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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]TJ broke my kid....anxiety, depression....took two years to get diagnosis of ADHD on top of everything else.....[/quote]

[quote=Anonymous] And TJ made my kid. If they’d staeyd at base they would have totally checked out. TJ absolutely was the right choice for my kid.[/quote]

Neither PP, but these two essentially show the dichotomy between being at the bottom half of TJ and top half of TJ. From experience, the former tends to be louder on these forums (and in general), and the concern for mental health is very real. However, the latter is very much present as well--more kids than you'd think leave TJ with few regrets. It's the most interesting thing asking TJ seniors about it and what they factor into the answer to "was it worth it?" [/quote]

It is.  I had the chance to overhear my senior answering that question when it was asked by a newly admitted freshman in our neighborhood recently.  His answer?   Absolutely.   Because for the first time school wasn’t boring and he got to do all of these really cool tech classes (and he took a number of classes that are unique to TJ) and that he got to learn about and do research in a niche area that he wanted to pursue in college.  And that TJ had a sense of community that wasn’t like a normal school, and he had spent so much time there with his ECs (which were non-academic but demanding and time intensive) that it had become his home away from home.

I will say that their were times, especially end of freshman year and beginning of sophomore year when as parents we wondered if it was worth it and asked our kid if perhaps a base school was a better idea.  He would never consider it.  [/quote]

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