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Anonymous wrote:Professor Po-Shen Loh, the coach for US math Olympiad team, said that for genuine self-learners, they don't need TJ. They can go to base school and after 2:30 dismissal they can just sit in their room and study ahead of any advanced subjects themselves. Going to TJ would put extra demand on subjects they are not interested in.

He also said at every Olympiad camp, there is little difference between student in second place and 50th place in terms of intelligence, but the student in 1st place is way above everyone else and nobody knows how he get that good.

So I guess he meant for the truly genius students, a very small portion of good students, they don't need TJ.

To be fair to 2-50, Loh was doing MOPS when Luke Robitaille was a teenager. It's tough when #1 is a generational talent.

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Anonymous wrote:I understand every middle school will be given a few seats, but last year no one at our middle school accepted the offer. I could be mistaken, as I also heard one kid attended for a year, and returned to base high school. DC took the admissions test this month, and we think there is a good chance we will be made an offer. What I want to understand is why would one not accept a TJ offer? I hear everyone saying how much harder one has to study, but is it significantly more than what a student at base high school enrolled in all honors courses would need to study? How much time would be available to do sports? Trying to figure out if DC would be better off going to our high school with known friends and teammates, or tryout TJ, but definitely want to avoid the hassle of transferring if TJ isnt the right fit.

The lack of diversity is why my nephew declined.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I understand every middle school will be given a few seats, but last year no one at our middle school accepted the offer. I could be mistaken, as I also heard one kid attended for a year, and returned to base high school. DC took the admissions test this month, and we think there is a good chance we will be made an offer. What I want to understand is why would one not accept a TJ offer? I hear everyone saying how much harder one has to study, but is it significantly more than what a student at base high school enrolled in all honors courses would need to study? How much time would be available to do sports? Trying to figure out if DC would be better off going to our high school with known friends and teammates, or tryout TJ, but definitely want to avoid the hassle of transferring if TJ isnt the right fit.

Football team is 2-7

Ehh, they were 6-3 the year before I think.

Why are people bringing up football at TJ? It's a joke. They continue to get an exemption from playing a regular schedule against other Class 6 VHSL teams, and instead almost entirely play public school teams in lower divisions and some charters/associations of homeschooled kids. Neither of their two wins in their 2-7 season last year were against regular public schools.

To put in context, I think Wakefield in Arlington has gone 0-10 the last two years in a row but they still man up and play a normal schedule.

Honest question: so what? They still get to play football, and they get to do it against programs that they match up decently with. In a sport like football where safety is a real concern, it makes a lot of sense for TJ to do what they're doing. Otherwise they wouldn't have a program anymore, and that would have cascading impacts on the rest of the school's culture.

Anonymous wrote:I understand every middle school will be given a few seats, but last year no one at our middle school accepted the offer. I could be mistaken, as I also heard one kid attended for a year, and returned to base high school. DC took the admissions test this month, and we think there is a good chance we will be made an offer. What I want to understand is why would one not accept a TJ offer? I hear everyone saying how much harder one has to study, but is it significantly more than what a student at base high school enrolled in all honors courses would need to study? How much time would be available to do sports? Trying to figure out if DC would be better off going to our high school with known friends and teammates, or tryout TJ, but definitely want to avoid the hassle of transferring if TJ isnt the right fit.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I understand every middle school will be given a few seats, but last year no one at our middle school accepted the offer. I could be mistaken, as I also heard one kid attended for a year, and returned to base high school. DC took the admissions test this month, and we think there is a good chance we will be made an offer. What I want to understand is why would one not accept a TJ offer? I hear everyone saying how much harder one has to study, but is it significantly more than what a student at base high school enrolled in all honors courses would need to study? How much time would be available to do sports? Trying to figure out if DC would be better off going to our high school with known friends and teammates, or tryout TJ, but definitely want to avoid the hassle of transferring if TJ isnt the right fit.

Football team is 2-7

Ehh, they were 6-3 the year before I think.

Why are people bringing up football at TJ? It's a joke. They continue to get an exemption from playing a regular schedule against other Class 6 VHSL teams, and instead almost entirely play public school teams in lower divisions and some charters/associations of homeschooled kids. Neither of their two wins in their 2-7 season last year were against regular public schools.

To put in context, I think Wakefield in Arlington has gone 0-10 the last two years in a row but they still man up and play a normal schedule.

Anonymous wrote:How realistic is it to manage sports alongside academics and still have competitive grades in all four years?

