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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think first you rule out TJ if he's not interested in STEM, then your decision is between W-L and private. I can give you the W-L side of the debate.

Firstly, if your kids are in the top 50% of students, they will have access to impressive IB, AP and DE classes and mostly impressive teachers. The general education classes are sometimes remedial, which was a surprise. Both my kids have made connections with many of their teachers and have a number to choose from when requesting college letters of recommendation or recommendations for summer jobs. They have participated in the music and athletic programs and made lots of friends.

There is a group of kids who are troublemakers, but they tend not to lash out at kids outside their groups. The administrators are enforcing rules more this year and handing out suspensions and detentions. My kids say they are able to work around these groups with little effort.

In terms of college counseling, WL will keep your kid on track with deadlines and give them access to almost daily visits by college reps. They tend to give more assistance to the kids without means to get their applications done, not one on one counseling. So if you need that, hire someone. We haven't needed it.

My kids tell me regularly how lucky they feel to go to W-L, and I'm sure not everyone has the same positive experience but thought I'd share.[/quote]

XL WL best days are behind it. They are adding another 400 students to the school over the next 3 years. Maybe IB will be insulated from the expanse, but it will just be too big to manage properly. [/quote]

2020 WL Enrollment 2100
2024 WL Enrollment 2500

So will it stop at 2700 or 2900?

TJ is 1900 students[/quote]
TJ will be 2200 students next year. TJ is amazing. But I doubt your kid can count on getting in. There just aren’t that many spots.  [/quote]

Op was offered a spot at TJ[/quote]i
Pretty sure TJ offers are not out. [/quote]

TJ offers don't come out until late April. Private school deposits are usually due before the TJ offers are released. We were in this position last year and took the private spot. I was so glad we did, because the new TJ admissions system is random. The kids who got the spots from our MS were not the top math/science students by any measure-- but they did check the TJ experience factors. Just something to consider if you attend a more diverse APS middle school and don't check those boxes. We also had WL IB as an option, but our kid liked the smaller size of the private school. He's getting so much 1:1 interaction with teachers this year in private school-- that's been the biggest and best change from APS. [/quote]

What does this mean “  but they did check the TJ experience factors. Just something to consider if you attend a more diverse APS middle school and don't check those boxes.”[/quote]

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