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[quote=Anonymous]Different perspective here. He could step back to his base school and get straight As and still not get into a top school, so why give up the learning opportunity? So many people on this board are from law, consulting, and finance where undergraduate pedigree makes a difference. If he wants to work in Silicon Valley the pedigree is completely different.

If he likes TJ, stay there, learn to work through the difficulties. Is it executive functioning, gaps in knowledge , test anxiety. IMO a C in a difficult class is far better than an easy A. He’ll enter undergraduate university with the skills and rigor required to be at the top and then be very competitive for grad school.

If he is interested in computer science forget Emory or any of the schools listed here. The big tech companies in Silicon Valley will hire an undergraduate from San Jose State over any of the top ranked east coast schools including Ivy ones every time for an actual tech role. The start ups will care about his work product , ability to quickly learn new tech, come up with new approaches and demonstrated ability to innovate. TJ will give him those skills earlier.

The UC and Cal state schools only factor sophomore and junior year grades. If he does really well sophomore and junior year he could get into the honors program  If he does really well his first two semesters in college he can probably switch into the honors program. [/quote]

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