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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kid (Indian) just graduated from TJ and is in college.  I certainly wish the school had been more diverse.  Reflecting the demographics of the local area will likely happen only if forced but more diversity is possible.

While the "typical kid" may not have gotten in this year, most kids admitted year are still qualified to be at TJ.  Most negative comments assume otherwise.

I don't think TJ has to dilute anything to cater to this cohort. However, the curriculum is no cakewalk for even the highly prepped+gifted kids let alone the kids who are not as gifted (a good chunk of the kids at TJ are not gifted, just above-average).  Hopefully the new cohort is motivated enough to keep up (they are all capable) and stay at TJ.  [b]If the curriculum does get diluted a bit[/b], I think everyone benefits.

The other aspect of success at TJ is parent involvement.  If parents cannot spend the time to shuttle their kids back and forth for ECs or sports they will not be able to leverage TJ to the fullest extent.  Hopefully the school mitigates that through transportation arrangements.

Good luck to all the kids!  [/quote]

Let's clarify what's actually going to happen a little bit here.

There will probably be a minor change in the number of AP and post-AP classes that the Class of 2025 takes, as their class wasn't necessarily overselected for raw advancement - especially in math.

That doesn't equate to the curriculum being diluted. Freshmen Bio at TJ is still going to be nasty. The difficulty of HUM 1, as it always has, will depend on what teachers you have. AP Physics will still be hard as hell. Geosystems will probably still be a joke.

It's still going to be TJ - you'll probably just have the raw number of APs be around the number that it was 5-10 years ago.

Fret not. [/quote]

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