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And, on another note, it is nothing new for lots of kids at TJ to never do STEM extracurricular in middle school. Some kids that age are very busy with non-academic extracurriculars. My child and a number of his friends at TJ did sports and arts activities in middle school and went in to do quite well in their years at TJ and, since then, in college.  It is not at all necessary for kids to spend time on academic activities outside of school to be successful TJ students. 
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Yeah, but your kid and his friends got in using the old system, with tests, teacher recommendations, more substantial essays, more credit for math level, and so on.  The argument people have put forth is that there are a bunch of brilliant kids with less interested parents who had no ability to shine when admissions holistically relied on a combination of test scores, teacher recommendations, real essays, lists of STEM achievements, math level, and GPA, so they need to gut the application process to give these kids any chance at TJ.  My argument is that if the only chance you have to get into TJ is a watered down process with absolutely no substance and bonus points for being poor or ESOL, you’re not TJ material.  [/quote]

Let these kids go through their careers at TJ and graduate before we cast aspersions about whether or not they’re “TJ material”.[/quote]

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