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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I went to a very selective college that takes a lot of kids from TJ.

The kids from TJ (And from Stuy and Bronx Science) were very well prepared because they already knew what it was like to be challenged and to be a small fish in a big pond.

One funny thing all my friends from TJ (and Stuy, etc.) told me was that they felt they had SO much more time in college, actually, because they didn't have to have a really long commute to and from school. :)
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This is funny because guidance counselors actually collect commute time from the kids to put in the schools college recommendations to give context to the time pressures.  Lots of freshmen like the bus ride because it’s downtime (mine has about 45 minutes each way from the depot, but an hour when you factor the depot in).  Most juniors hate it, because they can no longer afford downtime. [/quote]

I think commute is an even bigger pressure for the Stuy kids because they have to ride public transit/subway all 4 years in most cases (no school bus and no cars/parking) during rush hour to/from and you can't study while standing on a packed train.
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This is probably true. But, put yourself in the shoes of a TJ parent for a minute. Your kid plays a sport, marches in the band etc.  You live an hour away, and there is no late bus.  All of a sudden you have that pickup 5 times a week. TJ kids live and die by carpools and lists of kids in their activity by zip code.   Either mom deals well with the role of SAHM/chauffeur, or soon as humanly possible (which is usually early junior year) they are driving themselves.  Rush hour commute from Louden or Western Fairfax to TJ?  Stressful. [/quote]

Yes, a different set of pressures for sure, but pressure all the same. [/quote]

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