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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just curious if any parents or students regretted their decision of not accepting admission and stayed with the base school instead.  TIA[/quote]

This is a difficult question since presumably the initial decision was made for a variety of reasons including deciding TJ was not a good fit for the child. The child would probably do well at the base school (TJ students moving back to base school from TJ for academic reasons usually make top 10%) so there would be no apparent reason to second guess the decision and the child would also do relatively well in college admissions.

The significant questions remaining are a) would the child have received better education and b) would the child have gone further in challenging him/ herself with the more rigorous academic standard/environment? [b]One would never know since the child did not attend. [/b][/quote]

But sometimes if you know your child, you can know.  Some kids are extremely gifted in math and science but are interested in other things and as a parent you just know they'd be happier in another environment.  Or some kids are extremely gifted, but not super competitive, and at age 14 might do better developing where they are a bigger fish in a smaller pond.   One of the top seniors at our high school had nearly a 5.0 and was a National Merit Scholar who will attend Stanford.  In some ways he had a less stressful, more carefree time in high school and will do great in college.  It's hard to think he's missed out.  TJ is a great school, but not the best school for everyone.  TJ has a concentration of some of the brightest kids in the area, but it doesn't have a monopoly on great students.  Plenty of brilliant kids in the area choose to go elsewhere.  [/quote]

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