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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you have an unhooked kid who wants to go to HYPSM, Caltech or top 5 SLAC and they do very well at TJ (almost 4.0 UW GPA, interesting extracurriculars/internship), then they will have a good chance at being able to get into one of those schools. If they perform the same at their base school, they will have a much smaller chance of getting into any of those schools. Those are the kids TJ makes a positive difference for as far as college admissions.

Conversely, there are kids who don't do well academically at TJ and their college admissions chances are probably hurt by going there - ie:they'd get into UVA at base school, but they won't at TJ unless they're in the top 50%

Either way, it's a tremendous school - college admissions shouldn't be the reason someone does or doesn't go there.[/quote]

This is absolutely not true.[/quote]

Yes, it is. It's what happened to my TJ kid who graduated with a 4.0 and got into a few of those colleges, while no one at the base HS (other than one URM & one recruited athlete) has been admitted to those schools in at least the last 3 years.[/quote]
My unhookecd kid got into a HYPS school from a base school.  From your logic my kid is much more impressive.[/quote]

Huh? I wasn't comparing kids - it has nothing to do with who is more or less impressive. It has to do with how colleges perceive the different high schools. You can see it on the scattergrams for some top colleges at TJ - they pay attention to TJ kids who have top GPAs, but they don't seem impressed by a 4.0 at our base HS. Kudos to your kid! Hope he's having a great college career![/quote]

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