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[quote=Anonymous]Ignore the tutor poster. Just more of those trying to hate in TJ kids.  No, most current TJ kids don’t use or need tutors.  The school has had to provide a lot of remediation and extra tutoring to this year’s freshman class, though.

The quote about the kid who didn’t think she could pass the test bothered me.  My kids and most who I know did not find the TJ test hard and my kids didn’t need to prep for it.  The other kids sounded like they loved stem and were prepared.  None seemed particularly disadvantaged or struggling (private instrument lessons…) so I am not sure what diversity they brought except for race for some of them.

The new admissions system valued things like English language learners, underrepresented middle school, special Ed status, income level and other experience factors that didn’t measure STEM aptitude or passion at all.  And they took away the test and teacher recs that could have shown that.

I am glad these kids are enjoying their experience and that they find TJ to be a great place to go to school and that the kids there are welcoming and inclusive (they always were but TJ haters tried to paint TJ kids as racist and discriminatory).[/quote]

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