There are several testing centers that offer prep for the TJ test which are expensive. A year or two ago, one of the most popular was found to have obtained actual test questions which it shared with its students. The test centers have particular popularity among the Asian community.
At the end of the day why TJ did what it did or the impact it may or may not have had, engaged parents who are looking for an edge to get their kids into elite colleges may choose not to send their kids to this school. The fact that this school attracted the best and brightest contributed to its very good success with elite colleges. If the school continues down it’s current path, the best and brightest will seek greener pastures where their academic success is valued. TJ will become another good magnet school but will lose its luster and it’s success in placing kids in elite schools will fade. Good, bad or indifferent motivated parents with means will move on. Attempts to seek to sink high rising boats in order to claim all boats are rising won’t work. The high rising boats don’t have to sail in the TJ pond.
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Yes. It is also the students that make the school. It is not just the school making the students. And also like minded students influencing each other.
I no longer recommend TJ. With the current principal, it would be a poor choice for many. Schools that intentionally withhold such personal academic information from students, regardless of its perceived importance, should be sanctioned. Public schools have no business doing so.
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This whole thing strikes me as parents that are pissed off about the admissions changes finding something else to whine about
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