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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm probably the most active TJ reform advocate on these boards, and I don't have any need to see Curie or any individual students punished for what clearly happened here.

And what they did would not be an issue at all if the Quant-Q exam was not supposed to be secured. The SAT, ACT, LSAT, ACT Aspires, SHSAT, SSAT - all of these are unsecured exams.

Of all the prep academies that are out there - Optimal TJ Prep, Kate Dalby, Kumon, Mathnasium - this company got 51 kids in the first year, then 95 the second year, then 133 the third year. Those are enormous spikes for a company that has existed for as long as they have, in competition with a ton of other well-regarded companies in the area.

What we know because of what happened is that the secured exam is compromised. TJ Admissions makes a big deal every year about the fact that there's no prep available for this exam (unlike the two ACTs), and as a consequence, people believe that they must go into it blind. But there IS prep available, if you have $4200 and 16 months to spend on a company that has privileged access to it, that only exists in a part of Northern Virginia that is extremely far away from the major population centers of every race OTHER than Indian.

FCPS and TJ Admissions are not permitted to put out any prep material on the Quant-Q. They are disallowed legally by the company who makes the exam every year from doing so.

Other people want to go after Curie and the kids - fine. Whatever. My only point is that the exam is very obviously compromised at this point and therefore cannot be used(especially on a nationally-normed basis) to evaluate candidates for TJ.

In a year where holding the TJ exam under any circumstances is probably impossible because of COVID anyway, and where doing so would cause even more families to choose not to participate in the process, TJ Admissions needs to recognize that they have to make a change.[/quote]

No.  I do not agree with what you are saying. Mainly because what you are saying is informed by your envy and racism.  The secure exam is not compromised.  Pictures of the leaked paper or it did not happen. Who are you? Spawn of Trump? If you have guts and proof come out to Washington Post or even Fox. You are just a racist POS who is angry because your own kids are not up to par.  Or are you a Mathnasium owner who is seeing your best Indian-American students flee to Curie?

I am not surprised by the spike in numbers for Curie admits.  Indian parents will do their due diligence. If they like what Curie is teaching, if they like what the feedback is of their children and their friend's children and they see good results, they will give their money to that prep school.  I am not surprised that many of the best Indian-American students with means went to Curie.  No one wants to give their money to the unproven one.   I predict next year it will be another 10% or more increase.

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