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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When NCAA is mentioned to TJ students, chances are higher it may spark a discussion about a chemical compound in Rotavirus or something similar, rather than sports.      [/quote]

Why stereotype like this? TJ students as a group have a wide variety of interests, so include playing sports in college.[/quote]
TJ students put academics first, TJ sports coaches want academics first. Not NCAA. As the overwhelming success rate shows, FCPS base schools provide better path to NCAA, where athletic students are not burdened with mandatory calculus, and can easily graduate with just Algebra 2.   [/quote]

Why do you care so much about putting forth a stereotype of TJ kids who only care about academics?

Sure, some kids at TJ can only deal with academics and don’t have time for anything else, but there are plenty of TJ kids who have time for sports, music, art, theatre, and many other outside activities. My child who graduated from TJ was highly involved with athletics while there and so I also knew many other TJ kids who were just as involved.

Are you a TJ parent? If you are, it puzzles me that you seem to be unaware of the importance of sports to many TJ kids. This is not a subject I’m just guessing about. As I said, my own child was an athlete at TJ and I got to know his friends and their families. I watched and cheered at many meets/games and drove carloads of kids to quite a few state and regional competitions over the years, so I am well aware of the level of skill and talent these kids have.

I personally know many TJ students who were either recruited or walked on to Division I schools like Georgia Tech, MIT, Michigan, West Point, the Naval Academy, Cornell, Virginia Tech, and others that I can’t remember at the moment. Again, I don’t see why anyone wants to paint a picture of TJ students that simply is not true.

OP, if you are interested in knowing more about being an athlete at TJ, just call the school and ask to be connected with a TJ parent who can give you a better idea of reality than a random internet poster who seems not very knowledgeable about sports at TJ. Or go to a game or meet and chat with parents in the stands.

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Convinced there is one or many trolls on this board who want to paint pictures of both TJ kids and AAP kids as 99.9th percentile students who sit in their rooms and study for 12 hours a day, never sleeping and only doing school. Any kid who doesn't fit this mold must only be in on "equity."

This is why anyone with real TJ connections or kids in actual AAP programs is baffled by what they read here. Because while there is the occasional TJ kid who only sits in their room and studies, and while there is the occasional AAP kid who is truly a super-genius, there aren't nearly enough for a stereotype.[/quote]

All of a sudden you bring the new admission policy into the equation and playing the discrimination card.
It is not likely that the majority of people come to TJ for the sports.
Nothing wrong with the statement that base schools offer more athletic options.
Students may choose base school because they have more time for sports.[/quote]

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