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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’ve read so many negative things about TJ on this forum, it’s starting to sound like the worst school around here. Some comments even make it seem like 90% of the students struggle to get into good universities. 
I’m honestly curious- why do so many parents still want their kids to go there? Are they not doing enough research before applying?[/quote]

TJ is a great school for the right kid. It is a STEM school with specialized STEM programs for HS. Kids who love math and science and are advanced in academics are likely to be a good fit. They should know that pretty much all of the classes move at a faster pace than similar classes at their base schools, the other students are all smart and ahead, and that the expectations for the teachers are going to be higher. They are less likely to be the big fish because they are attending school with all of the big fishes from their HS.

I would guess that the kids coming from the major feeders, Carson, Cooper, Longfellow, and Rocky Run are at something of an advantage because they will know more kids as Freshman and they are used to being at schools were there are many kids who are smart and ahead. Kids coming from other schools will have fewer people that they know to start and are probably used to being the smartest kid in their class. It could be a rough transition for them.

The fact that there are people posting here that they did not know that their kids had to complete Calculus to graduate from TJ tells you that there are people posting who have not done any research. They could be parents of kids who come from schools that typically send fewer kids who have kids who were urged to apply. Maybe their kids were in Algebra 1 in 8th grade and they have had less exposure to TJ then parents of kids at the four feeders. [/quote]

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