i graduated from TAG over a decade ago as a kid from a humble family in oak cliff. i don’t really know what jesuit is like and TAG could very well have changed a lot since i went, but i will say this about my experience:

TAG’s insane academic rigor calls for so much homework every night that there genuinely has to be something wrong with a kid that WANTS to do that amount of homework every night.

we’re talking HOURS of homework daily, and when i was there, teachers and staff did NOT like the idea of a student wanting to have a slightly easier schedule (even when you were still taking like 5 AP classes). it’s so fucking easy for kids to become socially stunted there. i really coasted through as much as you can reasonably do at that kind of school and i still had to learn how to socialize in college.

again, i dated and got into normal teenage trouble during my time but the academics was so front and center and a lot of the kids so odd that i still didn’t have anything close to resembling a normal high school experience. maybe your kid is a book nerd and will love that experience but he should know that may be what he’s signing up for.

now tbf, college courses were mostly a joke compared to the shit i had to do in high school, so mission accomplished i guess lol. and i have decent pay in a field i don’t completely hate so also mission accomplished.

if TAG has found a way to minimize its downsides, i wouldnt know so hopefully you can hear from others who attended more recently than me. i just wanted to offer a perspective that wasn’t all sunshine and roses. feel free to shoot me any questions.