TJ Class of 2018 College Acceptance Data

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Meh. Not all that impressive

compared to what?
How many high schools do better?

None except maybe elite privates such as Exeter and Andover.

Roxbury Latin. Milton Academy, Trinity, Horace Mann, N&G, St Paul’s

The above private schools do not have better college acceptance records for the past 5-10 years.

[Anonymous]

The real question is would these kids have gotten into the same set of schools staying at their base schools and being at the top

For the bottom 50% TJ was a mistake

For 50-90% its probably a wash

For the top 10% TJ made sense

So for the majority of TJ kids they would have been better off staying at their base school

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The real question is would these kids have gotten into the same set of schools staying at their base schools and being at the top

For the bottom 50% TJ was a mistake

For 50-90% its probably a wash

For the top 10% TJ made sense

So for the majority of TJ kids they would have been better off staying at their base school

High school is not a place to play games to try to get into the top ranked college but to learn and prepare for college work.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The real question is would these kids have gotten into the same set of schools staying at their base schools and being at the top

For the bottom 50% TJ was a mistake

For 50-90% its probably a wash

For the top 10% TJ made sense

So for the majority of TJ kids they would have been better off staying at their base school

High school is not a place to play games to try to get into the top ranked college but to learn and prepare for college work.

Agree with this. Plus it's not necessarily a given that all of these kids, staying in a different school, would have ended up with 1500+ SATs.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The real question is would these kids have gotten into the same set of schools staying at their base schools and being at the top

For the bottom 50% TJ was a mistake

For 50-90% its probably a wash

For the top 10% TJ made sense

So for the majority of TJ kids they would have been better off staying at their base school

High school is not a place to play games to try to get into the top ranked college but to learn and prepare for college work.

I’m not sure I’m following. Are you saying that by staying at their base school, they would not have learned and prepared for college work?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Meh. Not all that impressive

compared to what?
How many high schools do better?

None except maybe elite privates such as Exeter and Andover.

Roxbury Latin. Milton Academy, Trinity, Horace Mann, N&G, St Paul’s

The above private schools do not have better college acceptance records for the past 5-10 years.

How are you measuring that? Not by count only I hope. You need to take a % of the class - not by # as that does not give you the correct analysis. These schools will have at least 25% to 35% of the class to Ivies+Stanford+MIT

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Meh. Not all that impressive

compared to what?
How many high schools do better?

None except maybe elite privates such as Exeter and Andover.

Roxbury Latin. Milton Academy, Trinity, Horace Mann, N&G, St Paul’s

The above private schools do not have better college acceptance records for the past 5-10 years.

I disagree. Its still better than public but not an automatic admit as it had been in previous decades. Many of those schools are still sending 30- 70% to Ivy (plus colleges). Which is hard to beat.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Surprising ouch on Duke and Georgia Tech. I am wondering what program Ohio State has that is a draw for TJ students.

Ohio State, Drexel, and Case Western all have good 7 year medical programs. The students may be future premeds applying specifically to those programs.

+1
OSU & Case both have very reputable & competitive Med Schools — average MCAT scores of 517

[Anonymous]

TJ Class 2018 is considered the “strongest” class in the pass several years. This year, from EA/ED results so far, it’s not that impressive. We’ll see after RD finished.

[Anonymous]

Is there somewhere to see the EA/ED results separate from the total results that will eventually be posted in Naviance?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Meh. Not all that impressive

compared to what?
How many high schools do better?

None except maybe elite privates such as Exeter and Andover.

Roxbury Latin. Milton Academy, Trinity, Horace Mann, N&G, St Paul’s

The above private schools do not have better college acceptance records for the past 5-10 years.

I disagree. Its still better than public but not an automatic admit as it had been in previous decades. Many of those schools are still sending 30- 70% to Ivy (plus colleges). Which is hard to beat.

My son graduated from Andover and they do not have anywhere near those numbers going to Ivy + schools unless you are very generous in what you consider Ivy plus schools.

[Anonymous]

For the supposed top 1% of Fairfax County intellectually most are going to UVA. That's frankly pathetic

Again most would have been better off at their base school

[Anonymous]

For the supposed top 1% of Fairfax County intellectually most are going to UVA. That's frankly pathetic

Again most would have been better off at their base school

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The real question is would these kids have gotten into the same set of schools staying at their base schools and being at the top

For the bottom 50% TJ was a mistake

For 50-90% its probably a wash

For the top 10% TJ made sense

So for the majority of TJ kids they would have been better off staying at their base school

Difficult to say on college admissions, but a lot of learning comes from those you are around, and this ignores that.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Meh. Not all that impressive

compared to what?
How many high schools do better?

None except maybe elite privates such as Exeter and Andover.

Roxbury Latin. Milton Academy, Trinity, Horace Mann, N&G, St Paul’s

The above private schools do not have better college acceptance records for the past 5-10 years.

I disagree. Its still better than public but not an automatic admit as it had been in previous decades. Many of those schools are still sending 30- 70% to Ivy (plus colleges). Which is hard to beat.

My son graduated from Andover and they do not have anywhere near those numbers going to Ivy + schools unless you are very generous in what you consider Ivy plus schools.

According to this report, percentages at top privates can get up to about 40%. https://www.thestreet.com/story/13325695/1/top-us-private-schools-with-the-most-graduates-getting-into-ivy-league-universities.html