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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I understand every middle school will be given a few seats, but last year no one at our middle school accepted the offer.  I could be mistaken, as I also heard one kid attended for a year, and returned to base high school.  DC took the admissions test this month, and we think there is a good chance we will be made an offer.  What I want to understand is why would one not accept a TJ offer?  I hear everyone saying how much harder one has to study, but is it significantly more than what a student at base high school enrolled in all honors courses would need to study? How much time would be available to do sports?  Trying to figure out if DC would be better off going to our high school with known friends and teammates, or tryout TJ, but definitely want to avoid the hassle of transferring if TJ isnt the right fit.  [/quote]
The fact that you are asking this question now is concerning.  Kids who take on TJ curriculum successfully without stress and losing sleep have been honing their skills in stem subjects - math, science, & english, since their elementary school years.  If you child is entering with having completed just algebra 1, they likely will have a challenge keeping up with other students who are a year ahead of yours in math.  What makes it even more crazier is the TJ curriculum moves swiftly, and the upper half of the the class walks in ready it consume it at fire-hose pace.  Each parent knows their kid best.  Make sure your kid would be in the top half of the class, not the bottom quarter, as their stress and suffering being at the bottom will be hard for you to watch.  [/quote]

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