Anonymous
Post 09/09/2022 15:28     Subject: Re:TJ admissions now verifying free and reduced price meal status for successful 2026 applicants
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:My point still stands

Its an Advanced STEM school, if you are taking Algebra I in 8th

1. You aren't advanced
2. The base high school can cover everything


1. You might still be advanced in other STEM areas if you’re not advanced in math
2. TJ doesn’t exist solely to offer advanced courses in math


Other stem courses are not yet offered yet in middle schools. Math therefore is a good indicator of how ready you are at TJ.


AP Science courses at base HS are often not great and not even comparable to non- AP TJ courses. Middle school science courses are at elementary school level when compared to European countries and East Asian countries.
Anonymous
Post 09/09/2022 15:00     Subject: Re:TJ admissions now verifying free and reduced price meal status for successful 2026 applicants
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:My point still stands

Its an Advanced STEM school, if you are taking Algebra I in 8th

1. You aren't advanced
2. The base high school can cover everything


1. You might still be advanced in other STEM areas if you’re not advanced in math
2. TJ doesn’t exist solely to offer advanced courses in math


Other stem courses are not yet offered yet in middle schools. Math therefore is a good indicator of how ready you are at TJ.


I believe every school has a science class. And TJ applicants are required to take honors science in both 7th and 8th. STEM includes Science and Math, so there you have it.

I get that you have a specific idea of what TJ is supposed to be and you are unwilling to bend your point of view but there are other measures of STEM aptitude them just math.


Nope science is covered in the base school see point 2.


DP. You really have no idea what you're talking about. Freshman Bio at TJ is a decent analog for AP Bio at a base school. And so on and so on.

I don't really see anyone rallying to your side, though, so I'm guessing everyone else knows that you're a crackpot.
Anonymous
Post 09/09/2022 14:38     Subject: Re:TJ admissions now verifying free and reduced price meal status for successful 2026 applicants
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:My point still stands

Its an Advanced STEM school, if you are taking Algebra I in 8th

1. You aren't advanced
2. The base high school can cover everything


1. You might still be advanced in other STEM areas if you’re not advanced in math
2. TJ doesn’t exist solely to offer advanced courses in math


Other stem courses are not yet offered yet in middle schools. Math therefore is a good indicator of how ready you are at TJ.


I believe every school has a science class. And TJ applicants are required to take honors science in both 7th and 8th. STEM includes Science and Math, so there you have it.

I get that you have a specific idea of what TJ is supposed to be and you are unwilling to bend your point of view but there are other measures of STEM aptitude them just math.


Nope science is covered in the base school see point 2.
Anonymous
Post 09/09/2022 11:24     Subject: Re:TJ admissions now verifying free and reduced price meal status for successful 2026 applicants
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:My point still stands

Its an Advanced STEM school, if you are taking Algebra I in 8th

1. You aren't advanced
2. The base high school can cover everything


1. You might still be advanced in other STEM areas if you’re not advanced in math
2. TJ doesn’t exist solely to offer advanced courses in math


Other stem courses are not yet offered yet in middle schools. Math therefore is a good indicator of how ready you are at TJ.


Tell me you don't know middle school without telling me you don't know middle school

lol
Anonymous
Post 09/09/2022 09:41     Subject: Re:TJ admissions now verifying free and reduced price meal status for successful 2026 applicants
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:My point still stands

Its an Advanced STEM school, if you are taking Algebra I in 8th

1. You aren't advanced
2. The base high school can cover everything


1. You might still be advanced in other STEM areas if you’re not advanced in math
2. TJ doesn’t exist solely to offer advanced courses in math


Other stem courses are not yet offered yet in middle schools. Math therefore is a good indicator of how ready you are at TJ.


I believe every school has a science class. And TJ applicants are required to take honors science in both 7th and 8th. STEM includes Science and Math, so there you have it.

I get that you have a specific idea of what TJ is supposed to be and you are unwilling to bend your point of view but there are other measures of STEM aptitude them just math.
Anonymous
Post 09/09/2022 09:02     Subject: Re:TJ admissions now verifying free and reduced price meal status for successful 2026 applicants
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:My point still stands

Its an Advanced STEM school, if you are taking Algebra I in 8th

1. You aren't advanced
2. The base high school can cover everything


1. You might still be advanced in other STEM areas if you’re not advanced in math
2. TJ doesn’t exist solely to offer advanced courses in math


Other stem courses are not yet offered yet in middle schools. Math therefore is a good indicator of how ready you are at TJ.
Anonymous
Post 09/09/2022 07:39     Subject: Re:TJ admissions now verifying free and reduced price meal status for successful 2026 applicants
Anonymous wrote:My point still stands

Its an Advanced STEM school, if you are taking Algebra I in 8th

1. You aren't advanced
2. The base high school can cover everything


1. You might still be advanced in other STEM areas if you’re not advanced in math
2. TJ doesn’t exist solely to offer advanced courses in math
Anonymous
Post 09/09/2022 01:44     Subject: TJ admissions now verifying free and reduced price meal status for successful 2026 applicants
It's in the state SOL spreadsheet. Around line 8300 I think.
Anonymous
Post 09/08/2022 14:16     Subject: Re:TJ admissions now verifying free and reduced price meal status for successful 2026 applicants
My point still stands

Its an Advanced STEM school, if you are taking Algebra I in 8th

1. You aren't advanced
2. The base high school can cover everything
Anonymous
Post 09/08/2022 14:07     Subject: Re:TJ admissions now verifying free and reduced price meal status for successful 2026 applicants
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Here's the issue. The new spots by middle school model has kids at tj who wouldn't have even been semifinalists.


