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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP: My DD is quite good at most things. She has a passion for stem, is at the right track for math, and is quite creative with her essays. She did a TYE stem bootcamp, and is taking the AMC8 along with mathcounts. Our biggest disadvantage is that she is at Franklin MS. People there aren't really as academically bright as Carson (obviously) so our biggest worry is if she will get the right resources at Franklin to get into TJ. People have also been studying for this school for a while now. We just found out about the competition this year. Will she have enough time? [/quote]
Wow. “Aren’t as academically bright.” 
I’ve now lost any will to help you because you’re so rude. Based on this post, you also still clearly don’t understand the admissions process despite many attempts to explain it to you. I presume you’re also the same poster asking about Algebra 2 at FMS. It took me 15 seconds to find that online. [/quote]
Well, its not like as many kids go to TJ from Franklin as Carson... I would be lying if I said Franklin had as many opportunities as Carson did. I would be glad if you proved me wrong though. Because from many of these posts, it sounds like Carson kids have the main advantage here...[/quote]

That is because the kids who would be at Franklin who are interested in TJ are at Carson. Carson has more opportunities because the kids who have an early interest, or whose parents have an early interest in, TJ go to Carson. Carson will have a larger number of kids apply, and a larger percentage of kids rejected, for TJ. Carson STEM activities are competitive to enter into because there are a lot of kids at the school interested in math and science.

Your daughter needs to focus on what she is doing at Franklin and not worry about what the Carson kids are doing. You need to make sure that she is in the necessary classes, Honors/AAP math and science, Honors/AAP English or Social Studies, and getting As. As long as she completes Algebra 1 H by 8th grade and has above a 3.5 GPA in mainly Honors/AAP classes, she will probably be in a good place at Franklin.

What ES are you coming from? Oak Hill AAP kids are all on top of this in 6th grade, which is why most of them go to Carson if they are interested in TJ and not Franklin. The kids we know from Oak Hill AAP who are at Franklin are kids who had no interest in TJ, the rest are at Carson.

Your child sounds like someone who would be a good fit at TJ but the profile you are listing is one that is pretty common for kids whose parents are posting here. DS will be applying to TJ. He took the AMC8 last year and the AMC10 this year, he’ll be taking the AMC 8 as well. Mathcounts or science olympiad are pretty common. STEM summer camps and the like are pretty common. It doesn’t mean much at Carson because plenty of kids with those activities will nto be accepted. Your kid probably has a better chance out of Franklin since a lot fewer kids apply. [/quote]

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