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[quote=Anonymous][quote]Most important thing to ask yourself: was my kid happy once they got through the initial adjustment? Did they have an EC they liked? Did they find their people? Do they love TJ or does it make them miserable? Most kids fall into one of these categories. TJ isn’t something most kids are meh about. You need to have an honest talk with your kid about what they want from HS and if TJ is it.[/quote]

This entire post is very thoughtful and well stated.  But I did want to comment on this section.  My (just graduated) TJ senior was miserable at times during his freshman year, particularly at the beginning, and then at the very end when the IBET project came due.  I found out just recently how he really didn't like his entire IBET experience, though his grades on his final project should have clued me in.  So I think I would categorize his freshman year as "pretty miserable," though he did OK (grades ranging from a B- in TJ Math 3 to B's and B+'s in his OIBET classes, and A's in Spanish and Ancient Civ, and a cumulative GPA for the year of 3.82).  He decided to go back as a sophomore, and while the first few months of the year weren't perfect, they were definitely better than the year before, and things got better from there.  He really liked computer science as a 10th grader (to his and our surprise), and this ended up being a big focus the rest of his time at TJ)/  His favorite year was junior year, because of the kids in his classes.  He ended up with a 4.41 GPA, and had some excellent college choices, though he mostly applied to smaller, LAC-type schools.  I would guess he is probably in the top 1/3 of the class, but its really hard to tell.  Bottom line is that for some kids (or at least my kid), things get better and easier after freshman year, so I wouldn't assume that an unhappy freshman year means that your kid won't be happy going forward.[/quote]

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