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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No one is forcing kids from those schools to attend TJ. [b]They are offered a spot because they meet the new requirements[/b]. Those kids can choose to take that spot or not. It looks like not all of the seats that are set aside are taken from those schools.[/quote]
Doesn't the new requirement of needing just Algebra 1 H in 8th grade set them up to fail or be at the absolute bottom at TJ?  When that same kid could be in top 1.5% at their base high school and gain a UVA like spot?[/quote]

I think it is a mistake, I have no idea how the kids at TJ who have completed Algebra 1 in 8th grade are doing. I would not be comfortable sending my kid to TJ with only Algebra 1.

It could be that the kids coming from the non-traditional TJ schools are more driven and are not the kids struggling who only have Algebra 1. Since Algebra 1 H is harder to attain given their backgrounds, getting there required more perseverance and grit thent he kids are used to working harder to get to their end goal.

In my mind, a kid entering TJ with only Algebra 1 H is a kid who is not going to have the opportunity to take the more advanced math classes and science classes, which is the point of attending TJ. But that is my bias. [/quote]
Why mislead students by promoting an inaccurate admissions policy that suggests Algebra 1 Honors in 8th grade is sufficient? Wouldn't setting the bar at Geometry provide students with a clear target to aim for, encouraging them to plan for higher-level math courses starting from earlier grades?[/quote]

No, because most kids (and families) don't even have this on their radar in 3rd or 4th (seems if you aren't on track to take Algebra in 7th and want to try to plan to hit that target, you'd want a few years lead time to work towards it). Setting that bar basically is an indirect way of excluding kids from environments where their early childhood education didn't set them on a glide path for Algebra in 7th, regardless of their innate intellectual/academic capacity.

Also to a prior poster, perhaps the objective for many students is to have the 4 years worth of HS environment and academics/peers that TJ provides. That is an end in itself, and may be more valuable to them than the perceived prestige of whatever undergrad institution they can enroll in. Not everyone would agree that being top of class at base school is preferable to being bottom 50% of class at TJ.[/quote]

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