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[quote=Anonymous]Are you Asian, OP?  TJ admissions are 75% asian currently and becoming moreso every year.  I would also suggest you and your husband look a little more closely at the "atmosphere" (anxiety, high stress, cheating, more cheating, years of summer prep classes, etc.) at TJ.

When you have a three year old, you think the world has no limits -- she might be the next Einstein!  Then your kid starts showing what they really have going for them in intellect and personality (b/c it does take a certain level of persistence and ambition to get into and stay in TJ).  As the parent of a 14 yr old (8th grader) and 11 yr old (6th grader), I can tell you that they did not suddenly bloom into being a genius or olympic skater or _______.  The people they are today is pretty much exactly what I saw in their innate personalities when they were 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8.

While it's fun to think of the possibility that you could have the next Nobel Prize Winner in your hands... be realistic.  Are you or your husband FREAKISHLY smart?  Are you or your husband UNUSUALLY DRIVEN to learn/stick with tasks?

Choose your house such that it fits your needs for space, neighborhood, commute, and price.  Arlington schools are fine.  Fairfax AAP isn't all that.  I have one in it.  Not really that remarkable.  Find a school pyramid that is good... but don't make plans now for your 3 yr old to go to TJ.  We all want to give our kids the best so that they can be all they can possibly be.  Here's the truth.... people are 75-80% (maybe more) hard-wired to be _____.  We parents don't have as much control as we think we do.  Imo.[/quote]

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