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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is it just me or is this list underwhelming?  If the primary goal of having a child attend TJ is to get them into an elite college, I think many of those TJ parents to be (and their kids) might be in for a rude awakening.  Certainly not all TJ parents are pushing their kids to attend TJ so Johnny can get into Harvard, Stanford or MIT but prolly a large number do think this way whether they admit it or not.[/quote]

The list is very impressive for a STEM school.  About 10% are going to Ivy plus Stanford. But, going to TJ is not going to get you into an Ivy.  There isn't a public school in the country that can consistently get move than it's top 10% or so into an Ivy. These are not legacy and development kids.  Do you know anything about the USC, Cal Tech, Illinois, GA Tech (this is an off year for TJ and Ga Tech), CMU, Harvey Mudd, Michigan, Jons Hopkins, MIT, UWash, UT Austin and VT CS and engineering programs?  VCU, Case Western, Rice's s direct medical school admissions programs.  Several kids are going to SLAC that do the Columbia 3/2 engineering program. If this was full of top SLACs, you would be griping about how TJ kids aren't interested in STEM. This is a STEM powerhouse list.  Almost all of the schools with more than one are a top ten stem something, or have a special STEM program, like direct med school admissions or 3/2 Columbia engineering.

You don't got to TJ to get into a top Ivy or SLAC. You go to for the STEM program. And their STEM placement is very good. [/quote]

True but the list and #s attending each school aren't as strong as previous years for TJ (class of 2016 specifically).  It might just be an off year for TJ simple as that.[/quote]

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