Is NCSSM better than TJHSST?
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Anonymous
| Was looking at the Regeneron STS Finalist list from this year, and I was shocked to see there were twice as many kids from NCSSM than any other singular high school in the US. I'm not sure if there's ever been a point in history where 4 STS finalists come from the same school. TJ had 1 for reference. How good is NCSSM and what makes it so special? |
Anonymous
| Why is this in the College and University forum? |
Anonymous
Maybe OP is curious about which is better for getting to college too? Since TJ is potentially considered the best public feeder to top schools |
Anonymous
Yes I should've clarified I'm thinking along those lines |
Anonymous
| Both are great schools and there’s no way of saying one is better than the other. NCSSM is extremely elite because it’s very close to Duke so students have access to research and some opportunities at Duke which is pretty hard to beat for a high school experience. Both do great for college admissions, NCSSM is a major Duke and UNC feeder, while TJ is a major UVA and VT feeder. Many kids go to other great schools too from both of them. |
Anonymous
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I spotted 2 more finalists from NoVa:
McLean School New School |
Anonymous
| NCSSM grads get guaranteed admission to the state flagship UNC. NC is smart to want to keep some of their brightest students in state. It’s a shame that UVA doesn’t offer a similar pathway to TJ kids / other VA magnet schools |
Anonymous
| Actually attending TJ is a disadvantage for college admission. |
Anonymous
| Perhaps they require all the kids to do a project and have a greater number of entries and support. I noticed when my kids were at TPMS, they won a large proportion of awards. My youngest was a Broadcom finalist and both my kids won stuff. Kid is at Wheaton magnet where there is no emphasis on this. Even at Blair, there is no requirement to do a project, though they have a Sr research option and encourage it. And, Blair has historically done very will w/ Regeneron over the years considering it's size. But, it has largely been networked kids getting recognized. Don't know about how TJ addresses research/projects. My guess is that NC has a strong network and works it into curriculum somehow. |
Anonymous
| NCSSM and TJHSST are basically the same thing, but the main difference is NCSSM has a top-tier private university that it can feed into (Duke) while TJ does not. Other differences are that NCSSM is residential, smaller, and only for 11th and 12th. Also NCSSM tends to feed extremely heavily into UNC, moreso than TJ does to UVA. |
Anonymous
Yes because of NCSSM’s guaranteed admission program to UNC. No such thing for TJ grads to UVA. And as a PP noted, probably harder for TJ grads to get into UVA than if they stayed at base HS |
Anonymous
| There are some other schools better than TJHSST if your high achieving kid wants the best college admission result....McLean, Langley, Yorktown, Madison, Marshall, etc... |
Anonymous
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Is this right?
UVA only has 200 seats in Scholars program? UVA rejects high performing students, and then doesn't provide a program for most of the ones they accept? Why wouldn't UVA want to hold 1000 or so seats for potentially transformative individuals to deepen their VA roots? https://echols.as.virginia.edu/ UMD has a 5% Honors group and a 5-10% Scholars group |
Anonymous
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TJ is not a Tech feeder. More kids go to, and there are others, UMD, Carnegie Mellon, Michigan, UIUC and Purdue. |
Anonymous
| Why do we have to even go here? It's not like a student would be considering both. |