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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Actually, the 1st round of the TJ admissions process consists of review of grades for all of the academic classes (English, Social Studies, Math & Science) and scores on both Verbal and Math sections. Many people think the Verbal section is more difficult than the math section (or math section is too easy) including TJ math teachers and others.

At the 2nd round, writing skill is significantly more important than anything else since the 2 longer essays and the Student Information Sheet (consisting of about 8 shorter essays) count for approximately 60 to 70% of the total weight with the math exam score and grades given about 20% weight with the rest of the weight given to recommendations.

Given the current admissions process, high scores or skills in reading/grammar/English is more important than high scores or skills in math or science to be admitted to TJ which is ironic. [/quote]

That's a bit of a stretch as the [u]content[/u] of those essays matter - not just how well you write but also what you write. I can't speak for the school, but I have to think they're looking for people who can demonstrate they interested principally in STEM.[/quote]

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