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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t understand why you’d want a “great” HS experience but a lower named/ranked school unless it was the kid’s choice (turned down an ivy for a full ride at uva). [/quote]

Because a job might care about what college you attend, they won’t care about what HS you attend. Most people have no clue about TJ but they know Harvard or MIT. [/quote]

Buahaha, that's what you think. TJ got me every job I ever had. I know lawyers who got clerkships based on TJ (yes, layered on top of whatever law school). Yeah maybe TJ's reach is more geographically limited, but lots of people know TJ.

It's really amazing how many people think coming here to trash TJ or going to the private school forum to trash specific top tier privates will make other kids turn these schools down and give their kids a better chance. People - not enough applicants read your DCUM post, then think, "Huh, maybe I won't go there after all" for your kid to get in.[/quote]

How would an adult (after college) job know about your HS (name, gpa, ap scores etc)? [/quote]

People who went to nationally renowned high schools often leave it on their LinkedIn "education" section. [/quote]

This is irrelevant for adults. What employer is going to be impressed with a high school that someone graduated from years before? No one is looking at a Penn State grad and saying but he went to TJ nor is someone looking at a Harvard grad thinking wow he also went to TJ. They are looking at your last school/last accomplishments/last job, etc. If those kids go off to college and do amazing things there, that is what gets jobs OR connections get jobs. [/quote]

Trust me, I didn't believe it either. But I was making fun of my colleague for keeping Exeter in his LinkedIn profile. He insists he's made many connections through Exeter and specifically from Exeter connections on LinkedIn messaging him. I think for high schools with a national or international reputation, it might make a difference. Schools like Andover, Exeter, TJ, Stuyvesant, Lowell. All others, I agree with you. [/quote]

It makes zero difference for TJ. [/quote]

LOL then why does the managing partner at a big law firm unsolicitedly talk about her TJ experience? Presumably because it's something she actually cares about. And she has a lot of influence over a lot of highly desirable jobs.

Look, I have no dog in this fight. I went to a crappy high school. [/quote]

And another partner could value Oakton grads or Yorktown grads bc he/she went there. Impressive would be countless employers who did NOT go to TJ seeking out TJ grads. [/quote]

Slightly different scenario but I was interviewing while attending NYU law school and the question "where are you from" invariably comes up and then if they are familiar with the locality they ask where did you go to high school because your interviewer is also trying to make a connection.  When I said Stuyvesant, they called in another partner and we talked for a bit and we all went to lunch together.  I'm not saying i wouldn't have gotten the job without the high school connection but the high school came up and it reflected positively on me that I went to Stuyvesant.[/quote]
But again, note that it's a "you went to the same high school as me" thing, not a "you went to a high school that I am impressed by despite never having gone there myself" thing.

Confusing the former for the latter is how end up thinking TAMU is a top tier university.[/quote]

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