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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Someone should just write a script for these debates, because they're the same every time.

A: TJ has the best college results. 
B: No, [insert local private school] has better results.
A: TJ had 12 to [insert top college] this year!
B: But [local private] had 8, which is a far higher percentage.
A: TJ still had more.
B: But TJ's class is 5 times bigger, so of course it has more.
A: The only reason TJ doesn't have more is because most of its students are non-legacies who can't afford to attend those top colleges.
B: But TJ is in one of the wealthiest counties in the US, it's students drive BMWs, and many of the parents attended top colleges.
A: Yeah, because TJ's the best!

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TJ is certainly better than the local privates. Comparable schools are Andover, Exeter, Harker etc. (Hunter maybe, although not sure if that one is private) which are way better than the DC ones. :lol: [/quote]

TJ is a local HS so it's unlikely that it can compete with schools that draw high-performing students from all over the country. There's no harm in believing otherwise, though, except that you come off as a desperate striver living vicariously through your kids.[/quote]

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