TJ grads to Mason
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Anonymous
| Any TJ kids that have gone to Mason for science? What has the experience been both during the undergrad studies? Underwhelming, Just right, Overwhelming? How about finding jobs after graduation? |
Anonymous
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In class of 2020, GMU was listed as one of the most popular 20 schools accepted by TJ students. My DD's roommate at GMU was from TJ. She was premed. She found the premed courses to be too difficult and switched to humanities late in her second year.
"Class of 2020 College Acceptance List Through an annual survey of all seniors, 99 percent of TJHSST students in the class of 2020 reported they would be attending a four-year college or university as their post secondary plan intention. The list of schools below reflects the most popular colleges or universities to where TJHSST students in the Class of 2020 were accepted. University of Virginia-Main Campus William and Mary George Mason University University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Maryland-College Park Virginia Commonwealth University Purdue University-Main Campus Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Carnegie Mellon University New York University Case Western Reserve University University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Rochester Institute of Technology University of California, San Diego Cornell University James Madison University |
Anonymous
That is bc 2020 was the lockdown era due to coronavirus. |
Anonymous
Is this a list of colleges to which they were accepted, or the destinations? Does anyone have the number from TJ attending GMU by year? |
Anonymous
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Fwiw, this isn't exactly what you asked, but it might be relevant in evaluating the answers you get.
I've known several kids from TJ who went to VaTech...they said the first emyear at VT was a complete breeze compared to what they had at TJ. So you might expect the same for those at GMU. |
Anonymous
a No. lockdown didn't even start until mid-march of 2020. The TJ students had their ED, EA, etc. applications in in 2019 |
Anonymous
| For the class of 2023, there were 5 TJ kids attending GMU. For the class the 2022, it was 10. |
Anonymous
Same for kids from private schools who get shut out from uva and T25s . VT and mason are super easy, boring even |
Anonymous
A handful of kids do this, mostly for CS. Most get a free ride (or maybe just free tuition). Some of the kids from my son's batch did a project with this company that offered them jobs after HS. They continue to work for this company part-time during the school year while studying free at Mason. |
Anonymous
From the Senior edition of TJ Today, from 2018 to 2013 there have been 33 attending GMU. The numbers for other schools in the same time period are 207 to UVA, 132 to W&M, 82 to VT, and 34 to VCU. My guess is a number of the VCU ones are the guaranteed admission to medical school program. |
Anonymous
| Why would a TJ graduate go to GMU? |
Anonymous
So transparent. Nice try. |
Anonymous
money? To be closer to home? |
Anonymous
Seems like a waste of talent to me. But yeah if money is a barrier and/or have to stay home, then I guess there's no better option.. |
Anonymous
| Everyone called GMU - NOVA.2.0... Mason is a mediocre college you just go there if you want degree and don't want anything else. |