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      Alexa Nguonly, Lynn Nguyen, and Sharon Kim
      January 15, 2016

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      Yesterday, September 20th, TJ Broadcast interviewe Yesterday, September 20th, TJ Broadcast interviewed two prospective applicants to the TJ Class of 2025 on how they view the approved and proposed changes to the admissions process. “The removal of the test makes people a lot less stressed, in terms of studying for the test and getting into TJ overall, because it’s less in their hands now,” said Pranav Sirigiri, an 8th grader at Rocky Run Middle School. Watch the feature here: https://youtu.be/F-dpFwyxJCA
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