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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How about people whose kids actually attend(ed) TJ answer this question. Haters can move on. Yes, it is worth it, as long as you/your student understand it is not a golden ticket to a lifetime of success. It is a great experience in and of itself. College admissions are at least as difficult from TJ as from other FCPS high schools, but the four years there offer an unparalleled experience. [/quote]

Given the acceptance rates to certain schools, college admissions are clearly easier from there than from other schools, actually.  Haters gonna hate.[/quote]

You take the same kids and put them in any environment and they will get admitted to the top colleges.  TJ students would be top 10% at any HS in the county.  You have to compare the admission stats for TJ to the top 10% (maybe even 5%) in the county...you will not find an advantage for TJ -- instead, you will find that the top 400 kids not at TJ go to better colleges, on average, than the kids from TJ.  [b]It is because the schools to not was 50 kids from TJ.[/b][/quote]

UVA, W&M, VaTech all accept more than 50 kids from TJ. Usually those schools accept about 150 TJ kids each year although there may be some overlaps.  [/quote]

And there were 97 kids admitted to Tech, 47 to UVA, and 36 to William and Mary from one of FCPS Non-TJ highschools...(Madison).  The school graduated just under 500 kids, so [b]20% got into tech, 10% UVA, 8% William and Mary.[/b]   [/quote]

Are these numbers exclusive of each other - as in, is this acceptance  or  kids that will be attending. I know one kid who was accepted into all 3 of these schools (and a few more) so need to make sure you are not counting a kid more than once for the stats to be valid.

Good information. Thanks for posting. Is this readilly available?[/quote]

The information is readily available.  It is not exclusive, so there will be some overlap.   My point, though, is the top kids from any school can do as well as TJ on admissions.  There were about 150 students from TJ admitted to UVA, for example.  or roughly  33% of the class.  At madison, it was about 1/9th.

Since 150 students at TJ is a big number, I will assume that most TJ students can get into UVA/Tech/William and Mary.  
That means that the top 1/9th at madison is roughly equivalent to the kids at TJ.[/quote]

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