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If the reports from DCUM are to be believed, not all of the kids with Algebra 2 are accepted as Freshman at TJ. I would assume the ones not accepted are from Carson, Longfellow, and Cooper. I would guess that the Algebra 2 kids from the schools that tend to send fewer kids, the ones without numbers reported,[b] are more likely to have been accepted since those are likely in the top 1.5% of the pool[/b] and would be the most likely to apply from the less represented MS.
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Why would you assume that?  The top 1.5% is based on essays, GPA, and experience factors.  There are [b]no bonus points given for the kid's math level[/b].[/quote]

Are there any classes on how to improve your experience factors?
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experience factors include race/ethnicity. No class can change it. Other experience factors can be changed by how parent spends their time and pocket money. Does parent want to spend $120 on basketball league, flashy shoes & trendy clothes, or on Kumon?[/quote]

Even just spending $20k-$40k on prep at places like Curie will make a huge difference and spread out over several years. It's much cheaper than private.[/quote]

Either a troll or insane.  I'm betting on insane, but it could be a troll.  Hard to know anymore.[/quote]
I am ok with the fool saying Curie costs 5k, 10k, 15k, or 20k, when they are cheaper than Kumon.  The fool is making sure Curie receives the publicity either by desire or by chance.  [/quote]

DP - but I will own up to being the person who was first in on the reporting with TJ students acknowledging that their Curie courses had shown them questions that ended up on the Quant-Q exam prior to them sitting for it.

I do not know if this program still exists, but when people talk about the $5K Curie course, what they're referring to is the flagship 16-month TJ Prep program that students would register for going into their 7th grade year. This was an immensely popular course that Curie offered that was buffered by students who had reported back specific questions from when they sat for the Quant-Q exam themselves, despite having signed an agreement not to do so. Curie offers many other less expensive courses, but this was the one that made the most impact with respect to TJ Admissions.

The access to exam questions gave Curie students an enormous leg up on the remainder of the TJ Admissions population and had a large part to play in the proportion of Asian students growing from 66% in the Class of 2022, to 72.3% in the Class of 2023, to 74.9% in the Class of 2024. During that same period, the number of students that Curie claimed as TJ admits went from 50 in 2022, to 95 in 2025, to a whopping 133 in 2024. Of further interest was the fact that Curie posted the first and last names of each of those students on their social media outlets, in the process betraying the fact that they virtually 100% of the students they served were of South Asian descent.

So, to summarize and to dispel some of the myths and nonsense going around on these fora:

1) Curie had a course that was explicitly designed to get kids into TJ;
2) This course included prep for the Quant-Q exam that included access to questions and question types that they should not have had;
3) The popularity of the course exploded over the 3 year period that the Quant-Q was used;
4) The course was listed at $5K to register;
5) Based on the lists they published, it appeared to be nearly exclusive to South Asian kids;
6) It had an enormous impact on TJ Admissions for especially the Classes of 2023 and 2024. In fact, simple data analysis indicated that approximately 70% of the 2024 students of South Asian descent were Curie customers and nearly 90% of the admits from Loudoun County were as well - based on how many of the students were listed as having been also admitted to either/both of AOS and AET.

Those are the facts. Importantly, the parents and students [b]did not pay for access to the exam[/b] - what they paid for was access to a few of the questions that were a part of the question bank that each form of the Quant-Q exam draws from. Equally importantly, [b]Curie did nothing illegal in this process[/b] - they merely accepted information that came to them from students who sat for the exam and broke a signed pledge to not discuss the exam with anyone. [/quote]
Thank you for this creative story that never happened.  You have been peddling this lie for years, and intentionally or foolishly driving this forum visitors towards Curie, increasing their business multifold after admission changes. You claim to be of South Asian descent, but what caused you to internalize racism, badmouth your own ethnic group, and feel ashamed of your own culture?  Is it necessary to gain acceptance or approval from the group you desperately seek to associate with now? Specifically, what's your personal beef with Curie? Were you forced to attend Curie?  [/quote]

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