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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can someone estimate the class rank of weighted 4.22 GPA for my 9th grade kid?  middle or bottom? My kid's all 9th courses' grade is between A and minus A. Thanks for reply![/quote]
Slightly above middle. It's a guess, but there would be atleast one to two hundred freshman kids in the 4.2 to 4.4 range.

Freshman courses have been intentionally kept easy to discourage dropouts. However, the following two years are filled with unavoidable TJ rigor courses, likely leading to a much wider GPA distribution. The midpoint gpa after junior year in the past has been around 4.4[/quote]

Appreciated so much for reply!

My kid took the math 3 and math 4 and AP statistic this year. For math 3 and RS1, my kid got A easily. But for math 4 and RS2 , due to the TJ math pace was too fast, and RS2 exams are far harder than RS1. So my kid only got minus A on these two math courses.[/quote]

How can your kid take RS1, RS2, Math 3, Math 4 and AP Stat in Freshman year?[/quote]

I think RS 1&2 = AP stat

I have been told that it is not uncommon for students to take RS1/2 and Math 3/4 freshman year.[/quote]
Significant portion of the TJ class doubles up on math, either math 3&4 or math 4&5. A significant number that finish math 4, enroll in the only summer math 5. Any of these options can be challenging to manage, unless student has developed solid math fluency during their earlier years.  [/quote]

I have a son starting TJ in the fall and he took geometry in 8th grade and I was told that freshman year was RS1 in the Fall and Math 3 in the Spring.
How common is it to take Math 3 Fall and Math 4 Spring?
I have to admit we are a little apprehensive about the level of "rigor" at TJ and don't want him to get overwhelmed.
He is strong in math (he is a strong student generally) but not what you would call passionate about math.  He has no real interest in math or science competitions and seems more interested in the fact that he has a good shot at the sports teams he is interested in.
A recent grad suggested that he follow this 3/4 (+5 in the summer) pathway to open up electives earlier and another alumni said he shouldn't rush it.

BTW RS2 sounds like it is undervalued by the school.[/quote]
Never mind. 
I don't think doubling up on math as a freshman is common anymore.  When did they sed to do this?
It seemed like kids that took geometry in 8th grade were automatically slotted into RS1 in the Fall and Math 3 in the Spring.
You get 2 electives, and one of them is for a foreign language.  
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