This bothers me..

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Good grief people. We have no idea why people make the college choices they do. "Prestige" is not the only metric. Finances, majors, distance, etc., all come into play.

As do grades and SAT scores.
I mean, if your SAT isn't around 2,000 admission to UVa. is unlikely regardless of "Finances, majors, distance, etc."

Make the CHOICE out of the ones to which they are admitted, smart@ss. From those options, not all people choose to go to the most prestigious.

I'm not the OP, but even I knew the point he/she was making.

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Anonymous wrote:38 to a welder's school like VPI is not that impressive, is it?

LOL, you mean 38 out of 480 chose an in-state school is a bad thing? Not everyone can afford out of state. These acceptances are amazing: https://fcps.tjhsst.edu/coursemgmt/media/300/resource/TJ%20Profile%202015-16%20online%20hq.pdf

But at the end of the day, sometimes $$.

179 / 480 went to instate. 38% - same %age as any other high school in FCPS region.

Virginia -->
William and Mary
George Mason
James Madison
UVA
Virginia Commonwealth
Virginia Tech

http://thebullelephant.com/college-destinations-for-tjhsst-class-of-2015/

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Not arguing with that. But, the QUALITY of the acceptance list is not the same. Many parents also value the education their kids received during the 4 years at TJ. If your end game is the college name, then you don't understand that this is a long journey and their kids received a very unique education.

Its disappointing when parents I know questioned our decision to send our child to TJ since they would "still end up at good state schools like UVA as their base school friends." Seriously, I'm not interested in "gaming" the system and my child's college acceptances are not for you to judge. The reason TJ was right for our family included 1000 reasons. Do you need to break others down to feel good about your base school? I'm not disparaging your choice to stay at the base.

South Lakes (with IB) sent 35 to UVa last year. I find that impressive.
https://www.restonnow.com/2015/05/29/heres-where-south-lakes-hs-seniors-will-head-next-fall/

Thats impressive.. Thats from south lakes ? Wow..


College of William and Mary, 8
George Mason University, 26
Virginia Commonwealth University, 32
Virginia Tech, 51
University of Virginia, 35

51 to a welder's college is impressive?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:38 to a welder's school like VPI is not that impressive, is it?

LOL, you mean 38 out of 480 chose an in-state school is a bad thing? Not everyone can afford out of state. These acceptances are amazing: https://fcps.tjhsst.edu/coursemgmt/media/300/resource/TJ%20Profile%202015-16%20online%20hq.pdf

But at the end of the day, sometimes $$.

179 / 480 went to instate. 38% - same %age as any other high school in FCPS region.

Virginia -->
William and Mary
George Mason
James Madison
UVA
Virginia Commonwealth
Virginia Tech

http://thebullelephant.com/college-destinations-for-tjhsst-class-of-2015/

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Not arguing with that. But, the QUALITY of the acceptance list is not the same. Many parents also value the education their kids received during the 4 years at TJ. If your end game is the college name, then you don't understand that this is a long journey and their kids received a very unique education.

Its disappointing when parents I know questioned our decision to send our child to TJ since they would "still end up at good state schools like UVA as their base school friends." Seriously, I'm not interested in "gaming" the system and my child's college acceptances are not for you to judge. The reason TJ was right for our family included 1000 reasons. Do you need to break others down to feel good about your base school? I'm not disparaging your choice to stay at the base.

South Lakes (with IB) sent 35 to UVa last year. I find that impressive.
https://www.restonnow.com/2015/05/29/heres-where-south-lakes-hs-seniors-will-head-next-fall/

Thats impressive.. Thats from south lakes ? Wow..


College of William and Mary, 8
George Mason University, 26
Virginia Commonwealth University, 32
Virginia Tech, 51
University of Virginia, 35

51 to a welder's college is impressive?

??? The number for TJ was 155.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:38 to a welder's school like VPI is not that impressive, is it?

LOL, you mean 38 out of 480 chose an in-state school is a bad thing? Not everyone can afford out of state. These acceptances are amazing: https://fcps.tjhsst.edu/coursemgmt/media/300/resource/TJ%20Profile%202015-16%20online%20hq.pdf

But at the end of the day, sometimes $$.

179 / 480 went to instate. 38% - same %age as any other high school in FCPS region.

