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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]38 to a welder's school like VPI is not that impressive, is it?[/quote]

LOL, you mean 38 out of 480 chose an in-state school is a bad thing? Not everyone can afford out of state. These acceptances are amazing: https://fcps.tjhsst.edu/coursemgmt/media/300/resource/TJ%20Profile%202015-16%20online%20hq.pdf

But at the end of the day, sometimes $$.[/quote]

179 / 480 went to instate.  38% - same %age as any other high school in FCPS region.

Virginia --&gt;
William and Mary
George Mason
James Madison
UVA
Virginia Commonwealth
Virginia Tech

http://thebullelephant.com/college-destinations-for-tjhsst-class-of-2015/

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Not arguing with that. But, the QUALITY of the acceptance list is not the same. Many parents also value the education their kids received during the 4 years at TJ. If your end game is the college name, then you don't understand that this is a long journey and their kids received a very unique education.[/quote]

Its disappointing when parents I know questioned our decision to send our child to TJ since they would "still end up at good state schools like UVA as their base school friends." Seriously, I'm not interested in "gaming" the system and my child's college acceptances are not for you to judge. The reason TJ was right for our family included 1000 reasons. Do you need to break others down to feel good about your base school? I'm not disparaging your choice to stay at the base.[/quote]

South Lakes (with IB) sent 35 to UVa last year.  I find that impressive.
https://www.restonnow.com/2015/05/29/heres-where-south-lakes-hs-seniors-will-head-next-fall/[/quote]

Thats impressive.. Thats from south lakes ? Wow..

College of William and Mary, 8
George Mason University, 26
Virginia Commonwealth University, 32
Virginia Tech, 51
University of Virginia, 35

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51 to a welder's college is impressive?[/quote]

As a Tech alumnus, I can assure you, I was not taught to weld.  In hind sight, I it might have been useful.   I was taught astrophysics, quantum mechanics, solid earth geophysics, vector calculus, partial differential equations. I was able to parlay my Tech experience into a PhD at the top institute in the nation (also with tech in its name, but Cal not Va). And my tuition at Tech was a fraction of a "top" university, so I graduated debt free.[/quote]

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