Top Tier Boarding school vs. TJ

[Anonymous]

If your child had the choice between TJ and a top tier boarding school (St. Paul's, Exeter, Andover, etc.), which would you choose? Why?

[Anonymous]

Depends, does you child romanticize the boarding school experience? I would try to see where my child could be most successfully, not only academically.

[Anonymous]

Depends on the health of your family life.

[Anonymous]

Why don't you get admitted to both before you worry about this unlikely dilemma?

[Anonymous]

TJ mom here: You should look carefully at what your DC wants to do -- will they be using the advanced equipment which is only available for top STEM students? Like those who want to be engineers/ research scientists/ doctors? TJ is a public school so the atmosphere is MUCH different than that of a private school, and especially of a private boarding school. If you can bear to have your child away for four years and you can afford it, I would go with boarding school.

[Anonymous]

we'd need a lot of FA to do that.

[Anonymous]

How long would DC's TJ commute be? I would chose boarding if commute is >30 mins.

[Anonymous]

If you have $ and can deal with separation, BS hands down.

[Anonymous]

You can buy yourself a boarding school education (they love the rich donors), but you cannot buy yourself a TJ education. Everyone knows that. Your son will be respected for coming out of TJ...people will respect the vast wealth his parents must have amassed to get him into that great BS

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You can buy yourself a boarding school education (they love the rich donors), but you cannot buy yourself a TJ education. Everyone knows that. Your son will be respected for coming out of TJ...people will respect the vast wealth his parents must have amassed to get him into that great BS

This.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You can buy yourself a boarding school education (they love the rich donors), but you cannot buy yourself a TJ education. Everyone knows that. Your son will be respected for coming out of TJ...people will respect the vast wealth his parents must have amassed to get him into that great BS

This.

People outside of this area have never heard of TJ. The BS listed are much more widely known. Additionally, you child will get a wider, more well-rounded education at BS. I say BS all the way. This wouldn't even be something I'd deliberate over.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You can buy yourself a boarding school education (they love the rich donors), but you cannot buy yourself a TJ education. Everyone knows that. Your son will be respected for coming out of TJ...people will respect the vast wealth his parents must have amassed to get him into that great BS

PP I have never met such a person... Do people like that really exist... at TJ? Does any employer or graduate school care if someone went to a magnet school? Does TJ have a strong alumni association that graduates participate in for life?

[Anonymous]

BS for a more well rounded education.

[Anonymous]

BS for anything non stem related for the contacts.

TJ for stem.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You can buy yourself a boarding school education (they love the rich donors), but you cannot buy yourself a TJ education. Everyone knows that. Your son will be respected for coming out of TJ...people will respect the vast wealth his parents must have amassed to get him into that great BS

PP I have never met such a person... Do people like that really exist... at TJ? Does any employer or graduate school care if someone went to a magnet school? Does TJ have a strong alumni association that graduates participate in for life?

This will sound ridiculous, but in my experience, yes. I keep my TJ graduation on my LinkedIn page and it's contributed to at least one job offer. People are really impressed by it.