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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is not a ding against other schools.

You have to live it to understand it. Those that have one at TJ and one at the base school will understand.

The rigor at TJ is simply different. Those that have gone through 4 years of it are prepared differently. 
This is not just about pure ability.

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Yeah. TJ education and base school education?  Different universes.  It is impossible  to get out of TJ without: AP Calculus, where 99% pass the exam and has an average TJ score above a 4.5. My very average kid came home from the BC exam, said it was way too easy and got a 5.  AP level CS, AP level Bio and Chem.  A physics class taught out of a Calc based book developed by the school and similar to MITs.  A Calculus based geosystems class drawing on AP level Bio, Chem and physics.  TJ teachers conduct training for teams from around the globe in these classes. A senior research project that is above typical undergrad research. AP English.  The friggin robot. Etc. and that’s baseline. The minimum the bottom quarter has to do to get the diploma.   Most kids do much, much more. While doing the commute and time consuming ECs.  They go in as the top 2-3% of FCPS. And come out after off the charts demand and workloads and taking math tests with an average class grade of 67.  So many, many kids don’t make it.  Colleges want the ones who do.

And no. UVA isn’t going to take 300 kids from TJ. If they did, it would be the top 5-7% of base school getting in.  And most kids accept that that’s the price of attending TJ: affirmative action for Langley and McLean.

Colleges want the ones that do.

And I also have one at TJ and one at base. They are not anywhere near the same education

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More typical TJ parent crap.  TJ does not in any way contain the top 2-3% of FCPS.  Did you really say that?  Talk to the middle school teachers.  They are amazed at who gets in and who doesn't.  They know the kids best.  The admissions process is over 50% subjective evaluations of essays, recommendations, and SIS.   A majority of the applicants have identical 4.0 GPAs from middle school.  There is no way to distinguish them effectively.[/quote]

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