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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a freshman at TJ. He is doing well there and enjoys the school and the unique opportunities it provides. When deciding, we told him not to consider college outcomes. Who really knows if your kid would be better or worse off going to TJ. The reason to go is for the challenge, the peer group, and the notion that, by the time you get to college, you will be well prepared. [/quote]

We felt that too while enrolling our kid. However the reality of the approaching college admissions makes us think otherwise now. We question our decision many times now - if we hampered our kid's chances of getting into a good college[/quote]

There is no TJ penalty AFAICT.  TJ sends more kids to HYPSM than all the base high schools combined.  I expect this number to drop significantly for the cohort admitted under the new admission process for the class of 2025.
If there seems to be a statistically lower chance for kids to get in from TJ vs a base school, a lot (if not all) of this can be attributed to the bias against asian students because of affirmative action.  TJ is much more asian than most base schools.  But if you're asian, you're still going to be asian at your base school so there is really no point in worrying about it.  If the number of admits to selective colleges increases for 2024, that is the the effect of the elimination of affirmative action.

tldr: expect admissions to improve for the graduating class of 2024 (due to the elimination of affirmative action), expect admissions to deteriorate for the class of 2025 (due to the lower quality of students accepted under the new admissions process).  But in the end, there is likely not a penalty for attending TJ.[/quote]

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