My child graduated from TJ and he/she is now..................

[Anonymous]

Two friends are tj grads...
One is doing an anesthesiology residency at mass general
The other did energy trading and just went back to UVA for an MBA.

[Anonymous]

My kid's public elementary school teacher is a TJ grad.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kid's public elementary school teacher is a TJ grad.

So did Dave Grohl of Foo Fighters. He attended TJ...

[Anonymous]

You may be interested in this:
http://www.amazon.com/What-Really-Happened-Class-Navigations/dp/0767914791/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1404721850&sr=8-1&keywords=Class+of+93+Thomas+Jefferson

[Anonymous]

This thread is pointless. Someone will know or have heard of a tj failure. I agree it depends on your definition of success. I am a sham, does that make me a failure? I sure don't feel like a failure even though I'm not working or putting to use my law degree.

I know any tj grads because they went to college with me. Th are all successes , happy, married, raising kids like the rest of you. Some have attained exceptional accomplishments in their field and virtually all of them went on to the best grad programs in the country. ( Harvard med, yale law)

I'm sure there are failures as we'll. it's foolish to discount tj. It is one of the best high schools. You can choose not to go the tj route, but no need to bash it to justify your choice.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:On a related note, what are the statistics on TJ graduates (a) going to the top 10 colleges such as MIT, Stanford, Berkeley, Carnegie Mellon, and the like, in fields such as science and engineering, (b) later on pursuing advanced degrees such as Masters or Ph.D. in science and engineering from top 10 schools, and (c) making it to top positions in professional careers (successful entrepreneurs of the kind in Silicon Valley, CEO's, CTO's of fortune 500 companies, well known professors in academia, top scientists or engineers in our national laboratories, and the like)?

I'd also be interested in the same statistic for the FCPS AAP, that seems to be so sought after. How many of the TJ or AAP grads are really creative or out of the box thinkers and achievers in their higher education or professional careers?

Most of what I have seen are TJ grads going to William and Mary, GMU, and UVa and the like. No offense to these schools, but they are not in the same league as the top schools, and for a high school and a school district that touts to be one of the top in the nation, i'd think that the product of the system needs to be sought after by the best and brightest institutions and organizations in the country.

For the last 6 to 7 years, approximate average acceptances per year: about 8 to 14 accepted to Stanford, about 15 to 27 accepted to Berkeley, about 15 to 20 accepted to Princeton, about 13 to 18 accepted to MIT, about 30 to 40 accepted to Cornell, about 11 to 15 accepted to Columbia, about 10 to 14 accepted to UPenn, about 10 to 16 accepted to Dartmouth/Brown, about 5 to 10 accepted to CalTech and about 9 to 14 accepted to Yale. As for VA schools, each year on average about 90 to 100 attend UVA, about 60 to 70 attend W&M, about 50 attend VATech and about 5 to 7 attend GMU.

Thanks! That is useful.

[Anonymous]

I know a handful of grads from 20 years ago. I don't think it was as competitive back then, but they are all very bright. All went to top 20 schools. Variety of fields - nothing earth shattering. Couple of them SAH now. Couple of masters, no PhDs. All seem happy and well adjusted.

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Anonymous wrote:I know a boy who was so burnt out after graduating TJ, he dropped out of GMU after only one year. Brilliant kid too. But depressed. TJ damaged him.

I also know of a young person who experienced similar difficulties after TJ. I wouldn't assume that this young person's problems had anything to do with his time at TJ. Depression can strike many people for many reasons. As an outsider, I would never presume to know the cause of someone's depression: people who have everything going for them can experience depression. Happily, the young person I know of has an extremely supportive and loving family and is doing well now.

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Anonymous wrote:
For the last 6 to 7 years, approximate average acceptances per year: about 8 to 14 accepted to Stanford, about 15 to 27 accepted to Berkeley, about 15 to 20 accepted to Princeton, about 13 to 18 accepted to MIT, about 30 to 40 accepted to Cornell, about 11 to 15 accepted to Columbia, about 10 to 14 accepted to UPenn, about 10 to 16 accepted to Dartmouth/Brown, about 5 to 10 accepted to CalTech and about 9 to 14 accepted to Yale. As for VA schools, each year on average about 90 to 100 attend UVA, about 60 to 70 attend W&M, about 50 attend VATech and about 5 to 7 attend GMU.

A bit misleading because the same student may have been accepted at several of the more selective schools. It would be interesting to see stats over several years of the actual schools the TJ graduates attended.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
For the last 6 to 7 years, approximate average acceptances per year: about 8 to 14 accepted to Stanford, about 15 to 27 accepted to Berkeley, about 15 to 20 accepted to Princeton, about 13 to 18 accepted to MIT, about 30 to 40 accepted to Cornell, about 11 to 15 accepted to Columbia, about 10 to 14 accepted to UPenn, about 10 to 16 accepted to Dartmouth/Brown, about 5 to 10 accepted to CalTech and about 9 to 14 accepted to Yale. As for VA schools, each year on average about 90 to 100 attend UVA, about 60 to 70 attend W&M, about 50 attend VATech and about 5 to 7 attend GMU.

A bit misleading because the same student may have been accepted at several of the more selective schools. It would be interesting to see stats over several years of the actual schools the TJ graduates attended.

