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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]TJ doesn't provide a real world, diverse education. [/quote]

This is so silly.  My TJ kid is coming out with a strong basis is science research, yes.  But also an understanding of basic electronics, a certification in welding, the ability to CAD and 3rd print anything, basic computer programming, an incredibly strong grounding in writing and analysis. Shockingly strong history.  4 years of music.  A zillion group projects and grades with an assigned lab partner that forced him to learn to collaborate with all different types of kids.   What exactly do you think is missing?[/quote]

It’s not diverse racially, socio-economically, socially and I’d argue intellectually.

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+1000. There are a handful of AA and Latinx students in each class, and those kids get talked about behind their backs on a daily basis (and occasionally to their faces) that they are obviously products of a secret affirmative action program. And the over-emphasis on STEM in the admissions process results in entirely too many kids walking around the school with the same ambitions, same goals, and same interests - making the cutthroat environment of competition inevitable. And the worst part is, most of these kids and families came from middle schools with the same problems because of the competition within the schools to get into TJ - so they don't recognize the poisonous nature of the culture until they get to college.[/quote]

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