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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What do you expect?  Everybody knows what kind of students in TJ. Colleges are not stupid. When TJ changes its admission, college would also change admission based on TJ's change. It's a downward spiral.[/quote]

No, you've got that backwards, friend.  College admissions at UVA and VT were declining under the old admissions.  Changing the admissions needed to happen for that reason as well as the other reasons.[/quote]
If you aim at UVA and VT, do you need to go to TJ?[/quote]
Yes, but not if merely aiming to get admitted to UVA/VT non-competitive major.

Look at it this way.  Consider the likelihood of your HS student gaining admission to UVA competitive major. With 329 high schools in Virginia, even if the top 1 or 2 kids from each school apply to most sought-after Engineering/CS/premed programs, your base high HS kid's chance is about 1 in 100.  Securing acceptance into UVA is relatively easy for non-competitive majors like liberal arts, social sciences, or business, regardless of the high school attended.  Most people dont care to inquire further if the UVA admission was into a non-competitive or most sought after major.

Contrast this with the top quarter TJ students, many of whom aim exclusively for highly competitive majors at UVA. Despite the intense competition, a substantial number of TJ kids, around 40 to 50 accept admission ( likely 200+ offers) into these competitive majors, not just any majors. Can you name another Virginia high school with comparable 40 to 50 acceptance success of getting students admitted or 200+ offered to UVA/VT's top-tier programs?

For the average high school student, UVA is often a reach school. However, for top quarter TJ students, it's considered a match or even a safety, particularly in the context of competitive majors. Most top-quarter TJ students apply to numerous competitive colleges, reserving UVA/VT/UMD as their safety options.

If student is not a top-quarter TJ student, then there is no guarantee they would have been in the top 5% in their base school, especially at Langley/Oakton/McLean, leaving their chances more or less the same with college admissions.   
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