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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Answer to OP.

No.

You can get the exact same courses at ur local HS and shine out as a super star. At TJ courses and exams are just hard and stress the kids out.

TJ parents are too embarrassed to admit this. [/quote]

TJ parent here. I fully agree that if the main motivation for a kid considering TJ is either taking high level courses (with a few exceptions) or tippy top college placement then they should stay at the base school. It will absolutely be an easier road. For many TJ kids though they love the school because they enjoy being at a school of “their people” - as in mostly all other kids that also care about school and doing well and being very involved in it. [/quote]

Maybe 25% of the kids at TJ enjoy being part of “their people”

But the remaining 75% are just working their ass off and barely keeping up.

Also Its a myth to say the only at TJ kids can find “their people”.  My younger one is at base school and is just as academic driven and has a better group of friends in terms of social fun and academics.

I honestly cant find any reason for the 75% of the kids to be at TJ. They would have been much better off at their base school [/quote]

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