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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]4 year varsity /= lower third.  Plenty of athletes with good grades.

BUT it does mean that you will have less time for other things.  Their socializing might largely revolve around their team during the season.  And if they want to do  club sports, it will be hard to balance with everything else they will want to do.

It's the "not super bookwork type" things that will be a problem.  This is not rec level academics.  It is one of the most rigorous programs in the country.  Not the district, not the state, the country.  It is not uncommon for kids to get a 5 on an AP exam and a B or even a C in the class.  Kids that world cost through their base school with straight As might struggle to stay above a 3.5 uw.

They are less likely to get into UVA from TJ.  However, they will be better prepared for whatever college they do end up at.

Just my opinion.  YMMV[/quote]

So he’d be better prepared than all kids at the base? [/quote]

Categorical statements are always hard to make but I believe that for the vast majority of kids that don't drown in the rigor, they will be better trained than if they had stayed at their base school.  You still want to do well enough so you go to a college where that academic rigor can be put to use but, I believe so.  The rigor trains you for the higher academic load of college over high school.[/quote]

I don’t really see this as true. When I see the top kids at base schools receiving an award or in the news, their linkedin is impressive, as are their stats. Bright kids who challenge themselves in HS are well prepared for college in general across the board. [/quote]

[b]Top-tier base school[/b] students are every bit as capable of success in college as [b]mid-to-lower tier TJ students[/b]. They're just going to have to work a lot harder than the TJ kids will relative to what they did in high school. [/quote]

You’ve lost it. You really have. [/quote]

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