struggling with decision- why so ugly here?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OMG, I can't decide between Rutgers (ge) and Princeton (aap).....please help me decide.....

This is actually so funny (though I know you were being facetious) because our neighbor's DC, who was never in GT during elementary or middle school, was recently accepted to Princeton, while another kid (previously in GT) is headed to Radford. I wonder if younger parents actually believe there's a correlation between GT/AAP and higher level college admissions?!

There are 8 million stories in the Naked City. This is but one of them. Of course there's a correlation. See TJ's college admission stats for example.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
OMG, I can't decide between Rutgers (ge) and Princeton (aap).....please help me decide.....

This is actually so funny (though I know you were being facetious) because our neighbor's DC, who was never in GT during elementary or middle school, was recently accepted to Princeton, while another kid (previously in GT) is headed to Radford. I wonder if younger parents actually believe there's a correlation between GT/AAP and higher level college admissions?!

There are 8 million stories in the Naked City. This is but one of them. Of course there's a correlation. See TJ's college admission stats for example.

Is that because they are smart--or did TJ make them smart? Get real. These kids would have done well at any school.

[Anonymous]

friend of mine just got this amazing job offer at Google -- and never went to TJ, MIT, CalTech, Rutgers or Princeton. Graduated from UMass-Amherst of all places.

2 neighbors: one Google HQ: not TJ. JMU
another: Microsoft, WA state: not TJ. CNU

[Anonymous]

2 neighbors: one Google HQ: not TJ. JMU
another: Microsoft, WA state: not TJ. CNU

forgot to add-not centers either.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
OMG, I can't decide between Rutgers (ge) and Princeton (aap).....please help me decide.....

This is actually so funny (though I know you were being facetious) because our neighbor's DC, who was never in GT during elementary or middle school, was recently accepted to Princeton, while another kid (previously in GT) is headed to Radford. I wonder if younger parents actually believe there's a correlation between GT/AAP and higher level college admissions?!

There are 8 million stories in the Naked City. This is but one of them. Of course there's a correlation. See TJ's college admission stats for example.

Is that because they are smart--or did TJ make them smart? Get real. These kids would have done well at any school.

TJ didn't make them smart obviously, but the degree itself is prestigious; colleges know they can do the work. The atmosphere there, in the classrooms, in the hallways, is intense and yes, different from most of the FCPS high schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

friend of mine just got this amazing job offer at Google -- and never went to TJ, MIT, CalTech, Rutgers or Princeton. Graduated from UMass-Amherst of all places.

2 neighbors: one Google HQ: not TJ. JMU
another: Microsoft, WA state: not TJ. CNU

hey, no one is arguing that if you don't get into AAP your life is ruined. But if you do get accepted, why not attend?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

friend of mine just got this amazing job offer at Google -- and never went to TJ, MIT, CalTech, Rutgers or Princeton. Graduated from UMass-Amherst of all places.

2 neighbors: one Google HQ: not TJ. JMU
another: Microsoft, WA state: not TJ. CNU

hey, no one is arguing that if you don't get into AAP your life is ruined. But if you do get accepted, why not attend?[/quote]


There are plenty of reason, fit, for one. Some kids are just more comfortable at their neighborhood school. Others want to stay with friends. Their parents don't want them to have to commute. They're able to challenge themselves on their own. When we were deciding whether to send our oldest, years back, I was very hesitant because I believed strongly that some of the best lessons learned in grade school may be from kids who don't do as well academically as you do, but have other strengths. School always came easy to me, for example, but not for my best friends. They were the ones who brought me out of my shell and taught me how to navigate the social world. My oldest wanted to go to the center because none of the kids at his local school were interested in the things he was, computers, coding, etc. In high school, I'd say his friends were split, half from AAP, half from gen. ed.

Going to a center is not a no-brainer. It depends on the kid. Or at least it should, if some parents didn't seem to have so much vested in it.

[Anonymous]

^ but if it doesn't work out, and the kid doesn't "flourish" you can always go back to the base school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

friend of mine just got this amazing job offer at Google -- and never went to TJ, MIT, CalTech, Rutgers or Princeton. Graduated from UMass-Amherst of all places.

