Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There are 501 seniors, so the Instagram account — with only 140 posts so far — is going to be a mostly incomplete dataset. But the top destinations (so far) from the (very incomplete) Instagram account:
Purdue - 12
UVA - 8
William & Mary - 7
Penn State - 7
U Maryland - 6
U Michigan - 5

Agreed with the poster above — don't expect a HYPSM / T20 university if your kid goes to TJ.

For those obsessed with T20 rankings, Purdue, Penn State, Maryland, and Michigan are all top 20 for engineering, with Purdue and Michigan considered among the best engineering schools in the country, even when compared to the Ivies, CMU, and JHU. It's likely that some STEM kids from TJ consider Purdue their equivalent of Harvard, especially when factoring in OOS costs.

What I find interesting is the absence of VT from this list. Students from my kid's NOVA public school often apply to Purdue and Penn State as alternatives to VT for engineering, as these schools are actually easier admits for NOVA kids applying OOS than VT is for in-state applicants. Purdue and Penn State were certainly my kid's backup options if rejected from VT.

We are TJ parents. Purdue and michigan and GT are not considered top for engineering or CS for the TOP students at TJ. They want Mit,Stanford ivies with true engineering (Penn, Princeton, Columbia, Cornell and yes Harvard too), or UCB or JHU: multiple apply to these schools every year. Duke for engineering is just under that group, same with Northwestern. Other than ED, the top students pick ivy or MIT engineering over Duke and NW. UCB EECS is picked over ivies though. Harvard not as applied to as much as the other ivies for Engineering, but definitely gets top stem applicants especially Premed and CS. Top TJ students often have MIT and at least 3-4 ivies and stanford on the list. Penn has a couple of small-cohort engineering dual degree programs (jerome fisher and vagelos) and lately these are highly desired.
If you are not a TJ parent it is hard to understand the goals of the top kids. The ones interested in engineering often have dreams of starting a tech company or pursuing research from day 1 on campus: MIT stanford and ivies particularly Penn and Harvard are ideal places for this.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There are 501 seniors, so the Instagram account — with only 140 posts so far — is going to be a mostly incomplete dataset. But the top destinations (so far) from the (very incomplete) Instagram account:
Purdue - 12
UVA - 8
William & Mary - 7
Penn State - 7
U Maryland - 6
U Michigan - 5

Agreed with the poster above — don't expect a HYPSM / T20 university if your kid goes to TJ.

For those obsessed with T20 rankings, Purdue, Penn State, Maryland, and Michigan are all top 20 for engineering, with Purdue and Michigan considered among the best engineering schools in the country, even when compared to the Ivies, CMU, and JHU. It's likely that some STEM kids from TJ consider Purdue their equivalent of Harvard, especially when factoring in OOS costs.

What I find interesting is the absence of VT from this list. Students from my kid's NOVA public school often apply to Purdue and Penn State as alternatives to VT for engineering, as these schools are actually easier admits for NOVA kids applying OOS than VT is for in-state applicants. Purdue and Penn State were certainly my kid's backup options if rejected from VT.

We are TJ parents. Purdue and michigan and GT are not considered top for engineering or CS for the TOP students at TJ. They want Mit,Stanford ivies with true engineering (Penn, Princeton, Columbia, Cornell and yes Harvard too), or UCB or JHU: multiple apply to these schools every year. Duke for engineering is just under that group, same with Northwestern. Other than ED, the top students pick ivy or MIT engineering over Duke and NW. UCB EECS is picked over ivies though. Harvard not as applied to as much as the other ivies for Engineering, but definitely gets top stem applicants especially Premed and CS. Top TJ students often have MIT and at least 3-4 ivies and stanford on the list. Penn has a couple of small-cohort engineering dual degree programs (jerome fisher and vagelos) and lately these are highly desired.
If you are not a TJ parent it is hard to understand the goals of the top kids. The ones interested in engineering often have dreams of starting a tech company or pursuing research from day 1 on campus: MIT stanford and ivies particularly Penn and Harvard are ideal places for this.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There are 501 seniors, so the Instagram account — with only 140 posts so far — is going to be a mostly incomplete dataset. But the top destinations (so far) from the (very incomplete) Instagram account:
Purdue - 12
UVA - 8
William & Mary - 7
Penn State - 7
U Maryland - 6
U Michigan - 5

Agreed with the poster above — don't expect a HYPSM / T20 university if your kid goes to TJ.

