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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A pretty impressive list this year (even to hardcore anti-TJ'ers).  I believe these are matriculants, not admittees. Here is a partial list:

Berkley 8
Chicago 8
Columbia 2
Cornell 13
Duke 4
Harvard 5
MIT 7
Michigan 14
Penn 3
Princeton 4
Stanford 3
Washington University (St. Louis) 4
Williams 2
Yale 5[/quote]

Still unimpressed the number one question remains if these kids would have remained at their base schools what would happened

I would argue for most at TJ they would have gotten better results from base schools

Even with this top 25% or so list[/quote]

Tufts
CMU (Engineering/CS)
Grinnell
UICU
GA Tech

And as a TJ parent, I know my kids long term results would not have been as good out of a base school. TJ sends kids to College— be it Harvard or UVA who are over prepared and find college easy after TJ. On some campuses, including UVA, TJ kids have the #1 GPA out of all US school with at least 10 kids on campus. Even if my kid could have gotten into the exact same college out of a base school, my kid will do better in college than they would out of a base school. That counts for a lot for kids who will likely continue past undergrad. 
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All you have experience is TJ.  Again my argument is your kid would have had a similar experience in a top section at their base schools

P.S. in the real world no one cares about GPA[/quote]

Actually, TJ isn’t my only experience.  I also have a kid at a “top” Western County FCPS base high school. That kid is also getting a great education, taking all honors/AP classes,  and will likely do  well in college.  But the rigor is nowhere near what it is at TJ. Especially in STEM, but also in English.  My base school kid is getting better History,  since WH is 2 years at base, one at TJ. Base school kid will get more AP credits and a higher GPA for less work.

The base school standards are lower and the workload is lighter.  But, my base school kid will be prepared for college— but not overprepared, like my TJ kid. My TJ kid is likely to have a very easy time, especially the first couple years. My base school kid will have to make an upward adjustment, just like they did starting Ms and starting HS.  I obviously can’t see the future, but I suspect my TJ kid will have a higher college GPA.

You are right, GPA matters little in real life.  But it does matter for grad school admissions.

So yes, I am one of the relatively small number of parents in FCPS who can compare. [/quote]

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