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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]That is the reason that wealthy Asians do not want to send their kids to top private HS in DMV. [/quote]

They would rather get the same disappointing college admission results from TJ.  At least it's cheaper.[/quote]

Disappointing? [/quote]

Plenty of TJ parents will tell you that their kids would have been better off at their base school (from a college admission perspective).[/quote]

But their kid would not have been the same applicant. They wouldn’t have had access to the same resumé-building opportunities i.e. scientific research. [/quote]

I think the point is that you compete most against other kids applying from your school vs. kids from other schools.  A kid that was accepted at TJ and stayed at their base school will likely be only 1 of maybe 5 NMSF and 1550+ SAT scorers at their base school, while at TJ you literally have 150 other kids that did as well.  Also, you may be one of only 3-5 kids applying to MIT from your base school, while again you are 1 of 75+ applying from TJ.

Sure, you may not have research opportunities dropped in your lap like at TJ, but if staying at your base school was due to an analysis like the above, you can definitely seek out similar opportunities.[/quote]

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