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[quote=Anonymous][b][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We are new to this area. My kids are in ES, but this school seems to come into almost every conversation I have with other parents.  It is a state school, just like other state schools, right? [b]I heard that it was only difficult to get into if you are out of state like UNC CH.[/b]  Please enlighten me.  Thanks.  [/quote]

I think you misunderstood. It's incredibly difficult to get into UVa if you live in northern Virginia. There's so much competition here, pretty much only top students get in.[/quote]

[/b]Mainly because TJ HS students who do not get into Ivy colleges go here.[b]  So, it is extremely high caliber of students applying there. The standards are very very high.

Similar to UMD, where Poolsville HS magnet, Blair HS magnet and Richard Montgomery HS IB magnet kids go, when they do not get into Ivy colleges.

The reason these kids did not get into Ivy schools is because Ivy colleges only take a handful from any given high school. So, if these kids would not have gone to the magnet high schools, they would have gone to the Ivy colleges.  Catch - 22.

But hey - good for UVA and UMD!

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We live in MD and would have loved to have had UVA as an option.  It's not for everyone, true, but it's an excellent school.  And we know 2 TJ grads (former teammates of my kids) who turned down Ivy League schools to go to UVA.  They -- and their parents -- are very happy.  [/quote]

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