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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Curie has an amazing track record at TJ.  [/quote]

Isn't that the one that had a stolen copy of some test that is no longer used?

Is TJ even any good anymore, if any tiger parent can buy their kid in? Or do the "prep" systems not actually work? [/quote]

Their numbers are still amazing.  1/3 of the class of 2024 came from them.

They are still getting great results with just the essays.  [/quote]

That’s not relevant. 2024 was the last class under the old system. 2025 and forward are the new system. [/quote]

And they are still getting good results for class of 2025 and 2026.  [/quote]

source? unless you work at TJ[/quote]

Someone posted the results for Curie last year.  Not as high as before, but still very good numbers, high enough that I theorized Curie did better than before once you account for the automatic spots per school.[/quote]

40% of all applicants attend Curie. Is it any surprise that about a third of all students who get in to TJ are from Curie?

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Is Curie curriculum difficult for an average student? What's the best grade to enroll in it? 
[/quote]  Depends on what you mean by average.  People enroll around 5th-8th grade I think.  There are also different things to sign up for.  One adds extra help for TJ/AOS/AET.[/quote]

Average meaning, can write three paragraph essays. The one that helps with TJ, how much work is it during the week? We hear students quitting just a few weeks into the program because the homework and tests are difficult to keep up (?).  Trying to figure out if the student needs to be at a certain level, to benefit from these prep courses. Also, given that TJ admissions require primarily writing an essay, does the prep involve anything more than improving essay writing skills?  
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https://curielearning.com/middle-program-7-8 If you look at the site, the 8th grade program covers Geometry and grammar/vocabulary/reading comprehension. The accelerated math pace (Geometry, Algebra 2, and trigonometry in 8th grade) is likely the cause of much of the quitting[/quote]

When TJ admissions only require Algebra 1 Hon and essay writing skills, why do they teach three years ahead up to trignometry and allow students to quit? or is it their way of filtering out the slow learners from accelerated math pace?  I assume student would've to had known algebra 1 by 7th grade end?.  How many actually complete the accelerated? is this much accelerated math specific to curie or typical of any prep center?

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Most of the accelerated math comes in the second semester of grade 8. The TJ essay writing and more basic math comes in the first semester. That way students who want TJ prep but not several years of math acceleration can attend for the first semester, those who want both can attend both semesters, and those who want the math acceleration but not TJ will take the first semester pathway without TJ prep and then the second semester.[/quote]

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