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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My son is a freshman at TJ this year.

We did not pay anything for test prep as it is not necessary.

We simply had him do a basic search on YouTube to see what type of questions FCPS asks.

IIRC, he watched just one video, and it was a free Kate Dalby video such as this:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kUdLnLljdAs

As for last year’s single question, my son reported while it was easy to solve, it was poorly worded. And he could see how it confused many test-takers.

We personally know one very bright child who was in his AAP class, who unfortunately ran out of time on last year’s test.

Do not buy in to the lie you have to purchase anything for admission to TJ; there are more than a dozen free videos if you simply look.

Also: please don’t push your kid into going.  Let it be their choice.
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I agree with most of the test prep advice but I think you can still guide your 13 year old children.

There are a lot of kids that will be bored to death at their base high school.  These are the kids that should go to TJ.  
If your kid got 98 or 99th percentile on the iowa test; got advanced pass on all (or nearly all) their SOLs; getting within 20 points of the max scores of 1142 and 1297 on their math inventory for 7th and 8th; grades; above an 1121 and 186 in reading lexile for 7th and 8th grade reading inventory respectively; hitting mostly 98th to 99th percentile on the iready, Cogat and NNAT in the 98th or 99th percentile, then you really should be encouraging your child to apply and attend if accepted.  It's not the end of the world if they don't but they will be challenged at TJ in a way they will not be challenged at their base school.

Run with the swift.
Steel sharpens steel.

We believe these things when it comes to sports but suddenly lose faith in the concept when it comes to academics.[/quote]

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