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[quote=Anonymous]Among TJ graduates, there are about 50-70 acceptances to top 10 universities (HYPSM, UC, etc..) each year. At other FCPS schools, there are less than 5 per year. If you think your kid has a chance to be a "top50" TJ kid, then I think TJ will give your kid better opportunities and a good shot at a top10 school. But if your kid is outside top50, it might be better to be a top5 kid at, e.g., Madison, than a top100 kid at TJ, if you're looking at top10 universities. How do you know your kid has teh potential to be a top50 TJ kid? I would say that, supposing they are in 7th grade, they should be scoring 1450+ on their PSAT 8/9s or 1200+ on the SATs. They should breeze through all of their school work because they can remember stuff taught in school without effort. Since they hardly need to study, they should be invovled in an outside school activity that they excel in (i.e. recognized as one of the best in the state). [/quote]
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