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[quote=Anonymous]I've had two kids at TJ. Does he breeze through his middle school classes with no trouble? Does he consistently get A's in math with little studying? If he needs to work a little harder and study more to do well, is he willing to do that?

Introverts can be very happy at TJ because the kids there are so accepting of each other. I'm always impressed by the maturity of TJ students and it sounds like your son would fit in very well. You say he's interested in tech - TJ offers many more classes in computer science and engineering than he will find at his base high school. Also most kids participate in at least one sport and my unathletic, geeky son has found a sport he really loves at TJ, something that he never would've been able to do at his base high school.

As for colleges, schools like JMU and VCU are seen as safety schools and 90+% of TJ kids who apply are accepted. I wouldn't say "a ton" of kids go to those schools. Last year out of class of about 420, 8 are going to VCU and 4 are going to JMU. Even the "just average" kids get into UVA, W&M and VA Tech.

You're asking the right questions though. In the end we left the decision up to our kids with the option of transferring back to their base school if they wanted to.

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