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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Please do not go to TJ because of college admissions. Yes, 25% of the class goes to Top 20 schools. But the 4 years is brutal. Been there, done that. DC is at a top 15 school and very happy, but can honestly say I think DC would have ended up there no matter where DC went to HS. [/quote]

As a current TJ parent I agree. Most TJ kids will end up where they are supposed to college admission wise whether they went to TJ or not. A lot happens to a kid between when they are 14yrs old to when they are 17+ yrs old. Before you decide to send your kids to TJ take account of their maturity level. A child can be performing at an advanced level academically but may not be mature enough to juggle TJ workload, teen issues and the intense nature of the environment they will be in at TJ. Overall our experience is mixed. We are happy with the group of kids and education or DC has received but we were unaware how much coping skills and maturity they needed. [/quote]

My kid graduated 2 years ago. While he was there, we felt the same way.. not worth the stress.  We also felt the education was not broad-based enough (too much focus on tech, but duh, it's a tech school). Now that they are in college, I think TJ was a huge blessing!  Sure they could have gotten into the school they are attending now and may have done somewhat better but where TJ helped was with the ability to juggle multiple things, work hard, and stay on top of classes. In most classes, they are among the top kids academically and generally feel that "college is so much easier than high school".   And this is from a kid who almost quit TJ in 9th grade because they expected kids to have done some reading before school started and had a couple of quizzes in week 1!  Hang in there. [/quote]

I don’t understand why you want college to be easier than high school. What is the point of that. Developmentally you are more mature in college than in HS. There is a reason academics progress in depth and complexity moving through K-12 and then post secondary. 
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