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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Anyone who knows me will be able to know I wrote this. My son said, “Mom, if I have to prep to get in, maybe I shouldn’t be going.”

Wish more people were as smart as my (then) twelve year old. [/quote]

I don’t necessarily disagree with you or your son, but do you feel the same way about the SAT or other parts of college apps? What about MCAT, LSAT, GRE?

The TJ test and admission process have had flaws for many years, but I don’t think unprepped  kids do better once at TJ than prepped kids. And there are certainly kids who might be a good fit who don’t prep and then don’t get admitted. Ability to work extremely hard is a key part of TJ success, and prepping would be one indicator of that dedication. Obviously the level of prepping will vary, and doesn’t need to be years in advance of drills, but let’s not be so quick to throw out basic preparedness with extreme prepping. [/quote]

Different poster here. All kids are different, of course, but when my child was at TJ, we noticed that many, not all, but many of the kids who had prepped hard in advance seemed to have more trouble with the work at TJ than those we knew hadn't prepped.  A lot of the kids who had prepped seemed to need tutoring on a regular basis and/or would take outside classes that mirrored the same classes that they were taking at TJ, many times taking classes in the summer and then taking the same class at TJ during the academic year. The kids we knew who went back to their base schools were kids who had prepped.

And while the ability to work hard is useful at TJ, kids shouldn't need to work "extremely" hard. If a kid needs to work extremely hard (as opposed to just working hard) he/she would probably be a better fit for AP classes at the regular high school rather than the level of classes at TJ.

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Only time will tell if this new test sorts the applicants better or worse. [/quote]

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