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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]One more thing we realized ( parent of TJ kid who went to Wisconsin) is that colleges don’t care about the fact that the kid went to TJ where good grades are so hard to come by.

Basically colleges look at overall GPA and which courses were taken. Thats all.

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Do you and your son regret it?[/quote]

We dont regret it as we dont know what the base experience would have been.  But overall TJ years bring back more stress than a 'happy HS memory'.

Kid def says that in College his level of preparation is so much better than 99% of the kids. But again, that's well and good if the kid is actually able to get into the school of their choice.

My son wanted to go to UVA - but was rejected.  Maybe from base school he would have made the cut for UVA? Who knows? In the end it worked out well at Wisconsin.

I wanted to share so that parents have the full picture.

The interesting/sad thing is that many parents know this about TJ but STILL get overcome by the TJ Brand Prestige and pressure their kids to go to TJ. 
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