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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]TJ parent, and I agree.  My son loves TJ!  But it’s challenging.

For the parents of 7th and 8th graders, consider:  DS took the required freshman Intro to Research Statistics (RS) last year; TJ teaches that year-long course in one semester.

RS2 is AP statistics.  It’s just as intense for classes such as first-year English.  For example, here is an assigned English work from his class last year (no, I am not joking.  Read it):

https://www.psmjournals.org/index.php/biolres/article/view/72/44

Please apply for TJ because your child is truly ready. But most of all: please apply only if your child truly wants to take on the challenge TJ offers.[/quote]

OP here.

I encouraged my kid to go because they frequently take the path of least resistance.
But I stood ready to support them if they didn't do well.  It is better to hit that academic wall in high school and get it out of the way so you can do better at a less selective college than to go to a more selective college and get overwhelmed.  For 90% of the kids at TJ, the primary benefit is the training from the higher rigor.  It provides an admissions boost for maybe a small handful of kids at the very top end.  For the middle it is probably a bit of a negative because of how it affects your GPA but probably still worth it.  For the kids at the bottom, they aren't really getting the benefits of rigor because they can't keep up and their gpas are taking a hit because they probably would be getting a lot of As at their base school.[/quote]

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