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For one of the wealthiest areas of the country with a school that is supposedly the best of the best I am not impressed with these numbers at all.  Less than 1/3 are going to truly great schools.  Most of these kids could get into UVA or W&M from their base schools.  I think this just shows once and for all there is no magic TJ effect.  You should go there if you are interested in STEM otherwise just stay at your base school.

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I disagree.  All the schools listed in the analysis are at the level of UVA/W&M.  55% of the school gets into one of those, essentially the top half of the class.  If you add in schools like Virginia Tech, the number is prob 70% (i did not do the actual math).  The bottom 30% could have stayed at base and done better.  They probably did not do well for a variety of reasons - they did not want to be there and are there due to parental pressure, they are the kids that prepped but would not have gotten in otherwise, etc.

I[b] do agree that the 31-45% population (who did not make it into UVA but got into VA Tech for instance) may have done way better with far less effort at a base school.[/b]

I do not have knowledge of financial aid but it does appear that TJ kids get money in some cases.  Again, strong base school kids may get the same offers as well.  [/quote]

Exactly what the mother of one of last year's students told me.  Her TJ kid was glad to get into VT, but she saw many kids from the base school get into better schools with much less stress and effort during HS.  While I'm sure they are proud, it was kind of hard to see.[/quote]

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