Landon 2019 College Placement

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Could not agree more.

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Valedictorian going to Yale.

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone have a Department of Corrections placement?

It's Landon, not Wilson HS.

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Why is it that the only thing that matters to DCUM folks is if a school sends its graduates to Ivy League schools?? So, the rest of the educational experience doesn’t matter? Sports, arts, music, languages, making lasting friendships, learning responsibility and respect? Does anyone think that the environment at Thomas Jefferson is a wonderful one, then, since they send so many kids to Ivy League schools? Get over yourselves.

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Anonymous wrote:Why is it that the only thing that matters to DCUM folks is if a school sends its graduates to Ivy League schools?? So, the rest of the educational experience doesn’t matter? Sports, arts, music, languages, making lasting friendships, learning responsibility and respect? Does anyone think that the environment at Thomas Jefferson is a wonderful one, then, since they send so many kids to Ivy League schools? Get over yourselves.

Because there are people who work in industries like consulting, law and Government in which "credentials" have an out-sized importance. They can't imagine not having them. And the social circles they travel in reinforce this.

Lehigh, for example, is a much better Engineering school than Princeton, as is Georgia Tech. But, that difference is not understood or appreciated by the Ivy-obsessed.

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Anonymous wrote:Why is it that the only thing that matters to DCUM folks is if a school sends its graduates to Ivy League schools?? So, the rest of the educational experience doesn’t matter? Sports, arts, music, languages, making lasting friendships, learning responsibility and respect? Does anyone think that the environment at Thomas Jefferson is a wonderful one, then, since they send so many kids to Ivy League schools? Get over yourselves.

Because there are people who work in industries like consulting, law and Government in which "credentials" have an out-sized importance. They can't imagine not having them. And the social circles they travel in reinforce this.

Lehigh, for example, is a much better Engineering school than Princeton, as is Georgia Tech. But, that difference is not understood or appreciated by the Ivy-obsessed.

These are both good points. Completely agree.

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Anonymous wrote:Why is it that the only thing that matters to DCUM folks is if a school sends its graduates to Ivy League schools?? So, the rest of the educational experience doesn’t matter? Sports, arts, music, languages, making lasting friendships, learning responsibility and respect? Does anyone think that the environment at Thomas Jefferson is a wonderful one, then, since they send so many kids to Ivy League schools? Get over yourselves.

Because there are people who work in industries like consulting, law and Government in which "credentials" have an out-sized importance. They can't imagine not having them. And the social circles they travel in reinforce this.

Lehigh, for example, is a much better Engineering school than Princeton, as is Georgia Tech. But, that difference is not understood or appreciated by the Ivy-obsessed.

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!! Lehigh better than Princeton in engineering? Nice try.

US World News ranks Leigh #61. Princeton #17 (Harvard’s even lower for engineering), Georgia Tech at #4.

You can dispute the precise rankings, but Lehigh is nowhere close to Princeton.

The majority of students do not attend engineering school. Most will to go on to graduate school.

Sorry, but Princeton, Harvard, Yale and similarly elite schools open more doors than Lehigh. Even within the Ivies, a Yale degree is worth more than a U Penn degree.

Thanks for the laugh!

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Anonymous wrote:Why is it that the only thing that matters to DCUM folks is if a school sends its graduates to Ivy League schools?? So, the rest of the educational experience doesn’t matter? Sports, arts, music, languages, making lasting friendships, learning responsibility and respect? Does anyone think that the environment at Thomas Jefferson is a wonderful one, then, since they send so many kids to Ivy League schools? Get over yourselves.

Because there are people who work in industries like consulting, law and Government in which "credentials" have an out-sized importance. They can't imagine not having them. And the social circles they travel in reinforce this.

Lehigh, for example, is a much better Engineering school than Princeton, as is Georgia Tech. But, that difference is not understood or appreciated by the Ivy-obsessed.

These are both good points. Completely agree.

It’s not just consulting, law, and government where credentials matter. ?. Keep tellling yourself and your kids that, though.

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Anonymous wrote:Why is it that the only thing that matters to DCUM folks is if a school sends its graduates to Ivy League schools?? So, the rest of the educational experience doesn’t matter? Sports, arts, music, languages, making lasting friendships, learning responsibility and respect? Does anyone think that the environment at Thomas Jefferson is a wonderful one, then, since they send so many kids to Ivy League schools? Get over yourselves.

Because there are people who work in industries like consulting, law and Government in which "credentials" have an out-sized importance. They can't imagine not having them. And the social circles they travel in reinforce this.

Lehigh, for example, is a much better Engineering school than Princeton, as is Georgia Tech. But, that difference is not understood or appreciated by the Ivy-obsessed.

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!! Lehigh better than Princeton in engineering? Nice try.

US World News ranks Leigh #61. Princeton #17 (Harvard’s even lower for engineering), Georgia Tech at #4.

You can dispute the precise rankings, but Lehigh is nowhere close to Princeton.

The majority of students do not attend engineering school. Most will to go on to graduate school.

Sorry, but Princeton, Harvard, Yale and similarly elite schools open more doors than Lehigh. Even within the Ivies, a Yale degree is worth more than a U Penn degree.

Thanks for the laugh!

So two of the top 20 Engineering schools are Ivies?

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What some of the older parents do not realize is that it is a new world and employers have different mind sets today than when some of these people graduated in the 80s and 90s. Some don't even want the ivy kids because there is a perception of entitlement. For example if you are an engineer in the energy space. A degree from Colorado school of Mine trumps Harvard. It just does. An degree in computer from MIT is waaaay better than Harvard. A nursing degree from UVA is top notch. Ivy league is terrific and that is a great thing but it is not the divider like it used to be. A kid coming from TJ and going on to MIT is way more impressive than a Sidwell grad who went to Harvard. TJ has the national reputation that who your parents are does not matter at all.

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looks like any public high school in the area, what is the value of paying for it?

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You don't pay for TJ (except as a tax payer). It is known nationally. Also-not putting down anyone who has children later as I have many friends who are older. I am just saying that the employers of today and the future look at education different. Used to be an online degree was a joke and not it isn't. I don't look down on anyone who has credentials to fit a job when I am interviewing. Once you know someone has the degree and good internships to go along with it that is the first walk in the door and then you build along as you go from first job to second. I think it not a good idea for parents to hold ivy league as the ticket to happiness. There are now many paths and your child should find the college they fit in best.

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Anonymous wrote:What some of the older parents do not realize is that it is a new world and employers have different mind sets today than when some of these people graduated in the 80s and 90s. Some don't even want the ivy kids because there is a perception of entitlement. For example if you are an engineer in the energy space. A degree from Colorado school of Mine trumps Harvard. It just does. An degree in computer from MIT is waaaay better than Harvard. A nursing degree from UVA is top notch. Ivy league is terrific and that is a great thing but it is not the divider like it used to be.A kid coming from TJ and going on to MIT is way more impressive than a Sidwell grad who went to Harvard.TJ has the national reputation that who your parents are does not matter at all.

Lol.. isn't TJ a VA public magnet? Probably Moco magnet is a better reference.

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Anonymous wrote:Valedictorian going to Yale.

Is this impressive? Don't most valedictorians from most public and privates schools get into either Harvard or Yale?

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Anonymous wrote:So two of the top 20 Engineering schools are Ivies?

That you are unable to google and look this up yourself says a lot.

Columbia, Cornell, Princeton, and U Penn have engineering schools in the top 20. That would be four, not two.

The Ivies pride themselves on liberal arts education which, by definition, includes a broad number of disciplines. Harvard is ranked #21. Is that how it makes its reputation? No. ?