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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They can only accept so many kids from TJ. That’s why it’s not a good idea to go if you want to stay in state anyway. [/quote]

My kid wasn’t interested in TJ, so no skin in the game. But, I guess why not? I understand wanting a diversity of student experiences as it relates to the bottom 95% of schools. But, if they had to apply to go to the best school in the state and are doing well there, why shouldn’t the best schools want to pick them up? That doesn’t make sense to me. [/quote]

Because applicants are judged against their peers in high school. Why do so many people ignore this??? The average SAT at TJ is over 1500. A TJ student with a 1530 is seen as ordinary and maybe even a slacker. But a few mile away where the average SAT score is 1080 that student with a 1530 will been seen as special.

It really is that simple. TJ is a great school but if you are going hoping for a lottery ticket admission to CalTech MIT etc then your book smarts need to be augmented with some street smarts.

This is why C students end up in charge of everything. They sit back and put effort into things that actually pay off[/quote]

Colleges know the TJ students are above average, and SAT score is 1530 is higher than 1500 no matter which school you attended. It is like why tech companies hire a lot from top cs schools. Colleges are the same thing they want to recruit the best students. Unless there is a hard data to compare it is hard to conclude student scoring 1530 at tj would not be admitted to CalTech or MIT those schools are hard to get it in but not it is because student is low ranking at tj.[/quote]

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