Anonymous wrote:How realistic is it to manage sports alongside academics and still have competitive grades in all four years?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I understand every middle school will be given a few seats, but last year no one at our middle school accepted the offer. I could be mistaken, as I also heard one kid attended for a year, and returned to base high school. DC took the admissions test this month, and we think there is a good chance we will be made an offer. What I want to understand is why would one not accept a TJ offer? I hear everyone saying how much harder one has to study, but is it significantly more than what a student at base high school enrolled in all honors courses would need to study? How much time would be available to do sports? Trying to figure out if DC would be better off going to our high school with known friends and teammates, or tryout TJ, but definitely want to avoid the hassle of transferring if TJ isnt the right fit.

Football team is 2-7

Ehh, they were 6-3 the year before I think.

Although the football team is not the best, for kids that WANT to play football, the point is they have the opportunity to do that at TJ whereas at most HS they would be shut out of slots on the team.

But if Math 1 needs attention, dedicating time for sports would be far fetched?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I understand every middle school will be given a few seats, but last year no one at our middle school accepted the offer. I could be mistaken, as I also heard one kid attended for a year, and returned to base high school. DC took the admissions test this month, and we think there is a good chance we will be made an offer. What I want to understand is why would one not accept a TJ offer? I hear everyone saying how much harder one has to study, but is it significantly more than what a student at base high school enrolled in all honors courses would need to study? How much time would be available to do sports? Trying to figure out if DC would be better off going to our high school with known friends and teammates, or tryout TJ, but definitely want to avoid the hassle of transferring if TJ isnt the right fit.

Football team is 2-7

Ehh, they were 6-3 the year before I think.

Although the football team is not the best, for kids that WANT to play football, the point is they have the opportunity to do that at TJ whereas at most HS they would be shut out of slots on the team.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I understand every middle school will be given a few seats, but last year no one at our middle school accepted the offer. I could be mistaken, as I also heard one kid attended for a year, and returned to base high school. DC took the admissions test this month, and we think there is a good chance we will be made an offer. What I want to understand is why would one not accept a TJ offer? I hear everyone saying how much harder one has to study, but is it significantly more than what a student at base high school enrolled in all honors courses would need to study? How much time would be available to do sports? Trying to figure out if DC would be better off going to our high school with known friends and teammates, or tryout TJ, but definitely want to avoid the hassle of transferring if TJ isnt the right fit.

Football team is 2-7

Ehh, they were 6-3 the year before I think.

Although the football team is not the best, for kids that WANT to play football, the point is they have the opportunity to do that at TJ whereas at most HS they would be shut out of slots on the team.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I understand every middle school will be given a few seats, but last year no one at our middle school accepted the offer. I could be mistaken, as I also heard one kid attended for a year, and returned to base high school. DC took the admissions test this month, and we think there is a good chance we will be made an offer. What I want to understand is why would one not accept a TJ offer? I hear everyone saying how much harder one has to study, but is it significantly more than what a student at base high school enrolled in all honors courses would need to study? How much time would be available to do sports? Trying to figure out if DC would be better off going to our high school with known friends and teammates, or tryout TJ, but definitely want to avoid the hassle of transferring if TJ isnt the right fit.

Football team is 2-7

Ehh, they were 6-3 the year before I think.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I understand every middle school will be given a few seats, but last year no one at our middle school accepted the offer. I could be mistaken, as I also heard one kid attended for a year, and returned to base high school. DC took the admissions test this month, and we think there is a good chance we will be made an offer. What I want to understand is why would one not accept a TJ offer? I hear everyone saying how much harder one has to study, but is it significantly more than what a student at base high school enrolled in all honors courses would need to study? How much time would be available to do sports? Trying to figure out if DC would be better off going to our high school with known friends and teammates, or tryout TJ, but definitely want to avoid the hassle of transferring if TJ isnt the right fit.

Football team is 2-7

Ehh, they were 6-3 the year before I think.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I understand every middle school will be given a few seats, but last year no one at our middle school accepted the offer. I could be mistaken, as I also heard one kid attended for a year, and returned to base high school. DC took the admissions test this month, and we think there is a good chance we will be made an offer. What I want to understand is why would one not accept a TJ offer? I hear everyone saying how much harder one has to study, but is it significantly more than what a student at base high school enrolled in all honors courses would need to study? How much time would be available to do sports? Trying to figure out if DC would be better off going to our high school with known friends and teammates, or tryout TJ, but definitely want to avoid the hassle of transferring if TJ isnt the right fit.

Football team is 2-7