Are there statistics available for TJ 2024 & 2025 college admission?

[Anonymous]

The percentage attending Top 5, top 10, top 20, UVA, VT and others

[Anonymous]

No, worry about your own kid. Outcomes for past TJ students will have no bearing on yours.

[Anonymous]

TJ's instagram has been posted here before. Do a search and find out. No one would bother to count the percentage. When you do, come back and report here.

[Anonymous]

The senior edition has destinations of about 70% of graduates.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The senior edition has destinations of about 70% of graduates.

The other 30% keep it private.

If your goal is HYPSM, then please have your child stay at his or her base school; it will be easier from there.

But if your child loves STEM and truly wants to attend, then TJ is the right choice.

[Anonymous]

There are 501 seniors, so the Instagram account — with only 140 posts so far — is going to be a mostly incomplete dataset. But the top destinations (so far) from the (very incomplete) Instagram account:
Purdue - 12
UVA - 8
William & Mary - 7
Penn State - 7
U Maryland - 6
U Michigan - 5

Agreed with the poster above — don't expect a HYPSM / T20 university if your kid goes to TJ.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The senior edition has destinations of about 70% of graduates.

The other 30% keep it private.

If your goal is HYPSM, then please have your child stay at his or her base school; it will be easier from there.

But if your child loves STEM and truly wants to attend, then TJ is the right choice.

+1

DC going to a HYPSM, but some close friends who are just like DC did not get into T20. I think most of them are in the top 10%, have outstanding EC's and generally fantastic kids. They likely would have been able to get into T20 from base HS, because they would have stood out.

My other child's recommendation letter from base HS (not for college application) and shared with us by teacher had a sentence "only student in my 24 years at XYZ HS who...." and all the above students would have gotten recommendation letters like that from their base HS I think and it would have been the difference.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There are 501 seniors, so the Instagram account — with only 140 posts so far — is going to be a mostly incomplete dataset. But the top destinations (so far) from the (very incomplete) Instagram account:
Purdue - 12
UVA - 8
William & Mary - 7
Penn State - 7
U Maryland - 6
U Michigan - 5

Agreed with the poster above — don't expect a HYPSM / T20 university if your kid goes to TJ.

For those obsessed with T20 rankings, Purdue, Penn State, Maryland, and Michigan are all top 20 for engineering, with Purdue and Michigan considered among the best engineering schools in the country, even when compared to the Ivies, CMU, and JHU. It's likely that some STEM kids from TJ consider Purdue their equivalent of Harvard, especially when factoring in OOS costs.

What I find interesting is the absence of VT from this list. Students from my kid's NOVA public school often apply to Purdue and Penn State as alternatives to VT for engineering, as these schools are actually easier admits for NOVA kids applying OOS than VT is for in-state applicants. Purdue and Penn State were certainly my kid's backup options if rejected from VT.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There are 501 seniors, so the Instagram account — with only 140 posts so far — is going to be a mostly incomplete dataset. But the top destinations (so far) from the (very incomplete) Instagram account:
Purdue - 12
UVA - 8
William & Mary - 7
Penn State - 7
U Maryland - 6
U Michigan - 5

Agreed with the poster above — don't expect a HYPSM / T20 university if your kid goes to TJ.

What?

I saw so many T5 in the list, not to mention numerous Chicago admits (definitely >>5).
Georgetown, other ivies.
Please recount, and report back the specifics.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There are 501 seniors, so the Instagram account — with only 140 posts so far — is going to be a mostly incomplete dataset. But the top destinations (so far) from the (very incomplete) Instagram account:
Purdue - 12
UVA - 8
William & Mary - 7
Penn State - 7
U Maryland - 6
U Michigan - 5

Agreed with the poster above — don't expect a HYPSM / T20 university if your kid goes to TJ.

What?

I saw so many T5 in the list, not to mention numerous Chicago admits (definitely >>5).
Georgetown, other ivies.
Please recount, and report back the specifics.

