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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For the last time.  There is no advantage of going to TJ for college admissions.  Let me break it down

You stay at base school you are in the top 10% = UVA and crapshoot for Ivies/elite schools
You go to TJ now you are not a big fish in a small pond anymore.  what happens how "good" is your child really.....  And even if you make top 10% TJ Ivies are still a crapshoot

Bottom Line go to TJ if you actually care about STEM and you are willing to have 4+ hours of hw a night and many times much more

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Agreed.  In fact, TJ students not in the top 20% are probably at a disadvantage wrt elite schools.  As mentioned on Stanford's admissions page, "We expect that these students have taken high school course loads of reasonable and appropriate challenge in the context of their schools."  Since TJ kids have more opportunities in terms of labs, a strong academic culture, internships, etc, they are held to a higher standard than most applicants.  Can most TJ students say that they took full advantage of the STEM courses and opportunities made available to them?[/quote]

Surely it is not the last time, it's debatable and it depends. My DC graduated last year from TJ, [b]with a 800 math SAT and 2340 SAT[/b]. GPA was very low for TJ, 3.95.  Never had a B before TJ, but had one c and several Bs at TJ. Did not go to summer school or take BC. DC was not outstanding for TJ.  Was not accepted at any IL, waitlisted at Cornell. Everyone is an individual so blanket statements don't apply.  Maybe with that SAT at base school and higher GPA, Ivy League would have accepted, but IL was not affordable for DC anyway.
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PP, the SAT score is really high!!  I hope your DC go to a top school with that scores!![/quote]

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