Virginia -->
William and Mary
George Mason
James Madison
UVA
Virginia Commonwealth
Virginia Tech

http://thebullelephant.com/college-destinations-for-tjhsst-class-of-2015/

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Not arguing with that. But, the QUALITY of the acceptance list is not the same. Many parents also value the education their kids received during the 4 years at TJ. If your end game is the college name, then you don't understand that this is a long journey and their kids received a very unique education.

Its disappointing when parents I know questioned our decision to send our child to TJ since they would "still end up at good state schools like UVA as their base school friends." Seriously, I'm not interested in "gaming" the system and my child's college acceptances are not for you to judge. The reason TJ was right for our family included 1000 reasons. Do you need to break others down to feel good about your base school? I'm not disparaging your choice to stay at the base.

South Lakes (with IB) sent 35 to UVa last year. I find that impressive.
https://www.restonnow.com/2015/05/29/heres-where-south-lakes-hs-seniors-will-head-next-fall/

Thats impressive.. Thats from south lakes ? Wow..


College of William and Mary, 8
George Mason University, 26
Virginia Commonwealth University, 32
Virginia Tech, 51
University of Virginia, 35

51 to a welder's college is impressive?

As a Tech alumnus, I can assure you, I was not taught to weld. In hind sight, I it might have been useful. I was taught astrophysics, quantum mechanics, solid earth geophysics, vector calculus, partial differential equations. I was able to parlay my Tech experience into a PhD at the top institute in the nation (also with tech in its name, but Cal not Va). And my tuition at Tech was a fraction of a "top" university, so I graduated debt free.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:38 to a welder's school like VPI is not that impressive, is it?

LOL, you mean 38 out of 480 chose an in-state school is a bad thing? Not everyone can afford out of state. These acceptances are amazing: https://fcps.tjhsst.edu/coursemgmt/media/300/resource/TJ%20Profile%202015-16%20online%20hq.pdf

But at the end of the day, sometimes $$.

179 / 480 went to instate. 38% - same %age as any other high school in FCPS region.

Virginia -->
William and Mary
George Mason
James Madison
UVA
Virginia Commonwealth
Virginia Tech

http://thebullelephant.com/college-destinations-for-tjhsst-class-of-2015/

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Not arguing with that. But, the QUALITY of the acceptance list is not the same. Many parents also value the education their kids received during the 4 years at TJ. If your end game is the college name, then you don't understand that this is a long journey and their kids received a very unique education.

Its disappointing when parents I know questioned our decision to send our child to TJ since they would "still end up at good state schools like UVA as their base school friends." Seriously, I'm not interested in "gaming" the system and my child's college acceptances are not for you to judge. The reason TJ was right for our family included 1000 reasons. Do you need to break others down to feel good about your base school? I'm not disparaging your choice to stay at the base.

South Lakes (with IB) sent 35 to UVa last year. I find that impressive.
https://www.restonnow.com/2015/05/29/heres-where-south-lakes-hs-seniors-will-head-next-fall/

Thats impressive.. Thats from south lakes ? Wow..


College of William and Mary, 8
George Mason University, 26
Virginia Commonwealth University, 32
Virginia Tech, 51
University of Virginia, 35

51 to a welder's college is impressive?

As a Tech alumnus, I can assure you, I was not taught to weld. In hind sight, I it might have been useful. I was taught astrophysics, quantum mechanics, solid earth geophysics, vector calculus, partial differential equations. I was able to parlay my Tech experience into a PhD at the top institute in the nation (also with tech in its name, but Cal not Va). And my tuition at Tech was a fraction of a "top" university, so I graduated debt free.

I'm just trolling. I'm a Hokie too, and just think it funny how often the school is slammed on these boards. No reason to apologize for a top 30 national public university that is going to get you into any grad school in the country if your credentials are solid, and a beautiful place to spend 4 years.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Good grief people. We have no idea why people make the college choices they do. "Prestige" is not the only metric. Finances, majors, distance, etc., all come into play.

As do grades and SAT scores.
I mean, if your SAT isn't around 2,000 admission to UVa. is unlikely regardless of "Finances, majors, distance, etc."

Make the CHOICE out of the ones to which they are admitted, smart@ss. From those options, not all people choose to go to the most prestigious.

I'm not the OP, but even I knew the point he/she was making.

