This should be an eye opener !!

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What type of PSAT am I supposed to take and what should I do to prepare?

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Anonymous wrote:I don't think TJ can boost your college profile, someone successful at TJ would be just as successful at their base school.

The differentiating value of TJ is the peer group and networking that does happen. A significant downside is the commute for those that aren't nearby.

The TJ brand does continue into adulthood at least in Northern Virginia. It's not going to get you a job or anything, but everyone knows what TJ is.

And everyone knows that TJ grads are insufferable. I think of the woman I worked with who would somehow drop "I went to Thomas Jefferson and MIT" into almost every conversation. It was so obnoxious.

That's great sweetie, I went to a high school no one's ever heard of, Duke, and Stanford.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't think TJ can boost your college profile, someone successful at TJ would be just as successful at their base school.

The differentiating value of TJ is the peer group and networking that does happen. A significant downside is the commute for those that aren't nearby.

The TJ brand does continue into adulthood at least in Northern Virginia. It's not going to get you a job or anything, but everyone knows what TJ is.

And everyone knows that TJ grads are insufferable. I think of the woman I worked with who would somehow drop "I went to Thomas Jefferson and MIT" into almost every conversation. It was so obnoxious.

That's great sweetie, I went to a high school no one's ever heard of, Duke, and Stanford.

Why are you bragging here just like the TJ grad you hated? You're just as insufferable if not more.

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Why are you looking at posts that are so old? The first post was from 2011 and the next post was from 2014. What we don't know is how did the kid do at Harvard? Was he as prepared as someone who went to TJ? He has presumably graduated. Without that information we just don't know if he made the right choice. Maybe a kid from TJ didn't get into the top college but found the second tier college so easy they got all A's and found it easier to get into med school from their college instead of Harvard.

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Anonymous wrote:Why are you looking at posts that are so old? The first post was from 2011 and the next post was from 2014. What we don't know is how did the kid do at Harvard? Was he as prepared as someone who went to TJ? He has presumably graduated. Without that information we just don't know if he made the right choice. Maybe a kid from TJ didn't get into the top college but found the second tier college so easy they got all A's and found it easier to get into med school from their college instead of Harvard.

People look for all kinds of opportunities to attack TJ. You just need to chill and enjoy the clown show.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't think TJ can boost your college profile, someone successful at TJ would be just as successful at their base school.

The differentiating value of TJ is the peer group and networking that does happen. A significant downside is the commute for those that aren't nearby.

The TJ brand does continue into adulthood at least in Northern Virginia. It's not going to get you a job or anything, but everyone knows what TJ is.

I think you overestimate the "networking" that is going on with high school kids. It's called friendship.

When bright kids get together, they thrive off one another, push each other, and collaborate with each other. There is also a connection among alumni that can provide dividends down the road professionally.

And yes, they also make friends with each other.

+1 I've known many TJ graduates and they are connected as any other high school grads are connected. In college is where real networking takes off.

Exactly. And it's parents that think they have to get their kids into TJ for "networking" who are part of the problem with that school.

I'm not sure how we have any successful people from other parts of the country.

Lol!

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Anonymous wrote:What type of PSAT am I supposed to take and what should I do to prepare?

Can someone answer this question and also what would be a good score that would earn my place for a seat at TJ in sophomore year

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This post has obviously been started by an OP who has something against TJ and wants to try to influence people to not to want to go to TJ. Why else would anyone take the time to post something like this? What's the goal of dissuading people from applying to TJ? OP's post implies that people go to TJ to get into an elite college. Maybe that's why OP would go but, for someone who is interested in STEM, there are so many other reasons to go. Or maybe OP just wants his/her child to have a better chance of getting into TJ. I'm suspicious.

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Gates and Zuckerberg dropped out of Harvard and made it big. Does not imply everyone who does so will be Gates and Zuckerberg. And yes, conventional wisdom dictates completing Harvard if you want to make it. An exception does not a rule make.

The cranky anti-TJ lady is on overdrive. She is now like the Holiday Inn Express commercial.

I did not feed my kids. I did not do my laundry. But I did my 2bit dissing of TJ on DCUM tonight. Bravo.

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Anonymous wrote:What type of PSAT am I supposed to take and what should I do to prepare?

Can someone answer this question and also what would be a good score that would earn my place for a seat at TJ in sophomore year

There is only one PSAT. You need a 90th percentile on both Math and English to move on in the process. You can take the SAT as well.
My kid took the PSAT and didn't get 90th percentile on English. Kid took SAT and got 90th percentile on both and did the additional stuff and didn't get in. I don't know if test scores inform the other part of the decision process.

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If you are good enough to get into TJ, you are better off staying (and shining) at your base school. If you go to TJ, you will likely be in the bottom 90% of your class. You will leave with crushed self-esteem, an experience defined by cut throat competitiveness, and life long mental health problems.

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Anonymous wrote:Gates and Zuckerberg dropped out of Harvard and made it big. Does not imply everyone who does so will be Gates and Zuckerberg. And yes, conventional wisdom dictates completing Harvard if you want to make it. An exception does not a rule make.

The cranky anti-TJ lady is on overdrive. She is now like the Holiday Inn Express commercial.

I did not feed my kids. I did not do my laundry. But I did my 2bit dissing of TJ on DCUM tonight. Bravo.

You don't know shiit, TJ or otherwise.
Gates and Zuckerberg didn't drop out of Harvard because they were academically incapable, but because dropping out was a better option for them.

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Anonymous wrote:This post has obviously been started by an OP who has something against TJ and wants to try to influence people to not to want to go to TJ. Why else would anyone take the time to post something like this? What's the goal of dissuading people from applying to TJ? OP's post implies that people go to TJ to get into an elite college. Maybe that's why OP would go but, for someone who is interested in STEM, there are so many other reasons to go. Or maybe OP just wants his/her child to have a better chance of getting into TJ. I'm suspicious.

Obviously, they did Fiveyears ago in 2015.

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Anonymous wrote:What type of PSAT am I supposed to take and what should I do to prepare?

Can someone answer this question and also what would be a good score that would earn my place for a seat at TJ in sophomore year

There is only one PSAT. You need a 90th percentile on both Math and English to move on in the process. You can take the SAT as well.
My kid took the PSAT and didn't get 90th percentile on English. Kid took SAT and got 90th percentile on both and did the additional stuff and didn't get in. I don't know if test scores inform the other part of the decision process.

How about the PSAT 10 isn't that eligible and what should be a good score someone should aim at?

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Anonymous wrote:What type of PSAT am I supposed to take and what should I do to prepare?

Can someone answer this question and also what would be a good score that would earn my place for a seat at TJ in sophomore year

There is only one PSAT. You need a 90th percentile on both Math and English to move on in the process. You can take the SAT as well.
My kid took the PSAT and didn't get 90th percentile on English. Kid took SAT and got 90th percentile on both and did the additional stuff and didn't get in. I don't know if test scores inform the other part of the decision process.

How about the PSAT 10 isn't that eligible and what should be a good score someone should aim at?

I vaguely remember something about the PSAT 10, but it wasn't offered in our district. Still need 90th percentile in both subjects.