There may be multiple acceptances but one should also consider additional factors that counter balance as well:

Approximately 70 - 75% of TJ seniors use some form of early decision/action and many decide to attend the early acceptance school if accepted early so that cuts down on multiple acceptances. Also, there are students who have the credentials to potentially be accepted to top 15 schools who either do not apply to those schools and apply instead to schools like UVA, W&M, Michigan, Carnegie-Mellon, RPI or similar schools. There are also students who were accepted to top schools but choose to attend UVA, W&M etc. for variety of reasons including scholarships, financial aid etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kid's public elementary school teacher is a TJ grad.

Is this supposed to signal some kind of failure on the part of the TJ grad? You are lucky to have a well-educated teacher.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:On a related note, what are the statistics on TJ graduates (a) going to the top 10 colleges such as MIT, Stanford, Berkeley, Carnegie Mellon, and the like, in fields such as science and engineering, (b) later on pursuing advanced degrees such as Masters or Ph.D. in science and engineering from top 10 schools, and (c) making it to top positions in professional careers (successful entrepreneurs of the kind in Silicon Valley, CEO's, CTO's of fortune 500 companies, well known professors in academia, top scientists or engineers in our national laboratories, and the like)?

I'd also be interested in the same statistic for the FCPS AAP, that seems to be so sought after. How many of the TJ or AAP grads are really creative or out of the box thinkers and achievers in their higher education or professional careers?

Most of what I have seen are TJ grads going to William and Mary, GMU, and UVa and the like. No offense to these schools, but they are not in the same league as the top schools, and for a high school and a school district that touts to be one of the top in the nation, i'd think that the product of the system needs to be sought after by the best and brightest institutions and organizations in the country.

For the last 6 to 7 years, approximate average acceptances per year: about 8 to 14 accepted to Stanford, about 15 to 27 accepted to Berkeley, about 15 to 20 accepted to Princeton, about 13 to 18 accepted to MIT, about 30 to 40 accepted to Cornell, about 11 to 15 accepted to Columbia, about 10 to 14 accepted to UPenn, about 10 to 16 accepted to Dartmouth/Brown, about 5 to 10 accepted to CalTech and about 9 to 14 accepted to Yale. As for VA schools, each year on average about 90 to 100 attend UVA, about 60 to 70 attend W&M, about 50 attend VATech and about 5 to 7 attend GMU.

Thanks! That is useful.

Really, I was going to say not useful because as described, it could be same kids getting into multiple schools. Only relevant statistics are matriculation, which if this is that, not described correctly by pp.

[Anonymous]

Virginia parents are cheap. They'll send their TJ kid to a very good Va college instead of an Ivy. They'll spend more money remodeling their kitchen.

[Anonymous]

Most, or at least many TJ kids have no real interest in STEM. It's all about their best shot at getting into UVA.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:On a related note, what are the statistics on TJ graduates (a) going to the top 10 colleges such as MIT, Stanford, Berkeley, Carnegie Mellon, and the like, in fields such as science and engineering, (b) later on pursuing advanced degrees such as Masters or Ph.D. in science and engineering from top 10 schools, and (c) making it to top positions in professional careers (successful entrepreneurs of the kind in Silicon Valley, CEO's, CTO's of fortune 500 companies, well known professors in academia, top scientists or engineers in our national laboratories, and the like)?

I'd also be interested in the same statistic for the FCPS AAP, that seems to be so sought after. How many of the TJ or AAP grads are really creative or out of the box thinkers and achievers in their higher education or professional careers?

Most of what I have seen are TJ grads going to William and Mary, GMU, and UVa and the like. No offense to these schools, but they are not in the same league as the top schools, and for a high school and a school district that touts to be one of the top in the nation, i'd think that the product of the system needs to be sought after by the best and brightest institutions and organizations in the country.

For the last 6 to 7 years, approximate average acceptances per year: about 8 to 14 accepted to Stanford, about 15 to 27 accepted to Berkeley, about 15 to 20 accepted to Princeton, about 13 to 18 accepted to MIT, about 30 to 40 accepted to Cornell, about 11 to 15 accepted to Columbia, about 10 to 14 accepted to UPenn, about 10 to 16 accepted to Dartmouth/Brown, about 5 to 10 accepted to CalTech and about 9 to 14 accepted to Yale. As for VA schools, each year on average about 90 to 100 attend UVA, about 60 to 70 attend W&M, about 50 attend VATech and about 5 to 7 attend GMU.

Thanks! That is useful.

Really, I was going to say not useful because as described, it could be same kids getting into multiple schools. Only relevant statistics are matriculation, which if this is that, not described correctly by pp.

"There may be multiple acceptances but one should also consider additional factors that counter balance as well:

Approximately 70 - 75% of TJ seniors use some form of early decision/action and many decide to attend the early acceptance school if accepted early so that cuts down on multiple acceptances. Also, there are students who have the credentials to potentially be accepted to top 15 schools who either do not apply to those schools and apply instead to schools like UVA, W&M, Michigan, Carnegie-Mellon, RPI or similar schools. There are also students who were accepted to top schools but choose to attend UVA, W&M etc. for variety of reasons including scholarships, financial aid etc."