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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm no sure.

If your kid is likely to win national science fairs or international math competitions, go for it.

If your kid is just really smart, they might be better off being at the top of their base high school. Life will be more relaxed for the whole family.

At TJ my kid was a NMSF but was one of about 150. While she would have been at star elsewhere, she was middle of the pack at TJ.[/quote]

Yeah this is something we realized. For one kid TJ is absolutely the best place, but for our 2nd kid base HS is a much better fit. [/quote]

Even for kids where TJ isn't the right fit, it can be good to have had later in life. Even if the kid isn't at a top college, the study habits you have to develop there make that mid-tier college a breeze, which sets you up well for a normal white collar UMC life after college. Believe it or not, that's good enough for most people.[/quote]

This. Do not choose this school if you think you will automatically get into an Ivy. But if your kid wants to have challenging work, amazing learning opportunities, a driven peer group, and develop work habits that will help them long term, TJ is the place for them. DC thinks if they were at their base school, they might not have learned to work as hard. Some kids at TJ are legit genius level but from what I can see, most are just committed (or resigned) to the grind.

My kid is much more mature than I was in high school. After seeing the workload, I would have gone running back to the base school with my tail between my legs.  [/quote]

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