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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's nice to see that folks are already lining up the narratives to get their kids into TJ off the waitlist.

It's almost a comforting rhythm - a flood of TJ sh!tposting right around the application deadlines to depress competition, and another flood gearing up for the admissions notices going out on mid-March to incentivize decline rates.

So much thirst.[/quote]

Such BS. TJ can absolutely hurt college chances. [/quote]

Honestly, so what? Even if this is true - and I'm not entirely convinced that it is - you'll find no end of TJ alumni who didn't get into their first choice college who are killing it and credit their TJ experience for what it taught them. A pair of twins I know went to TJ and then a state school and Langley then a high-end Ivy - and the TJ kid is doing way better and no one is surprised.[/quote]

Of course I'll find an end of TJ grads who didn't get into their first choice and are still upset and aren't "killing it." The fact that you know a pair of twins who you claim is doing better than a Langley ivy grad doesn't change this fact.

To say "so what" completely ignores those who value what a higher ranked college can do versus what a higher ranked HS can do. Do you think:

- base high school grads going to top ranked colleges don't do amazingly well in those colleges?
- going to a top ranked colleges comes with "extras" like personal connections that result in job offers/internships, benefits to job offers from college being very well respected. etc.

We turned TJ down because we valued the longer game and are very happy with our choices even though it was difficult at the time. Sure, TJ has some great opportunities, but we saw that they were outweighed by the opportunities that could be afforded in college.[/quote]

Syntactical issues notwithstanding, yes, I know for a fact that many base high school grads who reject TJ:

- don't get into top colleges anyway
- are significantly less prepared for college when they arrive

... and that those kids who go out for internships:

- are less prepared to execute in those internships when they get there
- get beaten out by TJ kids who didn't get into the highly rejective schools once they arrive

The bottom line is, by rejecting TJ in favor of your base school you're making a bet on a 20% chance of admission (and I'm being generous) rather than a 10% chance and you're looking to join a club (elite schools) whose benefits are significantly less exceptional than they were 15-20 years ago and who are under constant threat from our rogue presidential administration.

Literally any human development specialist will tell you that the ages of 14-18 are far more critical for the child's future than 18-22.[/quote]

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