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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm a parent of TJ senior and here is number I get so far:
3 Harvard
1 or 2 Yale
2 Princeton
4 or 5 MIT (all from REA)
1 S (maybe)
1 Columbia
2 Upenn

The real number maybe higher than this but definitely not much. Worst year in decade.[/quote]

This is what I heard so far:

8 Harvard
6 Yale
9 Princeton
11 MIT 
5 Stanford 
8 Columbia
10 Upenn
18 Michigan
16 CMU
14 Chicago
15 Cornell[/quote]

Now the real destination numbers are out. 
5 Harvard
3 MIT
4 Princeton
1 Yale
1 Stanford
1 Columbia
5 UPenn
9 CMU
14 Chicago
7 Cornell[/quote]

One could be acceptances and the other is destinations.  [/quote]

I would expect a lot better but guessing these stats will improve with the students admitted under the new process.[/quote]

i think it will get worse....[/quote]

Here are the trends I expect:

1) More students admitted to elite schools - the Ivies, Stanford, Duke, MIT, Caltech. This is because TJ will finally have a strong core of excellent students from diverse backgrounds, rather than mostly excellent students from a single background.

2) More students remaining in-state. This is because, even though some schools will offer attractive financial aid packages to the increased number of low-income students, many parents will prefer to have them closer to home.

3) A few more students attending the local schools - GMU, JMU, VCU and the like. There is a slightly larger bottom end of the class now at TJ, and each of those schools has significantly enhanced their academic offerings in recent years. Especially GMU in cybersecurity - could easily see that being a VERY attractive option for TJ kids.

4) Fewer students attending second-tier out-of-state schools - UNC, UChicago, UCLA, Michigan, etc. The real cost of attendance at these schools is high enough that it will cause families to balk.[/quote]

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