PP here. You're free to count them yourself, but there are 4 each of Georgetown and Chicago.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There are 501 seniors, so the Instagram account — with only 140 posts so far — is going to be a mostly incomplete dataset. But the top destinations (so far) from the (very incomplete) Instagram account:
Purdue - 12
UVA - 8
William & Mary - 7
Penn State - 7
U Maryland - 6
U Michigan - 5

Agreed with the poster above — don't expect a HYPSM / T20 university if your kid goes to TJ.

For those obsessed with T20 rankings, Purdue, Penn State, Maryland, and Michigan are all top 20 for engineering, with Purdue and Michigan considered among the best engineering schools in the country, even when compared to the Ivies, CMU, and JHU. It's likely that some STEM kids from TJ consider Purdue their equivalent of Harvard, especially when factoring in OOS costs.

What I find interesting is the absence of VT from this list. Students from my kid's NOVA public school often apply to Purdue and Penn State as alternatives to VT for engineering, as these schools are actually easier admits for NOVA kids applying OOS than VT is for in-state applicants. Purdue and Penn State were certainly my kid's backup options if rejected from VT.

We are TJ parents. Purdue and michigan and GT are not considered top for engineering or CS for the TOP students at TJ. They want Mit,Stanford ivies with true engineering (Penn, Princeton, Columbia, Cornell and yes Harvard too), or UCB or JHU: multiple apply to these schools every year. Duke for engineering is just under that group, same with Northwestern. Other than ED, the top students pick ivy or MIT engineering over Duke and NW. UCB EECS is picked over ivies though. Harvard not as applied to as much as the other ivies for Engineering, but definitely gets top stem applicants especially Premed and CS. Top TJ students often have MIT and at least 3-4 ivies and stanford on the list. Penn has a couple of small-cohort engineering dual degree programs (jerome fisher and vagelos) and lately these are highly desired.
If you are not a TJ parent it is hard to understand the goals of the top kids. The ones interested in engineering often have dreams of starting a tech company or pursuing research from day 1 on campus: MIT stanford and ivies particularly Penn and Harvard are ideal places for this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There are 501 seniors, so the Instagram account — with only 140 posts so far — is going to be a mostly incomplete dataset. But the top destinations (so far) from the (very incomplete) Instagram account:
Purdue - 12
UVA - 8
William & Mary - 7
Penn State - 7
U Maryland - 6
U Michigan - 5

Agreed with the poster above — don't expect a HYPSM / T20 university if your kid goes to TJ.

For those obsessed with T20 rankings, Purdue, Penn State, Maryland, and Michigan are all top 20 for engineering, with Purdue and Michigan considered among the best engineering schools in the country, even when compared to the Ivies, CMU, and JHU. It's likely that some STEM kids from TJ consider Purdue their equivalent of Harvard, especially when factoring in OOS costs.

What I find interesting is the absence of VT from this list. Students from my kid's NOVA public school often apply to Purdue and Penn State as alternatives to VT for engineering, as these schools are actually easier admits for NOVA kids applying OOS than VT is for in-state applicants. Purdue and Penn State were certainly my kid's backup options if rejected from VT.

We are TJ parents. Purdue and michigan and GT are not considered top for engineering or CS for the TOP students at TJ. They want Mit,Stanford ivies with true engineering (Penn, Princeton, Columbia, Cornell and yes Harvard too), or UCB or JHU: multiple apply to these schools every year. Duke for engineering is just under that group, same with Northwestern. Other than ED, the top students pick ivy or MIT engineering over Duke and NW. UCB EECS is picked over ivies though. Harvard not as applied to as much as the other ivies for Engineering, but definitely gets top stem applicants especially Premed and CS. Top TJ students often have MIT and at least 3-4 ivies and stanford on the list. Penn has a couple of small-cohort engineering dual degree programs (jerome fisher and vagelos) and lately these are highly desired.
If you are not a TJ parent it is hard to understand the goals of the top kids. The ones interested in engineering often have dreams of starting a tech company or pursuing research from day 1 on campus: MIT stanford and ivies particularly Penn and Harvard are ideal places for this.

That makes sense - why go to TJ and ending up at UMD or Purdue.

