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[quote=Anonymous]The best answer to this question, based on decades of history at the school, is pretty simple:

It's INSANELY hard to get into an Ivy from TJ if you are a stereotypical TJ student - that is to say, your focus is entirely on STEM, you have no compelling interests outside of STEM, you seek to maximize your STEM courses and advancement to the extent possible, and your "non-STEM" extracurriculars are things like Debate and Model UN. Those kids have an extraordinarily hard time getting into Ivies from TJ, and would definitely be better served at their base school

The kids who actually get in are the kids who have an excellent academic resume but support it with deep engagement in non-STEM activities (athletics, arts, and the like) and even coursework. They also have the ability to speak effusively and authentically about something of significance that they've done that serves others, and would not traditionally be thought of as a way into college.

Put simply, they're more interesting than the typical TJ kid. Even the highest performing of those relatively one-dimensional STEM-only types tend to end up at, say, UVA. [/quote]

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