TJ class of 2022 college destinations

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My perspective as a TJ parent of a 10th grader: we don't all expect that our kids get into every Ivy. TJ is hard, like REALLY HARD. I have another child at our base school. The workload difference is dramatic. Given all the hell the kids go through at TJ (purely from a workload perspective) it does seem unfair that so many good TJ students can't even get into UVA. UVA is a good school, but it's also the state university. These TJ kids (many of them willingly) give up so much social life to study and work. Meanwhile, their base school friends enjoy a much more balanced life and often end up at better colleges. Watching my two kids, my TJ one is definitely exposed to more and learning more. But, at what cost, I guess. Anyway, we do like TJ. Don't believe everything your read about the school, parents, kids, teachers. There are a lot of good people there and the education is amazing. Just wish they had more security getting into college after the amount of time they put in at TJ.

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Anonymous wrote:My perspective as a TJ parent of a 10th grader: we don't all expect that our kids get into every Ivy. TJ is hard, like REALLY HARD. I have another child at our base school. The workload difference is dramatic. Given all the hell the kids go through at TJ (purely from a workload perspective) it does seem unfair that so many good TJ students can't even get into UVA. UVA is a good school, but it's also the state university. These TJ kids (many of them willingly) give up so much social life to study and work. Meanwhile, their base school friends enjoy a much more balanced life and often end up at better colleges. Watching my two kids, my TJ one is definitely exposed to more and learning more. But, at what cost, I guess. Anyway, we do like TJ. Don't believe everything your read about the school, parents, kids, teachers. There are a lot of good people there and the education is amazing. Just wish they had more security getting into college after the amount of time they put in at TJ.

The two TJ kids I know of are both choosing less academically rigorous colleges over more rigorous paths, because they are burned out, and feel they can cruise now, having done most of the work that would go into the courses offered in the first couple of years.

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Anonymous wrote:My perspective as a TJ parent of a 10th grader: we don't all expect that our kids get into every Ivy. TJ is hard, like REALLY HARD. I have another child at our base school. The workload difference is dramatic. Given all the hell the kids go through at TJ (purely from a workload perspective) it does seem unfair that so many good TJ students can't even get into UVA. UVA is a good school, but it's also the state university. These TJ kids (many of them willingly) give up so much social life to study and work. Meanwhile, their base school friends enjoy a much more balanced life and often end up at better colleges. Watching my two kids, my TJ one is definitely exposed to more and learning more. But, at what cost, I guess. Anyway, we do like TJ. Don't believe everything your read about the school, parents, kids, teachers. There are a lot of good people there and the education is amazing. Just wish they had more security getting into college after the amount of time they put in at TJ.

The two TJ kids I know of are both choosing less academically rigorous colleges over more rigorous paths, because they are burned out, and feel they can cruise now, having done most of the work that would go into the courses offered in the first couple of years.

Yes -my TJ kid cruised through a top university and graduated in 3 years with a double major due to AP and post-AP courses resulting in credits and waivers of intro courses.

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9 acceptances for Princeton. Congratulations!

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Anonymous wrote:9 acceptances for Princeton. Congratulations!

Can you see how many are waitlisted for Princeton?

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Anonymous wrote:My perspective as a TJ parent of a 10th grader: we don't all expect that our kids get into every Ivy. TJ is hard, like REALLY HARD. I have another child at our base school. The workload difference is dramatic. Given all the hell the kids go through at TJ (purely from a workload perspective) it does seem unfair that so many good TJ students can't even get into UVA. UVA is a good school, but it's also the state university. These TJ kids (many of them willingly) give up so much social life to study and work. Meanwhile, their base school friends enjoy a much more balanced life and often end up at better colleges. Watching my two kids, my TJ one is definitely exposed to more and learning more. But, at what cost, I guess. Anyway, we do like TJ. Don't believe everything your read about the school, parents, kids, teachers. There are a lot of good people there and the education is amazing. Just wish they had more security getting into college after the amount of time they put in at TJ.

UVA is a state university. One, there should be no guarantee of admission to a state university upon entering a high school, even a magnet school. Two, there are other good options in state.

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Anonymous wrote:My perspective as a TJ parent of a 10th grader: we don't all expect that our kids get into every Ivy. TJ is hard, like REALLY HARD. I have another child at our base school. The workload difference is dramatic. Given all the hell the kids go through at TJ (purely from a workload perspective) it does seem unfair that so many good TJ students can't even get into UVA. UVA is a good school, but it's also the state university. These TJ kids (many of them willingly) give up so much social life to study and work. Meanwhile, their base school friends enjoy a much more balanced life and often end up at better colleges. Watching my two kids, my TJ one is definitely exposed to more and learning more. But, at what cost, I guess. Anyway, we do like TJ. Don't believe everything your read about the school, parents, kids, teachers. There are a lot of good people there and the education is amazing. Just wish they had more security getting into college after the amount of time they put in at TJ.