For those obsessed with T20 rankings, Purdue, Penn State, Maryland, and Michigan are all top 20 for engineering, with Purdue and Michigan considered among the best engineering schools in the country, even when compared to the Ivies, CMU, and JHU. It's likely that some STEM kids from TJ consider Purdue their equivalent of Harvard, especially when factoring in OOS costs.

What I find interesting is the absence of VT from this list. Students from my kid's NOVA public school often apply to Purdue and Penn State as alternatives to VT for engineering, as these schools are actually easier admits for NOVA kids applying OOS than VT is for in-state applicants. Purdue and Penn State were certainly my kid's backup options if rejected from VT.

We are TJ parents. Purdue and michigan and GT are not considered top for engineering or CS for the TOP students at TJ. They want Mit,Stanford ivies with true engineering (Penn, Princeton, Columbia, Cornell and yes Harvard too), or UCB or JHU: multiple apply to these schools every year. Duke for engineering is just under that group, same with Northwestern. Other than ED, the top students pick ivy or MIT engineering over Duke and NW. UCB EECS is picked over ivies though. Harvard not as applied to as much as the other ivies for Engineering, but definitely gets top stem applicants especially Premed and CS. Top TJ students often have MIT and at least 3-4 ivies and stanford on the list. Penn has a couple of small-cohort engineering dual degree programs (jerome fisher and vagelos) and lately these are highly desired.
If you are not a TJ parent it is hard to understand the goals of the top kids. The ones interested in engineering often have dreams of starting a tech company or pursuing research from day 1 on campus: MIT stanford and ivies particularly Penn and Harvard are ideal places for this.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There are 501 seniors, so the Instagram account — with only 140 posts so far — is going to be a mostly incomplete dataset. But the top destinations (so far) from the (very incomplete) Instagram account:
Purdue - 12
UVA - 8
William & Mary - 7
Penn State - 7
U Maryland - 6
U Michigan - 5

Agreed with the poster above — don't expect a HYPSM / T20 university if your kid goes to TJ.

For those obsessed with T20 rankings, Purdue, Penn State, Maryland, and Michigan are all top 20 for engineering, with Purdue and Michigan considered among the best engineering schools in the country, even when compared to the Ivies, CMU, and JHU. It's likely that some STEM kids from TJ consider Purdue their equivalent of Harvard, especially when factoring in OOS costs.

What I find interesting is the absence of VT from this list. Students from my kid's NOVA public school often apply to Purdue and Penn State as alternatives to VT for engineering, as these schools are actually easier admits for NOVA kids applying OOS than VT is for in-state applicants. Purdue and Penn State were certainly my kid's backup options if rejected from VT.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There are 501 seniors, so the Instagram account — with only 140 posts so far — is going to be a mostly incomplete dataset. But the top destinations (so far) from the (very incomplete) Instagram account:
Purdue - 12
UVA - 8
William & Mary - 7
Penn State - 7
U Maryland - 6
U Michigan - 5

Agreed with the poster above — don't expect a HYPSM / T20 university if your kid goes to TJ.

What?

I saw so many T5 in the list, not to mention numerous Chicago admits (definitely >>5).
Georgetown, other ivies.
Please recount, and report back the specifics.

Anonymous wrote:There are 501 seniors, so the Instagram account — with only 140 posts so far — is going to be a mostly incomplete dataset. But the top destinations (so far) from the (very incomplete) Instagram account:
Purdue - 12
UVA - 8
William & Mary - 7
Penn State - 7
U Maryland - 6
U Michigan - 5

Agreed with the poster above — don't expect a HYPSM / T20 university if your kid goes to TJ.

Anonymous wrote:There are 501 seniors, so the Instagram account — with only 140 posts so far — is going to be a mostly incomplete dataset. But the top destinations (so far) from the (very incomplete) Instagram account:
Purdue - 12
UVA - 8
William & Mary - 7
Penn State - 7
U Maryland - 6
U Michigan - 5

Agreed with the poster above — don't expect a HYPSM / T20 university if your kid goes to TJ.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The senior edition has destinations of about 70% of graduates.

The other 30% keep it private.

If your goal is HYPSM, then please have your child stay at his or her base school; it will be easier from there.

But if your child loves STEM and truly wants to attend, then TJ is the right choice.

Anonymous wrote:The senior edition has destinations of about 70% of graduates.