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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's silly to suggest that AAP kids at TMS will struggle in honors or AP classes at Madison or Oakton.  Lots of nonAAP kids, kids who just took honors at TMS and they do fine.  I have a non AAP kud taking two honors classes at Madison...she isn't struggling, but her grades are proportionate to the effort she applies.[/quote]

Nearly everyone - Thoreau parents included - say if tj is the goal, go to lj.  Why is that?[/quote]

TMS has only offered AAP for 4 full years.  They are in their 5th year niw.  Thise who started the AAP in the first year, are now juniors.   So, kids doing AAP at TMS have only been able to apply to TJ (as AAP ) students for 3 years.  Prior to that, kids from TMS would not have been in an AAP class, but as honors students they could have applied ti TJ.  obviously, kids who do AAP are more likely candidates for TJ.

Even in the last three years, the number of kids in AAP at LJ  has been larger than the number of kids in AAP at TMS.  So, comparatively, if 10 kids from TMS are semifinalists (as an example) , that's 10 out of 100.  If 20 kids at LJ are semifinalists, that's coming from an AAP program at LJ that had more than twice as many kids ( 300ish per grade).  Just understand that TMS's AAP has been growing and maturing in the padt 4.5 years and comparisons need to take into account the relative sizes of the classes.  If Carson has 60 kids getting into TJ, you also consider that they have 450 in each AAP grade.[/quote]

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