Where are TJ kids going?

[Anonymous]

A serious question. Where did students in the *bottom* half of the TJ class end up ? Those bottom half students likely worked very hard and are also bright.

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Anonymous wrote:A serious question. Where did students in the *bottom* half of the TJ class end up ? Those bottom half students likely worked very hard and are also bright.

Probably Mason and other big state schools on scholarship. I would assume "Bottom half" still have 3.8+ GPAs and 1400 SAT scores.

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Anonymous wrote:A serious question. Where did students in the *bottom* half of the TJ class end up ? Those bottom half students likely worked very hard and are also bright.

Probably Mason and other big state schools on scholarship. I would assume "Bottom half" still have 3.8+ GPAs and 1400 SAT scores.

Past years' results suggest W&M, Purdue, and VT (among other schools) are more forgiving of lower GPAs from TJ students, so I'd expect that to hold this cycle as well.

[Anonymous]

So TJ students have a 50% chance ("bottom half") of getting into a university with essentially open admissions (GMU, admission rate about 90%). How is that impressive?

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Anonymous wrote:So TJ students have a 50% chance ("bottom half") of getting into a university with essentially open admissions (GMU, admission rate about 90%). How is that impressive?

I said they CHOOSE Mason. Probably not their only choice. Top quarter/half is very impressive. You know that though. Weak troll.

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Anonymous wrote:So TJ students have a 50% chance ("bottom half") of getting into a university with essentially open admissions (GMU, admission rate about 90%). How is that impressive?

I said they CHOOSE Mason. Probably not their only choice. Top quarter/half is very impressive. You know that though. Weak troll.

So the TJ bottom half "chooses" to go to a university with open admissions, when they can go to Harvard? (Thats either b.s. or shows horrible judgment, but its obviously just bs.) BTW, the top 10% almost anywhere is going to be impressive. That the top 25% at TJ is impressive is just ok.

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Anonymous wrote:All the places they usually go. MIT. UVA. Ivies, I assume. Carnegie Mellon. Johns Hopkins. GA Tech. Purdue. William & Mary. VA Tech. Maryland. Pitt. Illinois. These are the big TJ schools. Don’t much go in for SLACs.

Surprisingly few report VT. Twice as many attend UMD.

Anyone know why? Seems illogical given in state tuition.

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Anonymous wrote:How did TJ kids do on ivy day?

Probably the best year in recent memory! 10+ MIT, at least 8 H.

Usually 10+ kids do get into MIT every year except for last year. But, I agree there are more Harvard acceptances this year. I heard a few Yale and UPenn acceptances, but nothing much about Princeton/Cornell/Brown.

10 accepted at MIT out of a graduating class of 500 is not impressive. BTW, Collegiate in NY and St. Ann is Brooklyn have a 50% ivy rate. (Now that's impressive.)

That is indeed impressive. Are those public schools? If not, you’re comparing apples to oranges.

DP. Agreed in terms of acceptances per school, but PP has a point about student ratio for a magnet. Blair has only 100 per year in program but usually sends 4-7 to MIT each year. I think the model of 1 large magnet disadvantages the students in admissions overall.

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Anonymous wrote:So TJ students have a 50% chance ("bottom half") of getting into a university with essentially open admissions (GMU, admission rate about 90%). How is that impressive?

I said they CHOOSE Mason. Probably not their only choice. Top quarter/half is very impressive. You know that though. Weak troll.

So the TJ bottom half "chooses" to go to a university with open admissions, when they can go to Harvard? (Thats either b.s. or shows horrible judgment, but its obviously just bs.) BTW, the top 10% almost anywhere is going to be impressive. That the top 25% at TJ is impressive is just ok.

Because they don't have $360,000? Family obligations? Who knows?

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Anonymous wrote:So TJ students have a 50% chance ("bottom half") of getting into a university with essentially open admissions (GMU, admission rate about 90%). How is that impressive?

I said they CHOOSE Mason. Probably not their only choice. Top quarter/half is very impressive. You know that though. Weak troll.

So the TJ bottom half "chooses" to go to a university with open admissions, when they can go to Harvard? (Thats either b.s. or shows horrible judgment, but its obviously just bs.) BTW, the top 10% almost anywhere is going to be impressive. That the top 25% at TJ is impressive is just ok.

Because they don't have $360,000? Family obligations? Who knows?

+1 some kids need to/prefer to live at home for college

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Anonymous wrote:How did TJ kids do on ivy day?

Probably the best year in recent memory! 10+ MIT, at least 8 H.

Usually 10+ kids do get into MIT every year except for last year. But, I agree there are more Harvard acceptances this year. I heard a few Yale and UPenn acceptances, but nothing much about Princeton/Cornell/Brown.

10 accepted at MIT out of a graduating class of 500 is not impressive. BTW, Collegiate in NY and St. Ann is Brooklyn have a 50% ivy rate. (Now that's impressive.)

That is indeed impressive. Are those public schools? If not, you’re comparing apples to oranges.

DP. Agreed in terms of acceptances per school, but PP has a point about student ratio for a magnet. Blair has only 100 per year in program but usually sends 4-7 to MIT each year. I think the model of 1 large magnet disadvantages the students in admissions overall.

It does. People should not send their kid to TJ thinking it will give them a big boost in college applications. It will not. Pick it for other reasons if right for your kid.

- mom of current TJ kid.

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Anonymous wrote:A serious question. Where did students in the *bottom* half of the TJ class end up ? Those bottom half students likely worked very hard and are also bright.

My kids was somewhere in the middle. Accepted at WM, Pitt and every SLAC they applied to (Kenyon, Oberlin, Grinnell, Carleton, Macalaster, etc). Great merit offers too. They were focused on SLACs with strong natural science departments. Of course, the competition for SLACs out of TJ is low. Currently attending their top choice school. I believe Pitt took every single TJ applicant their year and WM reached down into the bottom 1/3 of the class.

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WM reaches down to the top 1/3 at any ol school.
That WM will take an extra 1/3 from TJ makes TJ OK, not great.

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Anonymous wrote:WM reaches down to the top 1/3 at any ol school.
That WM will take an extra 1/3 from TJ makes TJ OK, not great.

At which FCPS HS is WM going below the top 10-15% for any a white or Asian UMC unhooked kid?

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My friends son is at TJ and choosing George Mason.