TJ and High Stat rejections

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The CIO at my agency -making good money and then left to go to a consulting firm- got his master's in CS from University of Phoenix.

I'm pretty sure someone going to a "regular" state school or smaller school's gonna be ok.

It’s fascinating when the ‘it doesn’t matter where you go to college’ people haunt this website. Can’t imagine why. Also they never answer.

They “haunt” this website because your kid still has to apply and the website can be helpful for that.

I really believe you Ivy (or other similar category) or bust folks are breaking your children. Encouraging self confidence and aiming high are good things, but the make or break mentality is so destructive. Our HHI is over $1 million a year and so many of our colleagues went to colleges that DCUM would bash. In real life I have seen that a state school or a “lesser” school can work out just fine. Trust me, in the workplace, people care more about what you can do and whether you can function independently and think critically than the sheepskin on your wall (except for a very few fields like certain parts of finance, consulting and law).

I would rather have a well adjusted, smart, functional adult than a broken Kid that got into an Ivy. If your kid gets in , great. If they don’t, life is not over. If they Feel they “wasted” high school working to hard without the IVy admission they feel they were entitled to based on their stats and their 56 APs, you did it wrong.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The CIO at my agency -making good money and then left to go to a consulting firm- got his master's in CS from University of Phoenix.

I'm pretty sure someone going to a "regular" state school or smaller school's gonna be ok.

It’s fascinating when the ‘it doesn’t matter where you go to college’ people haunt this website. Can’t imagine why. Also they never answer.

They “haunt” this website because your kid still has to apply and the website can be helpful for that.

I really believe you Ivy (or other similar category) or bust folks are breaking your children. Encouraging self confidence and aiming high are good things, but the make or break mentality is so destructive. Our HHI is over $1 million a year and so many of our colleagues went to colleges that DCUM would bash. In real life I have seen that a state school or a “lesser” school can work out just fine. Trust me, in the workplace, people care more about what you can do and whether you can function independently and think critically than the sheepskin on your wall (except for a very few fields like certain parts of finance, consulting and law).

I would rather have a well adjusted, smart, functional adult than a broken Kid that got into an Ivy. If your kid gets in , great. If they don’t, life is not over. If they Feel they “wasted” high school working to hard without the IVy admission they feel they were entitled to based on their stats and their 56 APs, you did it wrong.

Not an Ivy or bust person. But thanks Dad.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The CIO at my agency -making good money and then left to go to a consulting firm- got his master's in CS from University of Phoenix.

I'm pretty sure someone going to a "regular" state school or smaller school's gonna be ok.

It’s fascinating when the ‘it doesn’t matter where you go to college’ people haunt this website. Can’t imagine why. Also they never answer.

They “haunt” this website because your kid still has to apply and the website can be helpful for that.

I really believe you Ivy (or other similar category) or bust folks are breaking your children. Encouraging self confidence and aiming high are good things, but the make or break mentality is so destructive. Our HHI is over $1 million a year and so many of our colleagues went to colleges that DCUM would bash. In real life I have seen that a state school or a “lesser” school can work out just fine. Trust me, in the workplace, people care more about what you can do and whether you can function independently and think critically than the sheepskin on your wall (except for a very few fields like certain parts of finance, consulting and law).

I would rather have a well adjusted, smart, functional adult than a broken Kid that got into an Ivy. If your kid gets in , great. If they don’t, life is not over. If they Feel they “wasted” high school working to hard without the IVy admission they feel they were entitled to based on their stats and their 56 APs, you did it wrong.

So many assumptions here. But I’ll play. The most successful person I know did not go to any college. He sold his company in 2012 for $150m. So is the lesson that college doesn’t matter at all? Just take a deep breath. You’re too invested.

[Anonymous]

Sorry but there’s just as much terrible advice as good on here. Actually the mix is even that good. This is largely a college gossip, fret, snark, argue, and troll site. Stop pretending you’re doing serious research here. Get a Fiske. Dig through the common data sets. Go see the colleges (when possible). That’s where the real college research happens.

[Anonymous]

Indian parents want VA Tech instate tuition. Not Ivies, not out of state. GMU and UVA are probably second choice. So yes, its a seats issue. Korean parents? They want ivies.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Indian parents want VA Tech instate tuition. Not Ivies, not out of state. GMU and UVA are probably second choice. So yes, its a seats issue. Korean parents? They want ivies.

For 2019 TJ grads, 16 attended VT, and I'm sure they were not all Indian.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Indian parents want VA Tech instate tuition. Not Ivies, not out of state. GMU and UVA are probably second choice. So yes, its a seats issue. Korean parents? They want ivies.

In the 90s maybe. Very few would take Tech over UVA today, or UVA over an Ivy. I'm a living example and know many, many more.. Even for CS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Indian parents want VA Tech instate tuition. Not Ivies, not out of state. GMU and UVA are probably second choice. So yes, its a seats issue. Korean parents? They want ivies.

Haha funny but true

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Indian parents want VA Tech instate tuition. Not Ivies, not out of state. GMU and UVA are probably second choice. So yes, its a seats issue. Korean parents? They want ivies.

Surely all Indians and Koreans think the same way within their races!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Indian parents want VA Tech instate tuition. Not Ivies, not out of state. GMU and UVA are probably second choice. So yes, its a seats issue. Korean parents? They want ivies.

Surely all Indians and Koreans think the same way within their races!

I didn't get that about K parents. That's must be an inside joke.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:To do CS anywhere, why do high school at TJ? Why not at local public where no test in is required?

After TJ they can sleepwalk college.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:To do CS anywhere, why do high school at TJ? Why not at local public where no test in is required?

After TJ they can sleepwalk college.

Not really. As a TJ parent and having know many TJ kids, this is not true at all. They may be able to cut their college by a semester to a year at best.

[Anonymous]

DP and agree that TJ kids really can sleepwalk college.

[Anonymous]

I heard Caltech’s multivariable calculus is easier than TJ’s.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I heard Caltech’s multivariable calculus is easier than TJ’s.

Yep. TJ uses the 26-character version of the alphabet too unlike the 23 version used by Caltech!