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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sending your child to TJ reduces their chances to go to a top university.[/quote]

This is mostly false. Sending your child to TJ only reduces their chances to go to a top university if they follow the same path followed by the traditional typical TJ student.

That path consists of:
- spending your summers either taking TJ summer courses or doing STEM-exclusive internships;
- arranging your course schedule to maximize advanced STEM offerings;
- limiting your non-iNite 8th period activities to obvious resume-building STEM clubs or the Model UN/Debate track;
- participating either in no sports or in individual, low-commitment sports like cross country, track, and swim;
- excelling in none of these things [i]relative to the rest of the TJ population[/i].

These students will end up competing with 200+ kids from TJ and the rest of Northern Virginia who are all trying to get to the same place in the same way.

The kids who end up with the strongest college outcomes from TJ tend to be:
- athletes in team sports;
- students who invest significantly in a performance or visual art;
- students who do something with their summers and extracurriculars that actually helps people;
- students who engage themselves in activities for which they have a deep passion, and thus can write about in a compelling manner.

Colleges are looking for students who are either going to invest in the school or inspire others to do the same. It's that simple. Students who behave in a transactional manner while they're at TJ are not going to be attractive to an elite school unless they are next-level elite themselves.[/quote]

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