off has been worth it, and he has really matured a lot and seems a lot happier than he did in MS. But every kid, and every family has to evaluate the costs and benefits for themselves. [/quote]

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