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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Who wants to work hard for 4 years with relentless pressure and not have a normal teen dating/social life?  C'mon and sign up here!  Is TJ's program attractive to more students or is it a case of only interested students are signing up?
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Maybe 10% will end up at an Ivy League school.  50% of those who apply to UVA will be rejected.[/quote]

Unless the school starts admitting more well-rounded kids - if they do, watch those numbers go up QUICK[/quote]

What are "well-rounded kids"? Why do you assume TJ kids are not well-rounded?[/quote]

Plenty of TJ kids are well-rounded. Plenty of them are also not. If you are around TJ in any capacity, you know this. If they were, they'd have more success getting into schools like UVA. Perhaps not the Ivies, but definitely UVA.[/quote]

I'm a TJ parent and I am not in the business of judging other children. My child is happy at school, has a good group of friends, and is pretty well-rounded for me. That is all that matters. And, what is the fascination with UVA? College acceptance rates from TJ are quite good. But we'll cross that bridge when we get there.[/quote]

"Well-rounded" is code for a way to discriminate against Asians in college admissions.[/quote]

Asians can't be well rounded?[/quote]

That isn't what was said.  "Well rounded" is subjective, so it is a way to rationalize not accepting a group with the highest objective (standardized tests, GPA, rank) measures.  [/quote]

Asians certainly can be well-rounded, and many of them from TJ are. And many students from other races are not well-rounded at all.

College is a business, and they have determined over the years that the objective measures that you cited are poor predictors of whether or not a student will be of future value to the school through things like donations, fame, and increased applications.

Much like TJ, elite universities would see a decrease in applications, and therefore prestige, and therefore eventually rankings, if their classes were 75-80% Asian. It's not good business for them, therefore, to make decisions based on poor indicators of what will generate interest and wealth for them.[/quote]

And yet TJ maintains its ranking as the best high school and the prestige despite the 70% Asian students and constant attacks and undermining. [/quote]

Applications to TJ have decreased by over 20% in the last two years. The drop in rankings will follow down the road.[/quote]

Most of the drop in applications is due to white students who cannot compete with smart Asian students despite complaining my snowflake needs more rigor in aap. [/quote]

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