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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, I also went to TJ and currently have a first year in college and a sophomore in high school (neither of whom went to TJ). My concern with your child is the lack of self-motivation as that’s probably the #1 trait I’d attribute to success at TJ. [/quote]

NP.  Thanks for this.  DC has applied and gotten in but he's certainly not one of the "top students".  He's self-motivated in that he has taught himself a lot of things outside of school but finds most of his classes pretty boring and doesn't put much effort in them.  Is TJ the right fit for him? Is any high school?  [/quote]

It could be.  
It is hard to develop passion without challenge.  
We all talk about wanting our kids to find their passion but it is actually very hard to find and almost impossible if you are skating through life.
If I thought my child would find their passion but get lower grades at tj, I would encourage my child to go.
Don't be as concerned about where your child goes to college as much as where they go to grad school.
Unless they go to HPSY+, nobody cares about undergrad, they want to know about your grad school.
Tj will prepare them for college as well or better than any of the expensive prep schools.[/quote]

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