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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]The information is readily available. It is not exclusive, so there will be some overlap. My point, though, is the top kids from any school can do as well as TJ on admissions. There were about 150 students from TJ admitted to UVA, for example. or roughly 33% of the class. At madison, it was about 1/9th.

Since 150 students at TJ is a big number, I will assume that most TJ students can get into UVA/Tech/William and Mary. 
That means that the top 1/9th at madison is roughly equivalent to the kids at TJ.[/quote]

And we can't assume that all of the top students at these schools even applied to UVa. Among the friends of my child at TJ, I know of a number of excellent students who were very focused on particular schools that did not include UVa.  These are kids who would have been accepted had they applied and are going to Top Ten or Fifteen schools. So that 150 number would have been even higher if all who were qualified had applied.
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It's cute how you crunch those numbers. But did you check who made it into the Ivies from Madison? TJ has one of the highest acceptance rates in ivies of any school in nova. Those state schools are safeties for TJ students. But good spin job. [/quote]

My point was that the top 10% students at any school can get into the same schools as the middle of the road students at TJ.  Are you saying that every student at TJ is admitted to one of Tech, UVA or W & M?  I bet any student accepted to UVA will do fine at TJ.  [/quote]

Most of the TJ students attending UVA are average or below average students except for those students getting ton of merit aid or going for the in-state tuition. UVA is still considered a safety at TJ. TJ kids would not brag about getting into UVA. Average or below average student is not doing fine.[/quote]

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