DD's school is similar. Decades ago, mostly white, now about 80% Chinese, a few other asian groups and then white about 12%. Hunter, in NYC is about the same, Styvescant, where Harvard takes about 25 students out of 700, is about the same. All exam based admissions. In NYC, the elementary level gifted are choice based on scores, so that DD's school was all 99% percentile in score. The pace was a certain way. When we moved to Toronto in 4th grade, the gifted was just a class at the local school and I think anyone over 90% percentile and the class was much different. TJ is going to be a certain way because of the exam based entrance. If your kid cannot get in, he/she shouldn't be there. It will be too hard. Even with exam based admissions, but most of the kids come in 7th grade, the science and math are accelerated, some kids start to have some math issues by 9th grade if they are not at a certain level. There is no fall back lower math until data in 11th grade. Why don't parents see that if you lower the standards, the school loses its cache as a strong math/science school?
Last edited by Wren; 09/25/20 04:02 AM.