[Anonymous]

Top CS TJ students are looking for CMU.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There are 501 seniors, so the Instagram account — with only 140 posts so far — is going to be a mostly incomplete dataset. But the top destinations (so far) from the (very incomplete) Instagram account:
Purdue - 12
UVA - 8
William & Mary - 7
Penn State - 7
U Maryland - 6
U Michigan - 5

Agreed with the poster above — don't expect a HYPSM / T20 university if your kid goes to TJ.

For those obsessed with T20 rankings, Purdue, Penn State, Maryland, and Michigan are all top 20 for engineering, with Purdue and Michigan considered among the best engineering schools in the country, even when compared to the Ivies, CMU, and JHU. It's likely that some STEM kids from TJ consider Purdue their equivalent of Harvard, especially when factoring in OOS costs.

What I find interesting is the absence of VT from this list. Students from my kid's NOVA public school often apply to Purdue and Penn State as alternatives to VT for engineering, as these schools are actually easier admits for NOVA kids applying OOS than VT is for in-state applicants. Purdue and Penn State were certainly my kid's backup options if rejected from VT.

We are TJ parents. Purdue and michigan and GT are not considered top for engineering or CS for the TOP students at TJ. They want Mit,Stanford ivies with true engineering (Penn, Princeton, Columbia, Cornell and yes Harvard too), or UCB or JHU: multiple apply to these schools every year. Duke for engineering is just under that group, same with Northwestern. Other than ED, the top students pick ivy or MIT engineering over Duke and NW. UCB EECS is picked over ivies though. Harvard not as applied to as much as the other ivies for Engineering, but definitely gets top stem applicants especially Premed and CS. Top TJ students often have MIT and at least 3-4 ivies and stanford on the list. Penn has a couple of small-cohort engineering dual degree programs (jerome fisher and vagelos) and lately these are highly desired.
If you are not a TJ parent it is hard to understand the goals of the top kids. The ones interested in engineering often have dreams of starting a tech company or pursuing research from day 1 on campus: MIT stanford and ivies particularly Penn and Harvard are ideal places for this.

Then why are so many going to Purdue, PSU, Michigan and Maryland? Are you saying that this is the second or third tier of TJ kids?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There are 501 seniors, so the Instagram account — with only 140 posts so far — is going to be a mostly incomplete dataset. But the top destinations (so far) from the (very incomplete) Instagram account:
Purdue - 12
UVA - 8
William & Mary - 7
Penn State - 7
U Maryland - 6
U Michigan - 5

Agreed with the poster above — don't expect a HYPSM / T20 university if your kid goes to TJ.

For those obsessed with T20 rankings, Purdue, Penn State, Maryland, and Michigan are all top 20 for engineering, with Purdue and Michigan considered among the best engineering schools in the country, even when compared to the Ivies, CMU, and JHU. It's likely that some STEM kids from TJ consider Purdue their equivalent of Harvard, especially when factoring in OOS costs.

What I find interesting is the absence of VT from this list. Students from my kid's NOVA public school often apply to Purdue and Penn State as alternatives to VT for engineering, as these schools are actually easier admits for NOVA kids applying OOS than VT is for in-state applicants. Purdue and Penn State were certainly my kid's backup options if rejected from VT.

We are TJ parents. Purdue and michigan and GT are not considered top for engineering or CS for the TOP students at TJ. They want Mit,Stanford ivies with true engineering (Penn, Princeton, Columbia, Cornell and yes Harvard too), or UCB or JHU: multiple apply to these schools every year. Duke for engineering is just under that group, same with Northwestern. Other than ED, the top students pick ivy or MIT engineering over Duke and NW. UCB EECS is picked over ivies though. Harvard not as applied to as much as the other ivies for Engineering, but definitely gets top stem applicants especially Premed and CS. Top TJ students often have MIT and at least 3-4 ivies and stanford on the list. Penn has a couple of small-cohort engineering dual degree programs (jerome fisher and vagelos) and lately these are highly desired.
If you are not a TJ parent it is hard to understand the goals of the top kids. The ones interested in engineering often have dreams of starting a tech company or pursuing research from day 1 on campus: MIT stanford and ivies particularly Penn and Harvard are ideal places for this.

If you aren't a base school parent, you wouldn't understand but top students at others schools have the same aspirations.