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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Don’t go to TJ - seriously. Go to base school[/quote]

I know we need to get off the waitlist too! :D[/quote]

Not on the waitlist. Heck didn’t even have younger sibling apply to TJ. Older sibling is at TJ. Better chances of getting into Ivy from base school than TJ.[/quote]

Except for the fact the TJ has much better admission stats than any base school.[/quote]

But the type of student who gets into TJ would be far from average at the base school, and therefore base school admissions state wouldn't apply. This is also true for places like Philips and Andover - the people who work for them, who you would expect to incentivize applications to earn more, actually say the same thing: don't come in here for Ivy admissions.

How many TJ students does an Ivy admit? Maybe 10? Being one of those in much harder than being the 1 or 2 who would get in from a base school due to the level of the competition - the average TJ student would be in the top 5% or higher at their base school[/quote]

That's conjecture. They might've also  done better at TJ where they were engaged and had a stronger peer group.[/quote]

They might "do better" on absolute terms, but the odds of their class rank at TJ somehow being higher than the class rank at their base school is negligible[/quote]

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