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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Bye, PP., my DC is white.  And thankful to be at TJ. [/quote]

My DC is white and thankful to be at TJ too. But I do think the point somewhat holds.  Western part of the county. And among the families I known from ES and MS, nearly all of the Asian families have accepted without question that that having their kid attend TJ was the top priority.  Whereas, the White kids and their parents evaluated TJ on a much more individual, each kid is unique basis.

I do think it is a little ironic in an area where so many white families accept without questioning that there is no college choice but UVA (or WM) and then do crazy things to get their kid in. But never ask themselves or their kids if a different college would be better. [/quote]

Asian-American parent here.  I know there are AA families who think the way this poster believes but it is a generalization bordering on stereotype as I know Asian families whose kids decided against accepting TJ's offer including mine.  My eldest S loves TJ but it wouldn't have been the right fit for my younger S as he made clear he wasn't committed to STEM and wanted a normal HS experience.  He chose to stay in his base school w/his friends and that was the right decision for him.   Now, I agree that something has to be done to broaden the demographics at TJ and encourage more white, hispanic and black children to apply but not sure what that would entail.  Race is not currently used as a factor in TJ admissions unlike college admissions.  Anyway, straying off topic here.

Getting back to OP post, this was widely considered by TJ's student body to be an off-year at TJ.  The preceding class of 2016 was thought of as an extremely strong class and the current rising senior class of 2018 somewhere in between.  Also, this was a tougher year for top college admissions with application numbers up strongly for most top colleges.  UVA's applications went from 32,000 last year to over 36,000 this year and almost all Ivy's reported record numbers applying.  SLAC liberal arts schools like Williams and Amherst had record applications.  Williams had applications soar from less than 7000 last year to 8600 this year! It is clearly is significantly tougher to get into the top 25 colleges and universities than even just 3-4 years ago.  [/quote]

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