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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Agree.  The kids at top public HS in MoCo, VA are very bright too.  Their parents aren’t paying $40k/year for school—but these kids are as bright or brighter than Big 3 and have SAT scores and AP credits through the roof.  You have to remember in this area, kids are coming from homes from parents with multiple degrees, PhD, law, medical, MBA, etc. that do choose strong public schools. It’s different than areas that the only option is private.  It’s the Lake Wobegon effect.  The same in places like Palo Alto.

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+100 to this and the other poster about public HS in Ffx. Arlington,Montgomery counties.

The top 10% of all of these schools study hard and its extremely competitive.  These aren’t kids that get into a school merely based on tradition or a family name and don’t have much under the hood.

[b]It’s insulting and insular to think only top students at a Big 3 work that hard.  Your kid would fail out of TJ.[/b]

Let me be more blunt.  Lady, your kid ain’t that bright.  It’s time to come to terms with the fact that she’s not as brilliant as you thought she was.  Damn those top 10% nerds and all their studying/hard work.[/quote]

This is not true. I've had kids at both TJ and a Big 3 and the workload is equivalent. The difference is that the intense classes at TJ tend to be STEM-focused and the intense classes at the Big 3 tend to be humanities/social science-focused. Each of my kids - whether at TJ or private - are doing 3-4 hours of homework/night.[/quote]

The jobs are not in social science/humanities.  Better to be a STEM major.[/quote]

So pp with TJ kid and big 3 kids- if your kid is STEM-oriented- do you advise public since they seem to have better STEM?
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Overall, the Big 3 is a better school than TJ - smaller classes, generally better teachers, superior resources and college counseling. If your kid is a comp sci or math genius then TJ might be the best choice, but I think for most kids - even STEM ones - the top private school (if you can afford it) is better. [/quote]

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