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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]
[u]TJHSST[/u]
Brown 98 admitted 37 attended
[b]UC Berkeley 205/70[/b]
Carnegie Mellon 364/120
Univ of Chicago 109/43
Columbia Univ 91/43
Cornell 292/130
Dartmouth 67/27
Duke 193/75
Georgetown 102/31
Ga Tech 300/37
Harvard 42/32
Harvey Mudd 25/5
Johns Hopkins 69/18
MIT 133/103
UPenn 88/45
Princeton 115/69
RPI 187/29
USC 76/18
Stanford 84/60
Va Tech 1268/254
UVA 1745/683
Wash U 139/36
William & Mary 1417/401
Yale 82/43

[u]Madison[/u]

Brown University: 6	6	4 
University of California	11	4 
Carnegie Mellon University	24	3 
University of Chicago	11	7 
Columbia University	6	7 
Cornell University	29	15 
Dartmouth College	7	3 
Duke University	16	9 
Georgetown University	25	15 
Georgia Institute of Technology	48	10 
Harvard University	3	2 
Harvey Mudd College	2	0 
Johns Hopkins University	17	4 
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	3	3 
Northwestern University	11	2 
University of Pennsylvania	7	3 
Princeton University	9	7 
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	28	7 
University of Southern California	19	6 
Stanford University	6	5 
Virginia Tech	728	296 
University of Virginia	414	265 
Washington University in St. Louis	23	6 
College of William and Mary	330	135 
Yale University	2	1
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[b]Embarrassing numbers for Madison[/b].[/quote]

Completely unnecessary and small-minded comment.  As many others have pointed out, compared to TJ any other school would be considered embarrassing for obvious reasons.  Can we please get off this cycle?

I agree with the conclusions that multiple people have posted - When it comes to college admissions, TJ is important to the top 15-20% at TJ.  For the rest, it is either the same (21-70%) or worse (bottom 30%).

When it comes to college readiness, I'm assuming the "TJ rigor" helps in the first 1-2 years at college.  It might also help with completing college sooner.  Don't have numbers to prove this.  It's all anectodal.

When it comes to cool stories about HS - Had sex behind the bleachers, smoked pot in the principal's office, etc.  TJ would likely be a major fail.

Can we close this thread now?  PLEASE!!![/quote]

[b]You would encourage sex behind the bleachers or smoking pot in the principal's office during high school?[/b][/quote]

For my kids, NO WAY (that's why they are in TJ among other things).  For myself, HYFR! (I'm a guy and did not go to a school like TJ).

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Double standard.[/quote]

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