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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think it really depends on what your alternatives are. I live in Maryland, so I'm not very familiar with high schools in Virginia. But if your alternatives are the equivalent of something like Whitman or one of the magnet programs like Poolesville, I would never in a million years send a kid to TJ expecting some kind of college boost. At the good publics, you will have an exceptional peer group, all the advanced classes, and the opportunity to participate in a huge variety of ECs.

TJ seems like a 100 percent grind, where even the brightest students are working 24/7 to simply stay afloat, much less graduate near the top of their class. College outcomes at Whitman and Poolesville are extremely good, not least because they have the opportunity to distinguish themselves beyond taking a dozen APs and scoring high on test scores. But if the alternative is a high school with lesser opportunities and difficulties finding high achieving peers, I'd reconsider if my kid was inclined to go to a school like TJ. [/quote]

If you can distinguish yourself at Whitman, who cares.  Enjoy UMD, it's a perfectly fine school and you can go anywhere or do anything with a degree from there.
If you can distinguish yourself at TJ, people notice and you can go to almost any college you want.  From which you can go anywhere and do anything you want but with a fancier name on your college degree that noone will care about once you get your graduate degree.[/quote]

Yikes. I have two that graduated from Whitman, and both went to T15s. And they were hardly alone. Furthermore, they actually enjoyed their high school experience. And they are getting a fantastic education at their universities.

But anyway, back to TJ. Virginia Tech is a wonderful school. You really can do anything with a degree form VT. [/quote]

Is there any chance that you or your spouse also went to that T-15 school?[/quote]

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