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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sure most TJ kids who are in the top 25% or so of the class will aim for Harvard, MIT, Duke, etc. but UVA ends up being a great value for TJ kids. Maybe some of the disappointment comes from a belief that the kids who end up at UVA could've have gotten the same outcome with much less stress and rigor, but TJ is about the experience not just the college admissions[/quote]

+1 many people say college is easier than TJ so it’s an experience beyond just the results[/quote]

Why would you want college to be easier than high school?[/quote]

First, less chance of struggling when first year can be overwhelming aside from academic requirements;
Second, more time to engage in club activity or leisure activities or preparing for even research/internships;
Third, very likely to stick to the intended major (even STEM) and to receive and maintain very high GPA;
Fourth, thus more options for med/law schools or even graduate school etc.
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So at the price of playing a sport/club or having leisure time in high school, TJ lets you do those things in college.  
In the mean time, all those kids who cruised through HS are now working harder in college and catching up with the TJ kids who front-loaded their academics in HS.

I'm still not seeing the benefit.  It's looking more like a trade.[/quote]

At the same time, there are few advantages to TJ that you may not heard of as well:

1) More students actually participate in organized sports/athletic programs than almost all the other HSs in the County since almost all TJ students will play in 'B' or 'C' teams if they wanted and hardly any BS of giving a tough time to perceived lesser players,
2) Almost non-existent bullying, school violence, school harassment, racial discrimination among students etc. 
3) Built in 8th period - allows for all TJ students to have club activities w/o much opportunity cost,
4) Required IBET/senior research requirements mean writing and researching much more than typical HS students and even some college students. 
4) Access to advanced lab systems, equipment and tools not avilable at some universities etc.[/quote]

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