Unfortunately for most on this AAP forum, "prestige" matters.. They live and die by that, they wear that cap all day and night..

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Good grief people. We have no idea why people make the college choices they do. "Prestige" is not the only metric. Finances, majors, distance, etc., all come into play.

As do grades and SAT scores.
I mean, if your SAT isn't around 2,000 admission to UVa. is unlikely regardless of "Finances, majors, distance, etc."

Make the CHOICE out of the ones to which they are admitted, smart@ss. From those options, not all people choose to go to the most prestigious.

I'm not the OP, but even I knew the point he/she was making.

Unfortunately for most on this AAP forum, "prestige" matters.. They live and die by that, they wear that cap all day and night..

Oh, your hate-fueled study of "they" is so wrong! At night I put on my "power" cap. On weekends, I pull out the "wealth" one.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Good grief people. We have no idea why people make the college choices they do. "Prestige" is not the only metric. Finances, majors, distance, etc., all come into play.

As do grades and SAT scores.
I mean, if your SAT isn't around 2,000 admission to UVa. is unlikely regardless of "Finances, majors, distance, etc."

Make the CHOICE out of the ones to which they are admitted, smart@ss. From those options, not all people choose to go to the most prestigious.

I'm not the OP, but even I knew the point he/she was making.

Unfortunately for most on this AAP forum, "prestige" matters.. They live and die by that, they wear that cap all day and night..

Oh, your hate-fueled study of "they" is so wrong! At night I put on my "power" cap. On weekends, I pull out the "wealth" one.

That statement was exactly for you. I knew you would come and comment..

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Good grief people. We have no idea why people make the college choices they do. "Prestige" is not the only metric. Finances, majors, distance, etc., all come into play.

As do grades and SAT scores.
I mean, if your SAT isn't around 2,000 admission to UVa. is unlikely regardless of "Finances, majors, distance, etc."

Make the CHOICE out of the ones to which they are admitted, smart@ss. From those options, not all people choose to go to the most prestigious.

I'm not the OP, but even I knew the point he/she was making.

Unfortunately for most on this AAP forum, "prestige" matters.. They live and die by that, they wear that cap all day and night..

Oh, your hate-fueled study of "they" is so wrong! At night I put on my "power" cap. On weekends, I pull out the "wealth" one.

That statement was exactly for you. I knew you would come and comment..

And vice versa. The circle is complete. Glad to help.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This looks quite impressive to me. I went to a prep school in New England, and I remember that in my class only a small number of kids got into Harvard/Yale/Princeton...I knew more kids who graduated from TJ at my Ivy than my prep school. Everybody went to college, most to private colleges, but the fact is that admissions officers at the best schools want a diverse class and accept a very small percentage of applicants. When you apply, you are being compared to other kids from your school. This is the thing people who come to the U.S. from other countries seem to traditionally understand least about U.S. college admissions and perhaps partially the reason for the current demographics at TJ: if you have a brilliant, hardworking child, if you want to put lots of eggs into the "college admissions" basket your best bet would be to move to the lowest performing, poorest school district you can trust your child to succeed at. If they have a rough time there and manage to overcome various challenges to succeed, all the better.

Even if there's a TJ quota at, say, UVA, the well-qualified but turned-down TJ applicant to UVA will surely land at another excellent school.

The notion that you move to "the lowest performing, poorest school district you can trust your child to succeed at" in order to arbitrage admissions is more of a theoretical construct than a time-proven pathway to success. Sure, there is the occasional child prodigy who attends a poor school and ends up accepted by every Ivy, MIT and Stanford. The typical bright kid, however, will be influenced by his or her peer group, and ultimately fares better attending a school with a larger cohort of high-achieving kids. It's not just Asian immigrants with high aspirations who make decisions on that basis; it's how the vast majority of upper middle-class families behave as well.

What the #@$@ are you talking about. There are tons of FCPS students in other high schools like Oakton, Chantlilly, Mclean, Madison and Langley going to UVA, Virgina Tech, College of Willaim and Mary, and other in state colleges.. TJ is not the only path to these instate schools..

Coming to prestigous out of state schools, not many TJ students choose them, because of costs, so, unless you are a child prodigy in TJ, you wont attend those schools anyway, and eventually everyone ends in state colleges.

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