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[quote=Anonymous]This thread is interesting because I have a kid at TJ who is looking a small liberal arts colleges, rather than engineering or hardcore STEM. Last year, TJ had 192 kids apply and 142 accepted (74% acceptance rate). Class of 2017 was generally considered to be very weak. The prior 2 years were 211/173 (82% acceptance rate) and 181/210 (87%). Scattergram shows that every kid with a weighted 4.0 GPA and 1500 on the SATs is accepted. Going to WM from TJ is gerenally considered to be unimpressive— both within TJ and on this board, where year after year people post that their is no point in TJ because many of the kids *only* go to UVA or WM. But from where I sit, knowing my kid is very likely to get into WM (4,0-4.1 GPA after freshman year, 1440/1520 PSATs in 10th, solid but not exceptional extracurriculars) and that we can pay for it feels pretty great. It is also great that TJ kids consistently repor[/quote]
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