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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Past performance may not mean much, re admissions. The world has changed. Current TJ kids are a known quantity to admissions officers, who will have fewer tools to differentiate base school kids (no captains of sports teams now, standardized testing is a mess, etc.). TJ kids may fare even better in future years than they had in the past. [/quote]

lol yall are ridiculous there are plenty of kids at base schools that are just as good as an average TJ kid.  Colleges understand this.  There is no bump for TJ and actually a negative unless you are going Engineering/Tech which gasp is the actual purpose of the school.[/quote]

No. The PP is right because the TJ curriculum is so uniform and all the kids take the same basic classes.  So it is known that kids can do high level high stress math, are thoroughly grounded in 4 science disciplines, have strong writing skills, both scientific and in analysis of fiction and non-fiction texts.  There is no way to take an “easier math track” until AB bs BC Calc.  No way to take an easier science track.  No way to get an easier English track at all. And year, after year, after year, kids come out with the same classes. So admin offers know what a B in TJ AP Physics means.   And TJ prove themselves over and over once they get on campus.  A UVA dean did an analysis and AP said they carried the highest GPAS of any school sending 10 or more kids.

Of course there are kids that can do this well at base schools.  But it’s a lot harder to figure out who they are.  Vs TJ, where a kid literally cannot graduate without certain important skill sets, certain classes, and proving that they can manage a difficult, intense workload, conduct scientific research, have a deep understanding of math, collaborate in group projects...[/quote]

hey booster it's actually easier to get into TJ from a base school vs TJ lol[/quote]

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