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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Likely high GPA was a 4.6+ and your kid it at a 4.4 ECs are incredibly important, also.

I have been posting on the TJ forum for months about how and why TJ should be carefully considered bc likely college options will not be what many are hoping.

The above poster (who says NBD your kid will be well prepared) is who I think rebuts each of my posts. It’s absurd. Families which value education, value all education…meaning making decisions that are taking a long term approach.

My guess is the ECs were not stellar, the GPA pushed kid out of the top at tj and tj’s top applicants jumped over your kid when compared to each other.

I am sorry. Tough pill to swallow.[/quote]

Just like you are not the only poster that warns of compromising college results, there are multiple poster that points out the valuable training that TJ provides.  
This is always a hot topic this time of year because people are trying to figure out what to do about their TJ offer.
If college isn't your terminal degree, the training might be more important.

Reasonable minds can differ.

I have always told parents that if their kid is consistently top 1% on standardized tests and has a good work ethic, they should probably encourage their kids to go
If their kid is top 5%, they have to really want to go and have "passion" and a lot of work ethic.
If their kid is not top 5% my kid would have to beg me to go.
If not top 10% then not even if they begged.

Some kids have to go, others are content to know that they got accepted and could have gone.
You know your child better than they know themselves.  Be a parent.  Guide your children.[/quote]

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