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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Franklin has around 40 kids applying each year with "TS" or less than 10 getting in. Would the 1.5% spots for the qualified kids at Franklin be out of the 40? [/quote]

Franklin has about 400 8th graders so 1.5% of 400 is 6.  So they will take a minimum of 6 kids from franklin.  [/quote]

Assuming they have 6 qualified students. [/quote]

Franklin is a strong MS that pulls from MC/UMC ESs, there are more then 6 qualified kids for TJ at Franklin. Franklin has its own AAP program but the majority of the AAP kids that are interested in TJ choose to attend the center MS, RCMS. The kids who stay at Franklin are far less likely to be interested in TJ so fewer will apply. there are plenty of kids taking Algebra 1 in 7th grade and a lot more taking it in 8th grade. Franklin has plenty of kids who were in Advanced Math but not AAP who are strong in math and interested in STEM but didn't have the chance to attend RCMS.

We have friends who were in AAP and attend Franklin who have been very clear that they thought sending their kids to RCMS would have been too stressful because the AAP program there is deemed to be focused on TJ. Many of the parents chose not to have their kids take Algebra 1 in 7th grade because they thought it was too much for their child. I know that there are 8th graders there right now with the grades and the right classes who are not even thinking about TJ. We also know kids who choose RCMS over Franklin, they are all applying to TJ.

The only thing that surprised me about this topic is that somehow the OPs kid did not know about TJ until recently. If she had been in classes or had friends who were going to RCMS then she should have heard kids discussing TJ in 6th grade, if not earlier.

There is a math competition on Saturday at Colvin Run ES, I think it is Colvin Run ES, I would guess that most of the participants are going to be coming from Longfellow, RCMS, Cooper, and Rocky Run. It reads like a Mathcounts dry run before the competitions kick off in February.

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DDs freinds actually barely talk about TJ. We knew about the school, but we did not know how competitive it would be. DDs freinds just started talking about it.[/quote]

They have gone from never discussing TJ to wanting to take Geometry over the summer and applying for TJ? Wow. [/quote]

I have a child who never talked about TJ until the application time in 8 grade.  DC applied and got accepted.  So it is possible that the poster was honest about it.[/quote]
My child got accepted to TJ, never heard of it before 8th grade. Found it too hard, and is back at base school in freshman itself. [/quote]

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