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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As an Asian parent with a kid who is interested in TJ, we joined a 4 or 5 week summer prep course.  DC is hoping to get into TJ, but after watching some of the TJ parents, hyper focused on TJ, I was turned off and DC would not be applying for TJ.

TJ parents are all very nice people. They are just willing to sacrifice so much and crush the child's personality. They are willing to hammer the child's personality until it is forged into their ideal likeness - a STEM focused student who wins medals.

Not all Asians, I know many who are not into this. I honestly think most of these children would be much more happy if the pressure is less intense. 
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Summertime is precious non-school time that your kid can use to explore any or all of his/her interests or just get downtime from a tough school year. 4-5 weeks of prep during summer is an absolute waste of time.

I'm an Asian TJ parent - my kid didn't prep, and neither did a friend who also got into TJ. We know a lot of kids who did prep, and only one of them got into TJ. The best way to 'prep', especially for STEM, is to let your kid get up to Rube Goldberg shenanigans in the backyard :-) That's what we did. If they can look back on the experience and say that they enjoyed it, then that would be time well spent. Prep courses are unlikely to leave memories like that. It might be better if you worked with him / her - then at least they will have the memory of having spent a lot of active engaged time with you.[/quote]

I call BS on this. Pure BS.

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