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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is it just me or is this list underwhelming?  If the primary goal of having a child attend TJ is to get them into an elite college, I think many of those TJ parents to be (and their kids) might be in for a rude awakening.  Certainly not all TJ parents are pushing their kids to attend TJ so Johnny can get into Harvard, Stanford or MIT but prolly a large number do think this way whether they admit it or not.[/quote]

There are a lot of families in this area who are in the financial "donut hole," i.e. too rich to qualify for need-based FA, and too poor to pay full price.

This is why looking through a list like this gives you zero information about the quality of the students.  Most donut hole families do not even look at elite schools because they cannot afford to send their kids there.[/quote]

TJ has the best college placements in the country despite 71% of the graduates facing racial discrimination in college admissions and lacking legacy preferences. [/quote]

Unfortunately the placements are declining due to a flawed, subjective admissions policy.[/quote]

They found a problem 6 years ago. They completely revamped the test and selection and the TJ math curriculum. The kids that that affected have now graduated.

Maybe your kid was just the 481st best qualified applicant?

Flawed subjective admissions policy designed to increase black and hispanic students at TJ at the expense of qualified white and asian applicants.[/quote]

I feel for the qualified kids who are bumped out by the 1/3 of TJ students requiring remedial math.[/quote][/quote]

The so called "remedial math" six years ago was for some students taking TJ level Algebra II with trig. and maintaining B or B- average as opposed to B+ or A-. Not watered down Algebra I class kids at base school in danger of receiving D or F. See the difference?[/quote]

You are wrong.  They changed admissions standards several years ago...particularly math standards.  The same standards used today.
What happened?  Huge number of admitted students needed remedial math...unheard of before that.  Solution?  Add remedial math to TJ's curriculum...standards have not changed.

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/one-third-of-tj-freshmen-need-math-science-remediation/article/623696[/quote]

Actually you are wrong. They changed the math weighing on admissions and added the free response math problem essay.  They also completely redid the TJ math curriculum, moving to Math 1-6, plus RS.  And, you are still citing a 2011 article.

It doesn't sound like you know about TJ or TJ admissions. Sorry your kid ended up ranked 481+ When they applied. [/quote]

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