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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]About how many TJ kids each year end up taking math beyond MVC and linear algebra? Anyone have a guess how the numbers will change for class of 2025 and beyond?[/quote]

The numbers that I vaguley remember seeing from last years admitted class had about 1/4 of the class only having Algebra 1 H and a good number having taken Algebra 2. I would guess that 3/4 of the students at TJ will be able to take MVC and Linear Algebra based on the math that they had when they entered. [/quote]

So just a handful of students will be taking the math that is after MVC/LA — differential equations?  [b]MVC/LA senior year is probably the most common senior year math for TJ kids?[/b][/quote]

Yes. About half the class does this. The rest are split between higher and lower. [/quote]

This is surprising to me as that is then the [b]same math being taken by kids at other high schools[/b]— always thought kids at TJ and point of TJ was accelerated math (and science).  So strange to me more kids at TJ not on path higher than what other top kids at other AP schools taking.[/quote]
The same math is taught at TJ, but with greater depth and graded more rigorously. The top third of the class progresses beyond Multivariable, the middle third typically peaks at BC or Multivariable, and the bottom of the class, particularly in recent years, continues to struggle, starting with Math 1 and finishing with much lower math than kids in base schools. If math doesn't come naturally, there's no point doing TJ.
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So by this breakdown is bottom third then just taking equivalent of what could get at any other AP high school?  Is then the thought by that bottom third that still have better chance at colleges with “TJ” on application?  From other posts, seems if kids falling to bottom third, better to bow out and go be top % at non-TJ high school.  Seeing more posts about kids taking algebra 1 or geometry in 9th at TJ- same thought, if then cannot get the different science classes at TJ b/c don’t have math requirements to do so, why go to TJ?  Or are odds truly better for colleges if can just say “TJ” on application even if bottom third?
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