2 neighbors: one Google HQ: not TJ. JMU
another: Microsoft, WA state: not TJ. CNU

hey, no one is arguing that if you don't get into AAP your life is ruined. But if you do get accepted, why not attend?

For us it was the commute. Too much time out of the day. Plenty of great options at the local HS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OMG, I can't decide between Rutgers (ge) and Princeton (aap).....please help me decide.....

This is actually so funny (though I know you were being facetious) because our neighbor's DC, who was never in GT during elementary or middle school, was recently accepted to Princeton, while another kid (previously in GT) is headed to Radford. I wonder if younger parents actually believe there's a correlation between GT/AAP and higher level college admissions?!

I think most of us are just trying to make the best decisions we can for our kids, given the information and options we have today. Most parents I know are not naive enough to think that piano lessons = concert pianist, travel soccer = professional athlete, organic food + perfect health for life, AAP = Ivy League.

[Anonymous]

Er, that was supposed be another =, not +.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
OMG, I can't decide between Rutgers (ge) and Princeton (aap).....please help me decide.....

This is actually so funny (though I know you were being facetious) because our neighbor's DC, who was never in GT during elementary or middle school, was recently accepted to Princeton, while another kid (previously in GT) is headed to Radford. I wonder if younger parents actually believe there's a correlation between GT/AAP and higher level college admissions?!

There are 8 million stories in the Naked City. This is but one of them. Of course there's a correlation. See TJ's college admission stats for example.

Is that because they are smart--or did TJ make them smart? Get real. These kids would have done well at any school.

+100
I'm so sick of hearing about TJ. Plenty of super-smart kids getting into great colleges at all the other high schools as well. Some of them (gasp) chose NOT to attend TJ.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
OMG, I can't decide between Rutgers (ge) and Princeton (aap).....please help me decide.....

This is actually so funny (though I know you were being facetious) because our neighbor's DC, who was never in GT during elementary or middle school, was recently accepted to Princeton, while another kid (previously in GT) is headed to Radford. I wonder if younger parents actually believe there's a correlation between GT/AAP and higher level college admissions?!

There are 8 million stories in the Naked City. This is but one of them. Of course there's a correlation. See TJ's college admission stats for example.

Is that because they are smart--or did TJ make them smart? Get real. These kids would have done well at any school.

+100
I'm so sick of hearing about TJ. Plenty of super-smart kids getting into great colleges at all the other high schools as well. Some of them (gasp) chose NOT to attend TJ.

I like you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
OMG, I can't decide between Rutgers (ge) and Princeton (aap).....please help me decide.....

This is actually so funny (though I know you were being facetious) because our neighbor's DC, who was never in GT during elementary or middle school, was recently accepted to Princeton, while another kid (previously in GT) is headed to Radford. I wonder if younger parents actually believe there's a correlation between GT/AAP and higher level college admissions?!

There are 8 million stories in the Naked City. This is but one of them. Of course there's a correlation. See TJ's college admission stats for example.

Is that because they are smart--or did TJ make them smart? Get real. These kids would have done well at any school.

+100
I'm so sick of hearing about TJ. Plenty of super-smart kids getting into great colleges at all the other high schools as well. Some of them (gasp) chose NOT to attend TJ.

What a complete waste of time...then don't apply.

Next we'll be seeing car magnets "TJ-but chose not to attend"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
OMG, I can't decide between Rutgers (ge) and Princeton (aap).....please help me decide.....

This is actually so funny (though I know you were being facetious) because our neighbor's DC, who was never in GT during elementary or middle school, was recently accepted to Princeton, while another kid (previously in GT) is headed to Radford. I wonder if younger parents actually believe there's a correlation between GT/AAP and higher level college admissions?!

There are 8 million stories in the Naked City. This is but one of them. Of course there's a correlation. See TJ's college admission stats for example.

Is that because they are smart--or did TJ make them smart? Get real. These kids would have done well at any school.

+100
I'm so sick of hearing about TJ. Plenty of super-smart kids getting into great colleges at all the other high schools as well. Some of them (gasp) chose NOT to attend TJ.

What a complete waste of time...then don't apply.

Next we'll be seeing car magnets "TJ-but chose not to attend"

Aaahahahahaha!