How important is TJ for college?

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Anonymous wrote:Thoughts?

I know our base schools send kids to Harvard, Cornell.... but they are all captains of an atheletic sport, no fail every time. And they take all SP classes and get all As. At TJ, it is not possible to take all AP classes (won’t get into it here) and all As is pretty darn hard. I wonder how many kids graduate from TJ with all As. I know one (according to his mother) but he is at UVA.

My kid graduated TJ few years ago and he graduated with all As (4.0 unweighted gpa) with plenty of AP and post-AP courses. My recollection (coming from him around the time of graduation) is approximately 5-6 kids for that year. It is extremely difficult to receive all As at TJ (especially tough for AP Physics, AP Spanish and post-AP math courses).

Great to hear that he had all A's. Where is he going to now?

He went to Berkeley with full scholarship.

[Anonymous]

What is TJ

[Anonymous]

Berkeley has merit money for OOS? I learn something new all the time on DCUM.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Berkeley has merit money for OOS? I learn something new all the time on DCUM.

Yes they do.

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Anonymous wrote:Not at all. A kid smart and driven enough for TJ will get into a great college from their base school. You go to TJ for the peer group and the experience and the education. You don’t go for a college edge.

Exception: if you have a strong interest in an area of STEM, like engineering or CS, and take the advanced classes and do a mentorship and/ or research lab in that area, it might help you get into a top engineering or CS school. So if you take 2 years of post-AP CS and do substantive senior research in CS, plus a summer internship, you might have an easier path to Carnegie Melon’s program CS.

— TJ parent

Carnegie Melon CS is a safety for TJ kids. Similar to UVA.

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Do you mean that MIT and Stanford are the top choices and CMU is a backup for TJ kids?

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Anonymous wrote:Do you mean that MIT and Stanford are the top choices and CMU is a backup for TJ kids?

CMU is very unlikely to be considered by TJ grads and CMU CS would be considered but as a back or a safety school by most grads..

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Anonymous wrote:What is TJ

Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology.

[Anonymous]

Why is this thread still getting replies??

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Anonymous wrote:Why is this thread still getting replies??

Because of people like you (and me)

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Do you mean that MIT and Stanford are the top choices and CMU is a backup for TJ kids?

CMU is very unlikely to be considered by TJ grads and CMU CS would be considered but as a back or a safety school by most grads..

I'd consider CMU CS grad over a lot of bigger name schools for hiring. Same I might add for an RPI EE.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Do you mean that MIT and Stanford are the top choices and CMU is a backup for TJ kids?

CMU is very unlikely to be considered by TJ grads and CMU CS would be considered but as a back or a safety school by most grads..

I'd consider CMU CS grad over a lot of bigger name schools for hiring. Same I might add for an RPI EE.

You mean CMU CS over Stanford CS, Berkeley CS or MIT CS gards?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Do you mean that MIT and Stanford are the top choices and CMU is a backup for TJ kids?

CMU is very unlikely to be considered by TJ grads and CMU CS would be considered but as a back or a safety school by most grads..

Safety?

CMU CS admission rate is 5%.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:Do you mean that MIT and Stanford are the top choices and CMU is a backup for TJ kids?

CMU is very unlikely to be considered by TJ grads and CMU CS would be considered but as a back or a safety school by most grads..

Safety?

CMU CS admission rate is 5%.

TJ grads are not excited about attending CMU even for CMU CS. They would be more thrilled to attend Stanford for CS, MIT for CS or Berkeley for CS.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do you mean that MIT and Stanford are the top choices and CMU is a backup for TJ kids?

CMU is very unlikely to be considered by TJ grads and CMU CS would be considered but as a back or a safety school by most grads..

Safety?

CMU CS admission rate is 5%.

TJ grads are not excited about attending CMU even for CMU CS. They would be more thrilled to attend Stanford for CS, MIT for CS or Berkeley for CS.

Sure. But a lot end up in in state schools anyway.