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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I went to the TJ equivalent in my state, and it’s not just about where you end up. I mean, there are only so many jobs one can end up end. We all regress to the mean. Having experiences like going to a high school with other kids who think like you and are quirky like you for the first time in your life can be a life-changing experience, in ways other than what job you end up with — it helped me figure out who I am, helped teach me how to think, helped me figure out my career path. After high school I went to UVA for undergrad (so nothing all that special) and then Yale Law (more special, but not tech) and then have had prestigious jobs but I’m not a Supreme Court justice.[/quote]

There are few if any “TJ equivalents.”   I doubt your school was. [/quote]

There are several in NYC only.[/quote]

There are several "TJ aspirants" in NYC - Bronx Science, Stuyvesant, BASIS Brooklyn - but there are no TJ equivalents. To be fair, that's about as close as you can get.

The schools that end up rated in the same area as TJ, like TAG, Gwinnett, Academic Magnet SC and others, are too small to really be considered TJ equivalents. What makes TJ so special isn't necessarily the curriculum or even the resources - it's the fact that all of these things and the incredible student body exist in an otherwise normal high school that has the same offerings as any other high school in terms of extracurriculars, athletics, arts, and the like.

None of the other schools I mentioned are leading their area in state public school athletic championships. TJ is. And that, combined with the exceptional quality of the academic program, is what makes it so unique among schools in America, and indeed in the world.[/quote]

To follow up on this, according to the 2022 USNWR rankings, you have to get down to #26 (Boston Latin) to find a school that even approaches TJ in size, and to #36 (Stuyvesant) to get to a school that surpasses it.

There's just no comparison.[/quote]

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