What's the point of TJ 2017 elite school acceptance stats mirror nationawide acceptance rates

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Anonymous wrote:lol there aint no denying for elite schools TJ does no better than your average upper SES school

lolz lolz lolz

Keep telling your self that while TJ kids continue with the best college admissions results in the country.

That's because of the quality of the students, not the high school itself. If those kids had all stayed at their base schools and you posted admission information for them, the results would probably be just as good if not better.

Would you say the same thing to a smart STEM kid who got into Caltech to go to GMU instead of Caltech since you may have a higher chance of getting into a better grad school from GMU with likely higher gpa?

Number of TJ grads going to Caltech: 1

Misleading.
26 applied
4 admitted (15% admit rate from TJ vs 9% overall admit rate).

Vs the other top STEM schools (MIT, CMU, Berkeley, GT, UCIC), Cal Tech has a lot less TJ interest, and a fraction of the TJ applicants.

For example, Berkeley. Also a UC. Only one position different in engineering rankings. 97 applied, 34 admitted, 11 attending.

No idea what the difference is.

Caltech is not a UC.

Also, it's UIUC NOT UCIC or UICU. You should take your med before posting anything further. Remember, it's UIUC.

You know that someone has lost the argument (bigly) when the best they can do is insult the PP for transposing letters. It's like the grammar police. But with even less substance.

PP did it more than once and I let it go the first time.

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That's right - second typo and you get accused of needing medication ...

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2012, the Washington Post (When Teresa Sullivan was stepping down the first time) 96% of the class enrolled was top ten percent. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/university-of-virginia-president-to-step-down/2012/06/10/gJQAKQDYSV_story.html?utm_term=.f271d0ccab42

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DCPS has a lot of kids getting into top schools but they are ill prepared and will quickly fail out.

NOT SO with TJ.

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Jun 10, 2012 - The admitted class had an average SAT score of 1,396 in reading and math, and 96 percent of the new students came from the top 10 percent of their graduating classes. Both numbers were up. Virginia Gov. Robert F. McDonnell (R), who was apprised of Sullivan's departure shortly before it was ...

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Class of 2021: 93.4% admission.virginia.edu/unofficial-uva21-admission-statistics
I personally think UVA's assessment group has been one of the best around, maintaining clear, easy to digest data (with percentages already calculated, hooray!) about all facets of the University for years and ... Class of 2021 goal: ~3,725 students ... 93.4% of admitted students were in the top 10% of their high school class

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[quote=Anonymous]That's right - second typo and you get accused of needing medication ...


Or lying! as I just was! I'm just reporting state statistics and I'm accused of lying.

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone have matriculation info on Chantilly HS or Fairfax HS? DD is a rising freshman at TJ and one concern we have is that her chances at getting into a really good college might be lower from TJ.

Don't know about Chantilly, but a friend whose child just graduated from TJ said it was pretty hard to watch the kids' peers from Edison get into better schools with far less work during the HS years. Half of the kids at TJ are in "the bottom half". Her child got into VT, so he's fine, but there was a lot of stress along the way (and a lot of kids with anxiety and executive functioning issues even though they are super smart on the tests). I can imagine it would be really hard to see friends skating off to _______ school, knowing that they had a much easier experience. I guess the last laugh will be that friend's kid will probably skate through VT, while the peers will have to work a little harder in college.

+1 Exactly - after TJ, college anywhere aside from MIT/CalTech would probably be a breeze, even if not in the “top half”

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Is that all in one class?

15% of the kids went to schools on that list. At most schools it's maybe 2% which means that a TJHSST student is 7 times as likely to matriculate to one of those schools.

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Anonymous wrote:Is that all in one class?

15% of the kids went to schools on that list. At most schools it's maybe 2% which means that a TJHSST student is 7 times as likely to matriculate to one of those schools.

Only a moron would compare results from a selective magnet school with base public schools, especially when the magnet brain-drains the base schools.

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Anonymous wrote:Is that all in one class?

15% of the kids went to schools on that list. At most schools it's maybe 2% which means that a TJHSST student is 7 times as likely to matriculate to one of those schools.

Of course, that is to be expected of a magnet school. I want to see the household income of the 15% from TJ and 2% from base schools. If those 15% of TJ students are considerably poorer than the base school students, then I could be convinced that TJ teachers are truly working miracles by effectively teaching the hardest subgroup of students.

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If you’re going to TJ to get into a better college, you shouldn’t. But I have no doubt that TJ students’ professional outcomes are likely way better than any other FCPS school. They will do better than fine, so long as they don’t let the competition and stress get to them.

It’s like that research that those who apply but aren’t admitted to Ivy League schools do just as well as those who are. It’s about ambition and capability.

Those at a mediocre schoool will shine and get their pick of opportunities there, no doubt.

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These numbers will only get worse. I think colleges are in cahoots with the wokenazis around here in denying TJ kids admission to top schools.

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Anonymous wrote:Is that all in one class?

15% of the kids went to schools on that list. At most schools it's maybe 2% which means that a TJHSST student is 7 times as likely to matriculate to one of those schools.

Of course, that is to be expected of a magnet school. I want to see the household income of the 15% from TJ and 2% from base schools. If those 15% of TJ students are considerably poorer than the base school students, then I could be convinced that TJ teachers are truly working miracles by effectively teaching the hardest subgroup of students.

You are not making any sense. Top kids (intelligent, hardworking or both) who are interested in going to TJ do so (regardless of their family's income level). Their effort/smarts is what's responsible for their success. Teachers are like shepherds. They are not responsible for the kids getting into good colleges.

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Imagine caring where you went to undergrad.