Because the old system was overwhelming skewed toward people who paid for prep so many weren't even given a fair shot at it.


You keep saying this and you are flat out wrong. A kid taking Algebra in 8th has no business being at TJ a supposed advanced STEM school


Completely false. The majority of the students who have graduated from TJ in its history were taking Algebra in 8th grade. It has only been fairly recently - say, within the last dozen years or so - that the majority of incoming students in each class at were advanced beyond Algebra in 8th grade.


My kid graduated from TJ 7 years ago and even back then there was only 1 class for Geometry class and even fewer taking algebra I about handful. It was shameful to be taking Geometry class at TJ as a freshmen.


This is false. And fairly obviously false as TJ has never offered a course during the school year in Algebra 1.


TJ has students taking the Algebra 1 SOL.


1) Source?

2) So?
Anonymous
Post 09/08/2022 13:53     Subject: Re:TJ admissions now verifying free and reduced price meal status for successful 2026 applicants
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Here's the issue. The new spots by middle school model has kids at tj who wouldn't have even been semifinalists.


Because the old system was overwhelming skewed toward people who paid for prep so many weren't even given a fair shot at it.


You keep saying this and you are flat out wrong. A kid taking Algebra in 8th has no business being at TJ a supposed advanced STEM school


Completely false. The majority of the students who have graduated from TJ in its history were taking Algebra in 8th grade. It has only been fairly recently - say, within the last dozen years or so - that the majority of incoming students in each class at were advanced beyond Algebra in 8th grade.


My kid graduated from TJ 7 years ago and even back then there was only 1 class for Geometry class and even fewer taking algebra I about handful. It was shameful to be taking Geometry class at TJ as a freshmen.


This is false. And fairly obviously false as TJ has never offered a course during the school year in Algebra 1.


TJ has students taking the Algebra 1 SOL.
Anonymous
Post 09/08/2022 13:31     Subject: Re:TJ admissions now verifying free and reduced price meal status for successful 2026 applicants
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Here's the issue. The new spots by middle school model has kids at tj who wouldn't have even been semifinalists.


Because the old system was overwhelming skewed toward people who paid for prep so many weren't even given a fair shot at it.


You keep saying this and you are flat out wrong. A kid taking Algebra in 8th has no business being at TJ a supposed advanced STEM school


Completely false. The majority of the students who have graduated from TJ in its history were taking Algebra in 8th grade. It has only been fairly recently - say, within the last dozen years or so - that the majority of incoming students in each class at were advanced beyond Algebra in 8th grade.


DP. This is correct at it also is worth mentioning that for some time it was a common occurrence for students to take geometry over the summer prior to 9th grade before the school stopped accepting it for credit.
Anonymous
Post 09/08/2022 13:30     Subject: Re:TJ admissions now verifying free and reduced price meal status for successful 2026 applicants
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Here's the issue. The new spots by middle school model has kids at tj who wouldn't have even been semifinalists.


Because the old system was overwhelming skewed toward people who paid for prep so many weren't even given a fair shot at it.


You keep saying this and you are flat out wrong. A kid taking Algebra in 8th has no business being at TJ a supposed advanced STEM school


Completely false. The majority of the students who have graduated from TJ in its history were taking Algebra in 8th grade. It has only been fairly recently - say, within the last dozen years or so - that the majority of incoming students in each class at were advanced beyond Algebra in 8th grade.


My kid graduated from TJ 7 years ago and even back then there was only 1 class for Geometry class and even fewer taking algebra I about handful. It was shameful to be taking Geometry class at TJ as a freshmen.


This is false. And fairly obviously false as TJ has never offered a course during the school year in Algebra 1.
Anonymous
Post 09/08/2022 12:05     Subject: Re:TJ admissions now verifying free and reduced price meal status for successful 2026 applicants
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Here's the issue. The new spots by middle school model has kids at tj who wouldn't have even been semifinalists.


Because the old system was overwhelming skewed toward people who paid for prep so many weren't even given a fair shot at it.


You keep saying this and you are flat out wrong. A kid taking Algebra in 8th has no business being at TJ a supposed advanced STEM school


Completely false. The majority of the students who have graduated from TJ in its history were taking Algebra in 8th grade. It has only been fairly recently - say, within the last dozen years or so - that the majority of incoming students in each class at were advanced beyond Algebra in 8th grade.


Interesting...
Anonymous
Post 09/08/2022 11:05     Subject: Re:TJ admissions now verifying free and reduced price meal status for successful 2026 applicants
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Here's the issue. The new spots by middle school model has kids at tj who wouldn't have even been semifinalists.


Because the old system was overwhelming skewed toward people who paid for prep so many weren't even given a fair shot at it.


You keep saying this and you are flat out wrong. A kid taking Algebra in 8th has no business being at TJ a supposed advanced STEM school


Completely false. The majority of the students who have graduated from TJ in its history were taking Algebra in 8th grade. It has only been fairly recently - say, within the last dozen years or so - that the majority of incoming students in each class at were advanced beyond Algebra in 8th grade.


My kid graduated from TJ 7 years ago and even back then there was only 1 class for Geometry class and even fewer taking algebra I about handful. It was shameful to be taking Geometry class at TJ as a freshmen.


Sounds right.