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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I urge all parents to read the posts about kids being unhappy with their kids’ college options and had they known that except for the very top kids, TJ college applicants generally do worse than had they likely stayed at their base school. [/quote]

Truth. But if you have a kid who wants incredible opportunities with a (mostly) motivated peer group, TJ will be the jam. But yes, it does make college applications a bit more challenging bc they are competing "against" each other for those spots. Our kid is a junior and while it will now be harder for her to get into UVA, we know she is SUPER prepared for school in a way that she might not have been at her base. (Of course you can be successful at the base schools too, our kid has said she isn't sure she would have worked as hard at base while at TJ it was sink or swim. So she swam.)[/quote]

Applicant here, I'm so nervous, my performance on the SPS and PSE were below my expectations: I think I'll either get accepted or waitlisted.[/quote]

From 4/15/2026 4:54 PM:

[quote]If you do not get in during regular admissions process, it could be a blessing in disguise.
-The froshmores (sophomore admits) have several advantages.
-They are selected by the faculty rather than the FCPS criteria, so you are already pretty sure that you can handle the rigor (and indeed, the froshmores tend to be in the top end of the grade distribution).
-They generally have straight A's in classes they took at their base school. They also had a two phase increase in rigor, first going from middle school to base high school, then going from base high school to TJ. So their GPASs tend to benefit from the more gradual increase in rigor.
-They don't see the 50-100 TJ freshmen that do not return for their sophomore year so they are never lulled into a sense of false security that these kids will fill up the bottom end of the grade distribution.
-They appreciate and take advantage of the differences between TJ and base schools, particularly the peer group.

The downsides are clubs. A lot of clubs fill up and don't always make room for the froshmores.
Some of the academic teams don't save spots for froshmores despite the generally stronger academics of froshmores.
But there are so many other activities you can choose that this is not a really limiting factor.[/quote]
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