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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thanks for the reality check. It’s aligned with my thinking.
For kids that are generally motivated, but not the hardest worker, do well in self study, somewhat competitive, self-disciplined, but not super STEM focused, like not making Mathcount team, only score average on AMC8 etc, do they have a chance to excel at TJ? For “excel”, I mean in the top 50th perceontile, or even 25th. Or they are more fit for base school, which is also a great one.
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Most kids are not taking the AMC 8 so your child is more motivated then most.

Did she try out for Mathcounts? I know that there are 120 or so kids who try out for Mathcounts at Carson and only 30 are invited into the club. Only 4 of those kids in the club will make the team of 4. If she tried out, she has more of an interest then most of the kids, even at Carson.

I don't know why a kid who is not STEM focused would want to go to TJ. It is a STEM school with advanced STEM classes. The history, government, and LA classes are the same as at their base school.

I have never seen anyone correlate AMC 8 scores with success at TJ. I know my 8th grader applying to TJ is taking the AMC 10 this week. He was in the 95th percentile on the AMC 10 last year and people on this board were telling me that he was good at math but not great with those scores. It was funny reading because I know how many kids take the AMC 10 and that a smaller percentage of the kids taking that test are 7th graders and a smaller percentage of 7th graders are in the 95th percentile. But there are kids at TJ who made the AIME and the JUSMO in 7th or 8th grade and that is who they are comparing my kid against.

So that is the environment your daughter is applying for. Your daughter shows a higher level of interest if she asked to participate in the AMC 8 and tried out for Mathcounts. If you sent her to take the AMC 8, and it wasn't her choice, or suggested she try out for Mathcounts but didn't make it then it would not be a good place for her. But if she wanted to do those things then she has a far higher then average interest in the subject  then most students, excluding the ones applying for TJ.[/quote]

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