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[quote=Anonymous][quote][quote]You're kind of making her point. Her child has the aptitude for math/science and demonstrated it on the test without a lot of prep. It would make sense that the course load is now appropriate for him as a high school student (ie he is able to participate in a time consuming activity and keep his grades up without staying up all night doing homework). Again, this is why I think parents do a disservice to their children by forcing a high score on the test with all of the prep classes.[/quote]

She didn't just say the courses were appropriate but that the kid was doing well academically taking all these courses, participating in a time consuming sport (and presumably other activities) and getting plenty of sleep and this that this was common occurrence at TJ.

It is not common and her definition of doing "well academically" may be different from mine. Doing well at TJ at least means all As or All As and A-s.
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Sure it takes work, but the amount if work it takes varies from person to person. People are different. Two people can work for the same amount of time but have different results at the end of that time. Some people grasp new concepts easily and work very efficiently. Kids who learn quickly, work efficiently, and have good time management skills will likely find TJ to be a good fit for them. And, of course, have a love and enjoyment of math and science.

The point of the response to the original post was to agree that it is a good idea to avoid over prepping for the TJ application process because if the child is accepted than it is probably a good fit. Our family's experience was that our child did not prep and TJ has been a good match for our child's abilities and needs.

Lots of kids at TJ spend at least two hours after school every day practicing with their sports teams and also do well academically. Our child knows other kids who are members of sports teams at TJ who have gone on to top colleges, so they must have been doing pretty well academically, also. Other parents have told me that, a few years ago, four kids from the cross county/track team were all accepted to MIT, so they must have had good grades along with a rigorous course load.

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