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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sty most kids done with all APs in 10th.  Most only take those on a full schedule across all classes then it is off to IB.  They steal all your Cornell slots. NYU slots. U Chi spots. Williams spots.  Columbia slots.  Wake up! You lost the game not being born in the right city. [/quote]

The kids from the DMV public magnets do pretty well too. Thomas Jefferson has been one of the top 10 feeder HSs for Harvard over the last 15 years. [/quote]

This is verifiable b.s.  [b]TJ sent 6 out of 500 students to Harvard in 2024[/b], barely 1% and hardly impressive when the Harvard admission rate is 4%.  All the NYC top privates send at least 10% to Harvard every year.  polarislist.com[/quote]

Way to completely misunderstand and misuse statistics!! 🙄

Harvard accepts 4% of students who apply to Harvard from All high schools. Not 4% of the total seniors in ANY particular high school.

Let’s say 60 TJ seniors applied to Harvard last year, and Harvard accepted 6 of them. That’s a 10% acceptance rate for TJ.

But you said “TJ sent 6 out of 500 students”. Are you saying all 500 students APPLIED to Harvard that year?? And that every student accepted by Harvard that year chose to attend??

There are three different numbers in play in your example: The number of TJ students who APPLIED to Harvard, the number of students ACCEPTED by Harvard, and the number of students who chose to ENROLL in Harvard.

So let’s do the math:

If 90 TJ seniors applied, Harvard accepted 9 of them, 3 chose to go to other schools (Princeton, Stanford, MIT), and 6 enrolled at Harvard (as you said), that means Harvard accepted 10% of TJ applicants that year.

(I have no personal stake in this, by the way. I live in the Midwest. Just annoyed by your butchered hypothetical.)
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