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[quote]Here is why you are wrong: What HS in FCPS has the best teachers? IDK, but it is NOT TJ. TJ has the best students, but many of those student would learn more with the better teachers in the base school

At MIT, Caltech, Harvard, Yale, etc, do you think the Professors are paid to teach? No. They are judged by there success in research: getting grants and publications. They care about there grad students (who actually teach the classes) more than the undergrads.

Do you know why people chose which university to work at as professors? When they are looking for work (after finishing up the PhD/PostDoc), they go to the university with openings. HYP/MIT etc get good people -- amongst the best; but so do UVA, VA Tech, W & M, GMU, JMU. There are not a lot of jobs in academia. The difference is the people at W & M, JMU, etc are judged based on the teaching ability, rather than the research proliferation. So, your child will have better teaching at the lesser schools. In addition, there are research opportunities for undergrads at the lesser schools. However, the peers will be better at the top schools.

If your kid is the type that is self motivated and does not require competition, they may do better at a the second tier schools. If there excellence is 100% the result of competition, then you want the best competition.

Personally, I am a research scientist. I pursue the great truths; my work is world renowned, but I am not that competitive; I am more concerned with the work being correct than who gets credit. (I was offered a CTO position, but turned it down). [/quote]

Someone just astutely remarked:  "Empty barrels make the most noise".

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