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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]People can huff and puff, but at the end of the day both TJ and AAP are positives for FCPS and Fairfax County, in that they send signals that FCPS cares about advanced academics.  It's an imperfect signal, but a meaningful one nonetheless.  You only have to look at how FCPS outperforms MCPS and captures a much larger share of top students than APS to know they are net positives for the county.  The possibility that some hypothetical TJ student turned down from U. Va. possibly might have been admitted had he or she applied from Woodson or South Lakes instead isn't going to change that.  [/quote]

I agree , and to add to that , at the end of the day TJ and non-TJ all get to meet in in-state colleges. Not sure what is so special about TJ though.. Only top 20-30 % go to IVYs if they can afford.. Once in local college ,everyone is same .. TJ / Non-TJ doesn't matter.[/quote]

Except UVA accepts approximately 190 TJ kids each year and TJ kids typically end up in the top 10% of the colleges they attend, 30% to Ivys is impressive (along with another 40 to 50% to similar elite colleges/universities). Not many if any other high school can match that kind of achievement.

They have one of the best teams in the country endless categories such as math, physics, chemistry, biology, computing, chess, quizbowl, Model UN on and on....  TJ is well respected at the top universities (MIT, Caltech, Berkeley, Princeton, Stanford, Cornell etc.)[/quote]

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