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There are kids who are not accepted into TJ that confuse people and I would bet that those are kids who wrote in their essay that they don't want to attend TJ. They can't tell their parents that because their parents are so focused on TJ. They can't tank their classes because it would cause a problem at home. So they write that they don't want to attend TJ in the timed essay that their parents will not see. 
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There may be cases like that, but likely not many. We know of many students with advanced math classes, top grades, etc. who very much wanted to attend TJ and did not write anything in their essays to indicate otherwise, yet were not admitted.[/quote]

Honest question - how are you sure that they wanted to go to TJ? Just because they told you? Or because they did a good job of convincing you that they shared your dreams?

People are strikingly unaware of how easy it is for a kid to convince their parents they want to go to TJ, only to then write in the essay that they don't. And now, they conveniently have an admissions process that their parents hate that they can blame.[/quote]

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