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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kid had some Bs and C and his overall GPA was higher than 4.2 after freshman year...he did a ton of classes before ever hitting TJ, though.

You have to get used to the lower grades. Lots of classes at TJ aren't there for you to succeed. They want you to take the B or lower or learn how to cheat to get an A (sadly)[/quote]

You seem to have developed quite a coping mechanism. My child got poor grades because he/she did not cheat!! LOL[/quote]

That's just what is reported to me by my kid.

That said, I've had detailed discussions about performance at TJ. The C he got - his math teacher said he understood the material perfectly but he needed to be about 3x faster completing the questions. So it wasn't about knowledge, it was about speed. It's completing complex math in equations in less than 2 minutes each.

Imagine being totally competent but that's not the goal. [/quote]

It's not just competence, it's expertise.  How well do you know the material.  Can you manipulate the questions to make them more easily solvable.

Given enough time, you can brute force your way through a lot of math problems, TJ doesn't always give you enough time for brute force unless you are lightning fast.[/quote]

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