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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Now, if you assume that TJ kids not at the top of the class are competing against top 10% of Edison kids, yes, probably top 10% of Edison kids do better than the middle third of TJ kids.  But for the top of the TJ class, Edison is not going to serve them as well. 
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Setting aside the fact that I don't think anyone is claiming otherwise, there are neatly 500 kids per class at TJ. Top 50 will no doubt get the cream of the crop offers. The next 50 are probably going to do quite well, too. But the next 100? And the 250 who will graduate from TJ, but in the bottom half of their class? I think it's less clear.[/quote]

First, typical graduating class is around 430. The bottom 30% of TJ students get accepted to places like W&M, VaTech, VCU, CMU, Indiana University, Boston University, Drexel University, Penn State, Rensselaer, RIT, Stevens Institute of Technology, Syracuse, GW, Tulane, University of Illinois etc.  I think that's much better than 90% of Edison graduates.[/quote]

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