My child graduated from TJ and he/she is now..................

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Anonymous wrote:Ph.D. in physics from Harvard. Works on Wallstreet.

Wow. Such a boon for the science and math community....

Actually, a lot of math r & d is being done by wall street.

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Anonymous wrote:You can choose not to go the tj route, but no need to bash it to justify your choice.

I do not bash TJ. I simply think there are better uses for limited FCPS resources (read: $$$$) to benefit a larger number of FCPS high school students.

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W&M (Chemical Engineering), Harvard Law School. Patent Lawyer.

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W&M (Chemistry/Chemical Engineering along with another university), Harvard Law School, Patent Lawyer.

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A family friend who went to TJ is a successful engineer.

Someone else that I know of, but don't know well got a chemistry PhD from Harvard and is now faculty at a research university.

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MIT undergraduate, Columbia Grad School and she is an engineer in SV.

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Anonymous wrote:Ph.D. in physics from Harvard. Works on Wallstreet.

Wow. Such a boon for the science and math community....

Actually, a lot of math r & d is being done by wall street.

And benefitting the 1 percent. Imagine that brainpower turned loose on actually creating something. And before you flame, I say that as someone who lived in NYC for years, has many friends on Wall Street and has been following the industry (as a journalist) for decades.

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Harvard undergrad, Harvard med, Harvard professor

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Anonymous wrote:On a related note, what are the statistics on TJ graduates (a) going to the top 10 colleges such as MIT, Stanford, Berkeley, Carnegie Mellon, and the like, in fields such as science and engineering, (b) later on pursuing advanced degrees such as Masters or Ph.D. in science and engineering from top 10 schools, and (c) making it to top positions in professional careers (successful entrepreneurs of the kind in Silicon Valley, CEO's, CTO's of fortune 500 companies, well known professors in academia, top scientists or engineers in our national laboratories, and the like)?

I'd also be interested in the same statistic for the FCPS AAP, that seems to be so sought after. How many of the TJ or AAP grads are really creative or out of the box thinkers and achievers in their higher education or professional careers?

Most of what I have seen are TJ grads going to William and Mary, GMU, and UVa and the like. No offense to these schools, but they are not in the same league as the top schools, and for a high school and a school district that touts to be one of the top in the nation, i'd think that the product of the system needs to be sought after by the best and brightest institutions and organizations in the country.

For the last 6 to 7 years, approximate average acceptances per year: about 8 to 14 accepted to Stanford, about 15 to 27 accepted to Berkeley, about 15 to 20 accepted to Princeton, about 13 to 18 accepted to MIT, about 30 to 40 accepted to Cornell, about 11 to 15 accepted to Columbia, about 10 to 14 accepted to UPenn, about 10 to 16 accepted to Dartmouth/Brown, about 5 to 10 accepted to CalTech and about 9 to 14 accepted to Yale. As for VA schools, each year on average about 90 to 100 attend UVA, about 60 to 70 attend W&M, about 50 attend VATech and about 5 to 7 attend GMU.

Thanks! That is useful.

Really, I was going to say not useful because as described, it could be same kids getting into multiple schools. Only relevant statistics are matriculation, which if this is that, not described correctly by pp.

"There may be multiple acceptances but one should also consider additional factors that counter balance as well:

Approximately 70 - 75% of TJ seniors use some form of early decision/action and many decide to attend the early acceptance school if accepted early so that cuts down on multiple acceptances. Also, there are students who have the credentials to potentially be accepted to top 15 schools who either do not apply to those schools and apply instead to schools like UVA, W&M, Michigan, Carnegie-Mellon, RPI or similar schools. There are also students who were accepted to top schools but choose to attend UVA, W&M etc. for variety of reasons including scholarships, financial aid etc."

This is so vague as to be completely useless. Does specific matriculation data not exist? My highly rated public (not in this area) would publish in the spring each year.

Are the above actual data from actual sources? Or just someone throwing out numbers? Probably the latter.

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Anonymous wrote:You can choose not to go the tj route, but no need to bash it to justify your choice.

I do not bash TJ. I simply think there are better uses for limited FCPS resources (read: $$$$) to benefit a larger number of FCPS high school students.

+100
Same goes for AAP.

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My nephew graduated from TJ. He attended a great university but dropped out after two years. After a year or two of working minimum wage jobs he started his own business. It looks like the business is successful and he seems very happy.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You can choose not to go the tj route, but no need to bash it to justify your choice.

I do not bash TJ. I simply think there are better uses for limited FCPS resources (read: $$$$) to benefit a larger number of FCPS high school students.

+100
Same goes for AAP.

I think AAP is a good program but could be improved (especially Levels II and III). There are ways to better allocate $$$ more efficiently (including closing some AAP Centers in some parts of the county).

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Anonymous wrote:You can choose not to go the tj route, but no need to bash it to justify your choice.

I do not bash TJ. I simply think there are better uses for limited FCPS resources (read: $$$$) to benefit a larger number of FCPS high school students.

+100
Same goes for AAP.

I think AAP is a good program but could be improved (especially Levels II and III). There are ways to better allocate $$$ more efficiently (including closing some AAP Centers in some parts of the county).

+1000 So true!

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Partial matriculation data for TJ Class of 2014 (I don't feel like typing all of it):
Yale 5
Harvard 2
MIT 12
Brown 4
Dartmouth 1
Princeton 9
Cornell 23
Columbia 3
Penn 4
UVA 64
W&M 52
VA Tech 24
GMU 6
VCU 11
Univ of Richmond 3
Carnegie Mellon 21
Swarthmore 3
Chicago 2
Michigan 8
Stanford 10
Berkeley 6

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What is the source for the data? I think Yale is 6.