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I've heard it said that TJ grads have the highest cohort GPAs at schools like W&M and UVA.  Can't verify that.  If so, it could be because the kids are smart, but it could be that they are better prepared for the college academic environment than their counterparts from other schools.  [/quote]

I don't know about GPAs of the cohort - some students go awry in college.
In the college selection process (2019), my child spoke with multiple TJ alumni at the various colleges she was applying to. FWIW here's a snapshot:

1. All but CMU (SCS), Princeton and MIT thought TJ was harder.

2. UVA said Engineering/CS was "easy" and did not require a lot of effort. My child liked UVA because of this; did not want another 4 years of "TJ"

3. All said that TJ (good memories or not) prepped them because students have to do a lot by themselves: overcome some admittedly mediocre instruction at TJ, study extra material, read textbooks cover-to-cover, schedule classes, advocate for themselves on grading, independent research, hunt for internships, self-start on everything i.e. everything you'd do in college. 
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