UVA is a state university. One, there should be no guarantee of admission to a state university upon entering a high school, even a magnet school. Two, there are other good options in state.

TJ grads do not want to attend UVA except for the bottom third grads.

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Anonymous wrote:My perspective as a TJ parent of a 10th grader: we don't all expect that our kids get into every Ivy. TJ is hard, like REALLY HARD. I have another child at our base school. The workload difference is dramatic. Given all the hell the kids go through at TJ (purely from a workload perspective) it does seem unfair that so many good TJ students can't even get into UVA. UVA is a good school, but it's also the state university. These TJ kids (many of them willingly) give up so much social life to study and work. Meanwhile, their base school friends enjoy a much more balanced life and often end up at better colleges. Watching my two kids, my TJ one is definitely exposed to more and learning more. But, at what cost, I guess. Anyway, we do like TJ. Don't believe everything your read about the school, parents, kids, teachers. There are a lot of good people there and the education is amazing. Just wish they had more security getting into college after the amount of time they put in at TJ.

UVA is a state university. One, there should be no guarantee of admission to a state university upon entering a high school, even a magnet school. Two, there are other good options in state.

TJ grads do not want to attend UVA except for the bottom third grads.

Not true at all. Many want to go to UVA for the lower cost and others know they are going to grad school so UVA is only the first of multiple schools they will attend.

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Anonymous wrote:My perspective as a TJ parent of a 10th grader: we don't all expect that our kids get into every Ivy. TJ is hard, like REALLY HARD. I have another child at our base school. The workload difference is dramatic. Given all the hell the kids go through at TJ (purely from a workload perspective) it does seem unfair that so many good TJ students can't even get into UVA. UVA is a good school, but it's also the state university. These TJ kids (many of them willingly) give up so much social life to study and work. Meanwhile, their base school friends enjoy a much more balanced life and often end up at better colleges. Watching my two kids, my TJ one is definitely exposed to more and learning more. But, at what cost, I guess. Anyway, we do like TJ. Don't believe everything your read about the school, parents, kids, teachers. There are a lot of good people there and the education is amazing. Just wish they had more security getting into college after the amount of time they put in at TJ.

UVA is a state university. One, there should be no guarantee of admission to a state university upon entering a high school, even a magnet school. Two, there are other good options in state.

TJ grads do not want to attend UVA except for the bottom third grads.

Not true at all. Many want to go to UVA for the lower cost and others know they are going to grad school so UVA is only the first of multiple schools they will attend.

That was 10 years ago. Maybe UVA for pre-med or pre-law but it is pretty useless for STEM degrees especially for CS which is a very popular major.

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Anonymous wrote:My perspective as a TJ parent of a 10th grader: we don't all expect that our kids get into every Ivy. TJ is hard, like REALLY HARD. I have another child at our base school. The workload difference is dramatic. Given all the hell the kids go through at TJ (purely from a workload perspective) it does seem unfair that so many good TJ students can't even get into UVA. UVA is a good school, but it's also the state university. These TJ kids (many of them willingly) give up so much social life to study and work. Meanwhile, their base school friends enjoy a much more balanced life and often end up at better colleges. Watching my two kids, my TJ one is definitely exposed to more and learning more. But, at what cost, I guess. Anyway, we do like TJ. Don't believe everything your read about the school, parents, kids, teachers. There are a lot of good people there and the education is amazing. Just wish they had more security getting into college after the amount of time they put in at TJ.

UVA is a state university. One, there should be no guarantee of admission to a state university upon entering a high school, even a magnet school. Two, there are other good options in state.

TJ grads do not want to attend UVA except for the bottom third grads.

Not true at all. Many want to go to UVA for the lower cost and others know they are going to grad school so UVA is only the first of multiple schools they will attend.

That was 10 years ago. Maybe UVA for pre-med or pre-law but it is pretty useless for STEM degrees especially for CS which is a very popular major.

Not really it's strength but vastly better than any in-state alternatives.

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Anonymous wrote:My perspective as a TJ parent of a 10th grader: we don't all expect that our kids get into every Ivy. TJ is hard, like REALLY HARD. I have another child at our base school. The workload difference is dramatic. Given all the hell the kids go through at TJ (purely from a workload perspective) it does seem unfair that so many good TJ students can't even get into UVA. UVA is a good school, but it's also the state university. These TJ kids (many of them willingly) give up so much social life to study and work. Meanwhile, their base school friends enjoy a much more balanced life and often end up at better colleges. Watching my two kids, my TJ one is definitely exposed to more and learning more. But, at what cost, I guess. Anyway, we do like TJ. Don't believe everything your read about the school, parents, kids, teachers. There are a lot of good people there and the education is amazing. Just wish they had more security getting into college after the amount of time they put in at TJ.

