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Asian parent of a TJ kid here - my kid didn't prep, and neither did a friend who also got into TJ. We know a lot of kids who did though, and exactly one of them got into TJ. This is anecdotal, of course. But it is statistically obvious that most kids who prep don't get into TJ. [/quote]

The belief that kids need to attend specific prep classes for TJ admission is a red herring. That specific prep doesn't not help except perhaps boost confidence (or create anxiety) and enrich tutors.
The oft-repeated fallacy here that one prep school's secret sauce supposedly got a high % into TJ ignores the possibility that the kids already were likely to get in.

If one were to talk about meaningful prep, it starts from when they were born - reading to them at bedtime, going to the library, sitting at the dinner table working on homework together, the weekend activities at museums etc. None of these cost much or anything at all but effort, time and desire (or some say, privilege).[/quote]

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