TJHSST Class of 2015 College Acceptance Data

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That is good. We need very bright people in the humanities who understand science.

+1

And there is no reason a student who does well in STEM in high school should be required or expected to stay on the STEM track in college and beyond.

+2 And the new admission guidelines accept many non stem students.

I would not say it is admissions guidelines that bring in non-STEM students, but rather the fact that so many parents insist that their kids go to TJ whether they are interested in STEM or not.

Some of these kids are going to prep classes and their parents are signing them up for math and science teams starting in fifth or sixth grade. My child has encountered many kids at TJ who are only there because their parents insisted on STEM activities, even if that is not where the child's actual interests were. When they get to college and can finally make their own choices, they are choosing to explore their true interests.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That is good. We need very bright people in the humanities who understand science.

+1

And there is no reason a student who does well in STEM in high school should be required or expected to stay on the STEM track in college and beyond.

+2

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There are essentially no poor students at TJ. They simply aren't admitted.

My hair stylist's kid is at TJ. The family are Bosnian refugees and came overy during the war. She found work cutting hair and her husband is an electrician. They're not "poor" but certainly don't know the system and the son will qualify for mega financial aid in college.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do we have the stats for enrolled numbers? I don't understand why that's not collected.

College Destinations for TJHSST Class of 2015

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

LOL at University of Indiana Urbana-Champagne. Obviously someone did not edit the article.

Excellent engineering programs.

[Anonymous]

There is no need for TJ

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do we have the stats for enrolled numbers? I don't understand why that's not collected.

College Destinations for TJHSST Class of 2015

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

LOL at University of Indiana Urbana-Champagne. Obviously someone did not edit the article.

Excellent engineering programs.

Ooops. I scanned; knee-jerk reaction to put downs. Sorry.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There is no need for TJ

Why is that?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:...When they get to college and can finally make their own choices, they are choosing to explore their true interests...

not necessarily

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The thing about these lists is that they may or may not be meaningful. There are many kids at these magnet programs, including Blair, who are qualified for but whose families cannot afford e.g. Harvard or MIT. These kids wind up at "lesser" schools like U.Va, U.Md, or Pitt, with lots of merit aid.

This doesn't make sense. The cost is really not an issue for low income families at the very top schools. If you are a stellar student, it is to your advantage to be in the low income status. Harvard will give you a full ride if you qualify.

Sure, how many poor kids are there at TJ though? Most are probably middle class/upper middle class who don't qualify for much if any aid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The thing about these lists is that they may or may not be meaningful. There are many kids at these magnet programs, including Blair, who are qualified for but whose families cannot afford e.g. Harvard or MIT. These kids wind up at "lesser" schools like U.Va, U.Md, or Pitt, with lots of merit aid.

This doesn't make sense. The cost is really not an issue for low income families at the very top schools. If you are a stellar student, it is to your advantage to be in the low income status. Harvard will give you a full ride if you qualify.

Sure, how many poor kids are there at TJ though? Most are probably middle class/upper middle class who don't qualify for much if any aid.

Many qualify for merit aid including full rides to top public schools and few private ones.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:99 percent of the Class of 2015 were accepted to and are attending a four-year college or university. (Listing reflects schools where ten or more students were accepted).

College Accepted
University of Virginia 191
College of William and Mary 181
Virginia Tech 155
Virginia Commonwealth University 84
University of Pittsburgh 67
Case Western Reserve University 61
University of Michigan 55
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 53
Georgia Institute of Technology 52
Carnegie Mellon University 46
Pennsylvania State University, University Park 46
George Mason University 44
University of Maryland, College Park 36
Purdue University 30
Cornell University 29
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 28
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 26
Northeastern University 23
University of Miami 23
Washington University in St. Louis 22
Drexel University 21
New York University 18
University of California, Berkeley 17
Clemson University 17
Duke University 17
University of Chicago 16
The George Washington University 15
James Madison University 15
University of Southern California 14
Wake Forest University 14
Rice University 14
The University of Texas, Austin 14
Rochester Institute of Technology 13
The University of Alabama 12
University of California, San Diego 11
Georgetown University 11
Columbia University 10
Massachusetts Institute of Technology 10
Yale University 10
University of California, Los Angeles 10

Congratulations to the class of 2015! Acceptances to UVA and W&M both increased significantly compared to last year.

Congrats! Do we know why this year's stats are considerably better than last year's?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:99 percent of the Class of 2015 were accepted to and are attending a four-year college or university. (Listing reflects schools where ten or more students were accepted).

College Accepted
University of Virginia 191
College of William and Mary 181
Virginia Tech 155
Virginia Commonwealth University 84
University of Pittsburgh 67
Case Western Reserve University 61
University of Michigan 55
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 53
Georgia Institute of Technology 52
Carnegie Mellon University 46
Pennsylvania State University, University Park 46
George Mason University 44
University of Maryland, College Park 36
Purdue University 30
Cornell University 29
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 28
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 26
Northeastern University 23
University of Miami 23
Washington University in St. Louis 22
Drexel University 21
New York University 18
University of California, Berkeley 17
Clemson University 17
Duke University 17
University of Chicago 16
The George Washington University 15
James Madison University 15
University of Southern California 14
Wake Forest University 14
Rice University 14
The University of Texas, Austin 14
Rochester Institute of Technology 13
The University of Alabama 12
University of California, San Diego 11
Georgetown University 11
Columbia University 10
Massachusetts Institute of Technology 10
Yale University 10
University of California, Los Angeles 10

Congratulations to the class of 2015! Acceptances to UVA and W&M both increased significantly compared to last year.

Congrats! Do we know why this year's stats are considerably better than last year's?

Because they are smarter than last year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The thing about these lists is that they may or may not be meaningful. There are many kids at these magnet programs, including Blair, who are qualified for but whose families cannot afford e.g. Harvard or MIT. These kids wind up at "lesser" schools like U.Va, U.Md, or Pitt, with lots of merit aid.

This doesn't make sense. The cost is really not an issue for low income families at the very top schools. If you are a stellar student, it is to your advantage to be in the low income status. Harvard will give you a full ride if you qualify.

Sure, how many poor kids are there at TJ though? Most are probably middle class/upper middle class who don't qualify for much if any aid.

Many qualify for merit aid including full rides to top public schools and few private ones.

The schools that people were talking about; Ivy League, MIT etc. offer need based aid only. No merit aid, so middle class kids with top stats might go to a Michigan or UMD with significant merit aid vs. MIT or Princeton at 60K per year.

When looking at the top schools, it's good to be poor and it's good to be rich.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do we have the stats for enrolled numbers? I don't understand why that's not collected.

College Destinations for TJHSST Class of 2015

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

LOL at University of Indiana Urbana-Champagne. Obviously someone did not edit the article.

Excellent engineering programs.

Grand cru of engineering programs?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
The schools that people were talking about; Ivy League, MIT etc. offer need based aid only. No merit aid, so middle class kids with top stats might go to a Michigan or UMD with significant merit aid vs. MIT or Princeton at 60K per year.

When looking at the top schools, it's good to be poor and it's good to be rich.

Michigan doesn't offer a whole lot of aid to out-of-staters these days