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[quote=Anonymous]Enrichment is fine. Enrich away. Enjoy it!

An application process the provides the families who can afford to enrich or who have opportunities to enrich (after school activities offered at the school) a comparative advantage when applying is not fair to kids who do not have the same opportunities (a lack of extra school activities) or cannot afford to enrich. The reality is that a smart kid who might have an interest in STEM but whose ES and MS did not have after school activities like coding or robotics or chess club or math club might not have the slightest clue that they are interested in STEM and might not apply if they have to write essays about why they are interested. The kid has no clue because they have no exposure. The kid who has been attending enrichment activities (whether that is robotics club or AoPS) has a better idea about what to write and how to explain their interest because they have been exposed.

Developing an application process that allows kids to compete on an even playing field is important.

I doubt that every kid with a 3.5 GPA and who has completed Algebra is automatically in the lottery. I am guessing that kids will have to apply and want to attend.

And the idea that kids who have not been directed towards applying to TJ since kindergarten might take more of an interest, because they like math and science even if they have not been involved in STEM activities, is a good thing. It gives those kids a chance to think about a different path then they might have been thinking about because it is more accessible.

As for how well received they will be? 20% of the seats go to each of the regions. The new class will have more kids who look like them and are from their region/school. I think they will do just fine.

Keep on enriching, it is great that you are willing to spend that time and energy on helping your child grow. If they love those classes and programs as much as many of you claim they do, they should still enjoy them even if they go to their base school and not TJ. Because their obvious love of STEM is not going to die because they are at their base school and not TJ. Instead, they will seek out STEM opportunities at their base school, just like all the kids who applied for TJ last year and were not accepted. [/quote]

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