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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]From the other threads, there appears to be some disagreement over in the ethics of prepping.  However, there appears to be a prep place with an incredibly high TJ placement success rate that may have crossed the line.

To see for yourself, go to the TJ Vents FB Page.  Find the post from July 11th.  Read the comments. The student in the Vent and the students in the comments section are talking about a prep place that charges $4,000 and gives the students the test ahead of time.  One student in the comments stated that the Quant Q for the class of 2023 was identical to the Quant Q for the class of 2022.  It’s clear that they are talking about the Curie Learning Center (“curie” one student states.)

I went to find out more about this place.  Apparently Curie Learning Center posted on their FB page on 8/17 that they had 133 students admitted to TJ.  And posted the names so unlikely they are making it up. (Also posted AOS/AET names/numbers.)

Wow. So there were 133 students admitted this year that prepped at a place that multiple  current students say had a copy of at least one section of the test in prior years.

Just how does one test prep place account for over 25% of the TJHSST class of 2024 admissions?  (Are they possibly that good at prep?)

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There is no magic here and no one knows the test questions in advance, it is just the effort put in by the kids. I know several kids who went there and it appears like less than a quarter of the kids who go there get into TJ/AOS/AET, but as you might expect they would not publish ratio/percent of total kids who get in :) Almost all the kids who go there are already in FCPS AAP or LCPS GT program from well educated asian parents often with science background and lots of support for kids education. So, the bar is not very high for the kids. In addition, many of these kids start enrichment as early as 4th grade and they generally do well in their class and I heard pretty much every kid takes Algebra I in 7th grade. I think there is also a placement test for the program and only the kids who qualify are offered the full TJ prep and not every kid qualifies. If the kid doesn't have it in him/her or not willing to put in the effort, it is less likely to get into TJ and I know quite a few of the kids who went to this program and did not get in.

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