UVA is a state university. One, there should be no guarantee of admission to a state university upon entering a high school, even a magnet school. Two, there are other good options in state.

TJ grads do not want to attend UVA except for the bottom third grads.

Not true at all. Many want to go to UVA for the lower cost and others know they are going to grad school so UVA is only the first of multiple schools they will attend.

That was 10 years ago. Maybe UVA for pre-med or pre-law but it is pretty useless for STEM degrees especially for CS which is a very popular major.

Not really it's strength but vastly better than any in-state alternatives.

For what?

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Love how these kids put their destinations on their LinkedIn! Congratulations to all and you will go far

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Anonymous wrote:My perspective as a TJ parent of a 10th grader: we don't all expect that our kids get into every Ivy. TJ is hard, like REALLY HARD. I have another child at our base school. The workload difference is dramatic. Given all the hell the kids go through at TJ (purely from a workload perspective) it does seem unfair that so many good TJ students can't even get into UVA. UVA is a good school, but it's also the state university. These TJ kids (many of them willingly) give up so much social life to study and work. Meanwhile, their base school friends enjoy a much more balanced life and often end up at better colleges. Watching my two kids, my TJ one is definitely exposed to more and learning more. But, at what cost, I guess. Anyway, we do like TJ. Don't believe everything your read about the school, parents, kids, teachers. There are a lot of good people there and the education is amazing. Just wish they had more security getting into college after the amount of time they put in at TJ.

UVA is a state university. One, there should be no guarantee of admission to a state university upon entering a high school, even a magnet school. Two, there are other good options in state.

TJ grads do not want to attend UVA except for the bottom third grads.

Not true at all. Many want to go to UVA for the lower cost and others know they are going to grad school so UVA is only the first of multiple schools they will attend.

That was 10 years ago. Maybe UVA for pre-med or pre-law but it is pretty useless for STEM degrees especially for CS which is a very popular major.

Not really it's strength but vastly better than any in-state alternatives.

For what?

Certainly nothing in STEM.

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Anonymous wrote:My perspective as a TJ parent of a 10th grader: we don't all expect that our kids get into every Ivy. TJ is hard, like REALLY HARD. I have another child at our base school. The workload difference is dramatic. Given all the hell the kids go through at TJ (purely from a workload perspective) it does seem unfair that so many good TJ students can't even get into UVA. UVA is a good school, but it's also the state university. These TJ kids (many of them willingly) give up so much social life to study and work. Meanwhile, their base school friends enjoy a much more balanced life and often end up at better colleges. Watching my two kids, my TJ one is definitely exposed to more and learning more. But, at what cost, I guess. Anyway, we do like TJ. Don't believe everything your read about the school, parents, kids, teachers. There are a lot of good people there and the education is amazing. Just wish they had more security getting into college after the amount of time they put in at TJ.

UVA is a state university. One, there should be no guarantee of admission to a state university upon entering a high school, even a magnet school. Two, there are other good options in state.

TJ grads do not want to attend UVA except for the bottom third grads.

This was true 15-20 years ago and UVA was a common bottom-third destination at that point.

UVA is actually an aspirational school for many TJ students nowadays.

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Anonymous wrote:My perspective as a TJ parent of a 10th grader: we don't all expect that our kids get into every Ivy. TJ is hard, like REALLY HARD. I have another child at our base school. The workload difference is dramatic. Given all the hell the kids go through at TJ (purely from a workload perspective) it does seem unfair that so many good TJ students can't even get into UVA. UVA is a good school, but it's also the state university. These TJ kids (many of them willingly) give up so much social life to study and work. Meanwhile, their base school friends enjoy a much more balanced life and often end up at better colleges. Watching my two kids, my TJ one is definitely exposed to more and learning more. But, at what cost, I guess. Anyway, we do like TJ. Don't believe everything your read about the school, parents, kids, teachers. There are a lot of good people there and the education is amazing. Just wish they had more security getting into college after the amount of time they put in at TJ.

UVA is a state university. One, there should be no guarantee of admission to a state university upon entering a high school, even a magnet school. Two, there are other good options in state.

TJ grads do not want to attend UVA except for the bottom third grads.

This was true 15-20 years ago and UVA was a common bottom-third destination at that point.

UVA is actually an aspirational school for many TJ students nowadays.

Fewer have been going to UVA. More seem to be going out of state.