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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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Because there are kids taking that level of math in 8th grade.  alg 2/trigonometry had about 100 students per year in Loudoun.  Probably much less next year.  While the parents are signing up for TJprep, it is technically not what Curie is selling.  The TJ prep is an addon for the math tutoring.[/quote]

When people here refer to TJ prep, what does it mean? Is it primarily, enrolling in advanced math like algebra2/trigonometry at public school or at an outside tutor like Curie?  The way it is bad mouthed here I imagined prep meant like SAT prep, where students repeatedly practice with multiple choice questions many times over until they get good at test taking strategies but do not gain any new knowledge.  [/quote]
The primary factor that students can control in the new admissions system is an essay, so TJ prep is now about writing essays[/quote]

So on this forum, TJ prepped kid is someone who has learnt alg2/trignometry and learnt to write essays, whereas an under-prepped kid is one who completes Algebra 1 and hasnt practiced writing essays? Why doesn't FCPS offer alg2/trig to 8th grade students, similar to Loudoun, and teach necessary essay writing in English class so that everyone who applies to TJ are equally prepped?

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This forum and TJ is more Fairfax, so they are talking about 8th grade geometry vs algebra 1.  Curie is more in Loudoun though.  
Kids in Fairfax can get algebra 2 with trigonometry.  It is less common despite the acceleration in elementary school that Loudoun lacks, I think primarily because of the 6th graders being in elementary school in Fairfax, so it is harder to accommodate 6th grade algebra.[/quote]

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