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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Many TJ students do a sport, instrument, and get good grades. What did your child think of the open house?[/quote]

To be honest, he got spooked at the end when he saw the research posters by some of the kids that won awards. I tried to explain that's not freshman-level kind of work but I don't know that he really bought what I was saying. He has a friend already attending, the kids were all very nice, and he liked the gym facilities. [/quote]

TJ alumna here (an old one :P ). I did mentorship my senior year at NIH and produced one of those 'scary looking' projects. I never did formal lab research again after TJ and am now a management consultant. One of my good friends did a laughable senior project in the Prototyping Lab where he 'tested the durability of lacrosse sticks' (read: got free gear and messed around with it with friends). That friend is now an MD/PhD anesthesiologist and professor. At the end of the day, TJ is still high school and no more predictive of future trajectories than any other school.

I had a really great experience at TJ, but it was well before test prep and cheating scandals took hold over the student body. I did have to choose between sports and theater (had done both in MS), but was able to take choir 3 of my 4 years (2 full years and 2 spring semesters) and played 2 or 3 sports each year. I took CS in summer school after 9th. It sounds like you have healthy expectations for your child and their high school career (wanting them to be well-rounded versus solely academic focused), so my advice for your kid would be to take the TJ spot, enjoy the cohort of smart and motivated kids and access to cool/innovative subject matter, and play their own long game in terms of interests and ambitions.[/quote]

Different TJ alumna here, and +1 to all of this, especially, even though it was not stated, that choir at TJ was an awesome experience.[/quote]

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