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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What I am hearing is that this was another down year for TJ college admissions, which is no surprise given the number of schools that are test optional. What I hear is that only five kids got it to MIT this year which is very low. Virginia Tech was also low again as it has been for several years ever since the Northam administration ordered Virginia Tech to stop taking so many middle income and upper income kids from Northern Virginia.

The word is that Purdue, Pitt and (thankfully) the University of Chicago are filling the void and have been aggressively admitting TJ kids.

UChicago in particular has been regularly admitting 12 to 15 TJ kids every year. Dartmouth and Princeton now admit almost no TJ kids anymore -  down from 15 to 20 at Dartmouth and 10-12 at Princeton a decade ago.

The Ivy leagues have been prioritizing admitting first generation college students and deemphasing high test score/academics.

They are still taking TJ kids, but a higher percentage of them are legacy students as opposed to high-achieving middle class kids with college-educated parents. [/quote]

Yes this is basically how my kid and their (very high stats) friends feel about the college acceptance results this year. Parents are a little disappointed given how hard these kids had worked but most kids are fine and happy. [/quote]

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