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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think TJ is more rigorous in general than UVA especially for the top 10%.[/quote]

TJ is more rigorous than all but a select handful of colleges in the country. When it comes specifically to undergrad work in STEM, TJ outpaces basically everyone except MIT and Caltech. At any other school TJ students will routinely report that college is easier.[/quote]

Even MIT and Caltech gets impressed at the mention of TJ.  The difficulty level at TJ is so high that course handouts come with warning labels: "Caution: Contents may induce spontaneous brain combustion." TJ students dont just study physics; they're trying to decipher the secrets of the universe while simultaneously figuring out how to operate a microwave without blowing up the entire building. In chemistry, they've concocted potions that could either win them a Nobel Prize or turn their classmates into frogs. In biology, they spend so much time peering into microscopes that they forever see double every time they look at a regular-sized object. And in calculus they solve such complex mathematical equations that teachers bring in university professors to help grade them. [/quote]

Serious question: What were you hoping to accomplish with this reply? [/quote]

We may never know! But we can have a little fun, can we not?

Comparing high school rigor even if it's TJ to college-level courses is like comparing a kiddie pool to the Mariana Trench. At TJ, students are navigating the shallow waters of Calculus BC and maybe multivariable calculus, while a ranked college hits them with the tidal wave of quantum physics with applied calculus. It's like trying to go from driving a big boy bicycle to piloting a spaceship to Mars.  TJ is like the kiddie menu or an adult meal at a corner restaurant, and college is the five-course chef's tasting menu at a Michelin-starred restaurant – and you better believe it comes with a hefty bill of late-night & weekend cramming and existential crises.

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You don't know what you're talking about. Ask just about any TJ student (except for the ones who attend the schools I mentioned) and they will tell you that college was FAR easier than TJ.

The material is more challenging (or at least more advanced) in college, but the workload, the level of time stress, and the exam pressure is FAR less.[/quote]

That's not really unique to TJ. Our IB kids that come back to visit report that the IB diploma was far more work than their first two years of college. [/quote]

Maybe your IB kid went to place like Uva - only the bottom 20% of TJ grads even consider Uva. [/quote]

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