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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So you've been admitted to TJ?
Congratulations.

TJ rigor is no joke and there is no lack of advice on whether or not you should attend.

If you do decide to attend, here are a few words of advice.

If you have been taking Spanish up until now and you do not speak Spanish in the home and/or are not culturally Hispanic, switch your language to German or something.  Spanish is unreasonably difficult at TJ.  French is almost as bad.

Think about taking econ the summer before TJ, it is a required course and you will probably wish you had that slot for something more interesting later on.

A lot of the clubs are capped in size so if you snooze you lose.  A lot of clubs are almost frozen out for freshmen because upperclassmen have priority.

Try out for a sport you like, being on a team with upper classmen can provide a lot of peer support (academically, socially and emotionally) that you don't necessarily get from some of the clubs.

Pick at least a few clubs that sound fun and interesting.  At LEAST half your clubs should just be fun.  At least 1 club should resemble something that demonstrates academic interest.  If you load up on clubs like your building a resume, you are going to burn out.

If you go to class and you understand everything that the teacher says and you so there, you are not prepared for the exams, you are on track for a C.  Understanding the classroom material is just the starting point.  You have to wrestle with the material and get a "deep" understanding.  This is especially true in math.  So many straight A math students with 99th percentile math standardized test scores get their first C in math at TJ.  [/quote]

+1
Great advice! 
I’d also echo the try marching band comment that another PP made - wonderful to start school with friends already. [/quote]

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