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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Most of the enrichment that people did was to get kids into Algebra 1 by 7th grade or to get them through Geometry in the summer easily. You are too late for most of that. RSM, Curie, and AoPS will offer summer classes, maybe over winter break, that might be useful for writing the TJ essay.

Your child is taking Algebra 1 in 7th grade, she is where she needs to be for math for TJ. She needs to get A’s in all of her classes this year and have A’s for the first quarter or two next year. That is about it.

Read the TJ admission page and look for the TJ info sessions in the fall. Go on YouTube and look for the essay prompts if you want.

Franklin does not have a lot of kids applying. If she is a straight A student and has thought about the essays in advance she should have a solid chance. The reason why Franklin’s TJ numbers are lower is because most of the kids interested in TJ from Franklin are at Carson.

DS is at Carson. Like the Longfellow poster, the TJ interested kids tried out for Mathcounts and Science Olympiad. I am sure that those are referenced in their portrait of a student essay. The kids who make those teams at Carson and Longfellow are the more advanced kids in math and science at the school. They probably have been doing some type of enrichment in STEM for a while. The Mathcounts and Science Olympiad are competitive, I know Carsons Mathcounts club has about 120 kids try out for 30 spots. I heard that Science Olympiad is the same. It sounds like Longfellow has a similar situation.

You have said she wants to do geometry this summer because her friends at Carson are doing it. I would have her ask of her friends at Carson have already been exposed to Geometry, ie have they done AoPS, RSM, Curie Geometry or a lot of math competition prep. Those kids will do fine in summer geometry because they have already learned most of the material. It is still a grind because of the amount of work kids need to do in a 5 week period and there is no leeway. Kids without prior exposure can do well in the class but it is hard. A good number of kids drop it fast because of the pace and difficulty. Others complete it but expunge the grade and retake it. DS is not taking Geometry this summer because he had camps he wants to do. He has been previously exposed to the subject and would probably get an A but he just isn’t interested in giving up the majority of his summer to take a math class. He has classmates who are taking it and are surprised that he is not. Different priorities, which is totally fine. Just make sure that she is aware of what the class requires before planning your entire summer around the class.[/quote]

My child is quite solid with essays, we are just wondering if we need to prep for the problem solving essay because that is where I have heard most kids have difficulties on. If not, then I think we just need to focus on school, extracurriculars, and some essay prompts that people have sent llinks to. Again, if anyone does have more advice on how to get in... feel free to share! (please correct me if im wrong on anything I would be happy to take advice!)[/quote]

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