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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The work is hard and the expectations are high. None of this is new. If a high GPA is your goal, you are safer staying at just about any base school in FCPS. If a challenging experience is what you are looking for, go to TJ. My kid goes there and loves it; she is not getting straight As for the first time in her life but I can see so much growth in her process and work ethic. She is also into the arts and has found a strong community of smart, motivated kids. None of this will not get her into a T10 program but that was not her (or our) goal. All that said, [b]I am confident she will show up at college 1000 times more prepared than I was to manage the workload.[/b] [/quote] This is 100% true. The only schools that TJ kids attend where the workload and rigor approaches what they saw in high school are MIT and Caltech. Everywhere else - yes, including the Ivies and every other top 20 school - TJ kids report being MUCH easier.[/quote]
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