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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Depends on what you want out of it. I am not interested in my kids necessarily getting into  a Top 20 school. I am interested in them being prepared for college and being in an environment where striving to do well in school and being academic aren't mocked.[/quote]

I will say that this is a huge plus of TJ. The kids all take academics seriously, they are all around great kids, there is some really cool diversity from international to neurodivergence. I've heard absolutely zero issues with bullying. Even the "weird" kids are included and treated with respect. [/quote]

I'm the PP and this is exactly what I want for my kid.

I admit I am biased--I went to a HYPSM college after attending a high school in a town where academic pursuits were seriously looked down on and mocked. I remember doing certain activities and being told by coaches and teachers NOT to care about school and that kids the year ahead of me who cared a lot about school and went away to college were "losers" and "dorks" and going to good college was "overrated"--imagine being told that by TEACHERS. Not just other students, but teachers and administrators. I learned to hide caring about school because I had to do it in order to basically not get treated poorly by other kids and even teachers.

Obviously my experience is pretty extreme but If I could trade going to that HYPSM school for spending the formative years of my life in an environment that supported academic achievement, I would do it in a heartbeat. [/quote]

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