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It TJ wasn’t such a prize in terms of perceived college admissions then it’s just a magnet high school for kids wanting more stem opportunities. It does not have to be the “school fir the very smartest and most prepared kids who want to get into the best stem colleges”. It can just be the county’s magnet school for stem. If parents just understood that the base high schools could provide equal opportunity for college admissions TJ would just be the school for kids who want the focus on stem. That’s what it should be. It’s a lottery but your mathematically gifted kid (and algebra in 5th is just accelerated. Who knows if that kid will be mathematically gifted) hours also be well served at any FCPS high school. [/quote]

You are so off base.  No one wants to attend TJ for college admission purposes.  Everyone knows that kids get better college offers if they’re top 5-10% at their base high school than they would get at TJ.  The gifted kids want the specialized classes that are available at TJ but not any base schools.  Kids who are very accelerated in math would have a lot of post calc specialized classes in math and physics at TJ.  They will run out of classes at the base school.  There is no point in admitting kids to TJ who will mostly take classes that would have been available at their base school.   There is a point in admitting kids who will have a lot of space in their schedules for specialized TJ classes.  [/quote]

I don’t think I am. I think most families consider TJ to be a prize—tangible evidence your kid is one of the smartest. If doesn’t need to be that way. Your kid can take post calc classes at any school through DE. And you’re right that doing well at any school is equally advantageous when it comes to college admissions, but not many parents get this. [/quote]

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