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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]PP here.  And to make it relevant.  TJ does not help in college admittence, unless you are in the top 10% of TJ -- that is the data.

TJ will provide differentiation at the very top -- 4 sigma -- that neither the SAT's will provide nor will the base provide.

What I am saying is 43% of kids with DD's stats got into UVA, 73% into W & M, and nearly 100% into VT, JMU, GMU,etc.

When I listed by conference, it was becasue of small numbers I took all of the applications to Big ten and all of the admittances.  UM may be a problem, but Wisconsin was not.  (24 of 26 admitted).  Ohio State was not.  Northwestern, sure.[/quote]

4.2/1300 as a junior gets almost everyone into VT engineering?  I doubt it. [/quote]

I did not say VT engineer.  I said VT.    In my DD's case, she wants physics, not engineering.[/quote]

Oh FFS. You can’t count VT, and take out the engineering numbers.  If you want people to take you seriously, you have to provide actual numbers. Not cull them in the best possible light. [/quote]

If the schools would provide the data on VT engineering I would break it down.  I do not have the data.  I have data for overall VT: numbers applying and admitted with the GPA.  But not broken down by college within Va Tech.  This goes for Madison and TJ.

There is no question that the average student at TJ will probably get into a better college than the average student in FCPS.  FCPS has about 15000 seniors; TJ has 480 seniors.  (400 from FCPS).  And all of those went through a rigerous screening process.

I am saying to understand the role of TJ on college, you need to compare apples to apples:  similar screening on students at the base school.  And if you take the top 15% (75 or so kids) from Madison, Oakton, Langley, Mclean and Woodson (375 students), they do just as well cumulatively as TJ does.

Maybe even a bit better.

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PP Where do you get your info?  You're examples have been refuted by numerous posters.  Please stop making up numbers.  For ex, TJ's senior class is 430 students not 480.[/quote]

+1. And, TJ is only 2/3 Fairfax. There are fewer than 300 TJ grads from Fairfax County.

Plus, are you really implying that the top 10-15% from Chantilly, SLHS & Marshall Full IB, LBSS, Robinson, etc. are not doing as well as Woodson, Oakton, Madison?  I’ve looked at the Chantilly vs Oakton numbers when we moved, and they are nearly identical. If their trend continues, in 5 years Chantilly will knock Oakton, and possibly Woodson and/or Madison out of the top 5. [/quote]

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