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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Periodic reminder that TJ acceptances are going out soon...

... and that parents will say anything on these threads in order to sell you on turning down your spot so their kid can get in off the waitlist.[/quote]

What was that that was false?[/quote]

Plenty. Not here to debate, just to state a pathetic reality about this forum.[/quote]

If it’s true or false, it’s factual and not up for debate. I am genuinely interested in finding out what was false (whether it is to open spots up or not).[/quote]

It's the emphasis and spin.  They play up the costs and play down the benefits.

The value of the extra rigor at TJ is significant.  You cannot get this rigor at any other FCPS public high school because they don't have the student body to tolerate it.
The penalty in college admissions is not catastrophic.  You are not dropping from CMU at your base school to VT at TJ.  You might drop from CMU to Purdue or UIUC.
The one group that should not go to TJ are the students that are not prepared for the academic rigor.  
You should have geometry by end of 8th grade.  Your standardized test scores through your academic career should consistently be putting you in the 99th or 98th percentile but absolutely no lower than 95th.  
Math specifically should be easy for you up to 8th grade.  If math was challenging at all, don't go to TJ.  That is the class where you see kids getting Cs and Ds.[/quote]

If TJ kids would be number 1 at base - if that’s accurate - it’s not CMU…it’s an ivy or better (based on program). [/quote]

PP.

Most of the kids that would have been number 1 at base should probably go to TJ.  
That is not who I am warning off.  
I am warning off kids that would flounder at TJ[/quote]

Mine was number one at base and we turned TJ down. No regrets. [/quote]

[b]There are a lot of reasons for the best student NOT to go to TJ,[/b] the [i]top two are:[/i]
1. They aren't particularly focused on or interested in STEM.
2. The commute is really far and they have after school activities they would have to abandon to make the commute.

But there are very few reasons for someone who is not academically prepared to go to TJ.
They only suffer from the rigor and their college admissions get worse.[/quote]

The bold is true. The italics is not. There are no “top two” bc every family has a diff perspective with diff priorities. It seems one person continually posts on here statements of opinion as if they are facts. It waters down the message.

Top stem kids can turn tj down. It happens. [/quote]

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