That is a very spread out list for McLean HS. Nice to see going the Williams, and plenty getting into the Virginia state schools.

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Anonymous wrote:It would be nice to see lists from other high schools (McLean, Langley, Blair, Richard Montgomery, Poolesville, Privates etc.) only as an FYI purpose. Parents with kids in HS could get a realistic sense of what is possible in terms of admissions prospects etc.

Give me the 20 schools you would like to see for 2016 McLean and I will post them. We still have the end of year Highlander hanging around. I will say that I am of the belief that the students gets into the college and the individual student go goes to any of the HS you mention, including TJ would do as well. At this level it is the school that makes the student, it is the students that make the school.

This is the four-year college list for McLean Class of 2016. About 15% of the class goes to NOVA and other community colleges.

Virginia Tech (46)
UVA (33)
VCU (22)
JMU (19)
William & Mary (18)
George Mason (16)
CNU (8)
BYU Idaho (7)
Miami (Ohio) (6)
West Virginia (6)
Penn State (5)
Duke (4)
Georgetown (4)
Purdue (4)
BYU (3)
Cornell (3)
Drexel (3)
GWU (3)
Illinois (3)
Johns Hopkins (3)
Marymount (3)
Mary Washington (3)
Michigan (3)
NYU (3)
Ohio State (3)
Old Dominion (3)
South Carolina (3)
Williams (3)
Alabama (2)
Allegheny (2)
Arizona State (2)
Boston University (2)
College of Charleston (2)
Colorado (2)
Colorado State (2)
Elon (2)
Emory (2)
FIT (2)
Florida (2)
Fordham (2)
Georgia Tech (2)
Hampden-Sydney (2)
Indiana (2)
Marist (2)
Maryland (2)
Miami (2)
Middlebury (2)
Northern Colorado (2)
Northwestern (2)
Pitt (2)
Radford (2)
SCAD (2)
Texas A&M (2)
UCLA (2)
Utah (2)
Vanderbilt (2)
VMI (2)
Xavier (2)
Adelphi (1)
Air Force Academy (1)
American (1)
Belmont (1)
Boston College (1)
Bowdoin (1)
Brandeis (1)
Bridgewater (1)
Brown (1)
Bucknell (1)
California Lutheran (1)
Central Florida (1)
Chicago (1)
Clarion (1)
Clark (1)
Clemson (1)
Columbia (1)
Connecticut College (1)
Case Western (1)
Citadel (1)
Cleveland Institute of Music (1)
CUNY (1)
Dallas (1)
Dartmouth (1)
Davidson (1)
Florida Atlantic (1)
Georgia State (1)
Gettysburg (1)
Hamilton (1)
Harvard (1)
High Point (1)
Hillsdale (1)
Hiram (1)
Houston (1)
Howard (1)
Jacksonville (1)
Juilliard (1)
Kansas (1)
Kentucky (1)
Kenyon (1)
Kent State (1)
LSU (1)
Maine (1)
Massachusetts (1)
Minnesota (1)
Missouri (1)
Naval Academy (1)
Northeastern (1)
Occidental (1)
Ohio U (1)
Pratt (1)
Richmond (1)
Rice (1)
Rider (1)
RISD (1)
RPI (1)
Reed (1)
Rutgers (1)
Samford (1)
San Diego State (1)
Shepherd (1)
SMU (1)
St. Joseph's (1)
St. Olaf (1)
SUNY – Binghamton (1)
SUNY – Maritime (1)
SUNY – Plattsburgh (1)
Swarthmore (1)
Syracuse (1)
Temple (1)
Tennessee (1)
Tufts (1)
Tulane (1)
UC – Davis (1)
UC – San Diego (1)
UNC – Greensboro (1)
Utah Valley (1)
Virginia Wesleyan (1)
Wake Forest (1)
Washington U (1)
Wellesley (1)
Wheaton (1)
Wisconsin (1)

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Anonymous wrote:It would be nice to see lists from other high schools (McLean, Langley, Blair, Richard Montgomery, Poolesville, Privates etc.) only as an FYI purpose. Parents with kids in HS could get a realistic sense of what is possible in terms of admissions prospects etc.

Give me the 20 schools you would like to see for 2016 McLean and I will post them. We still have the end of year Highlander hanging around. I will say that I am of the belief that the student gets into the college and the individual student who goes to any of the HS you mention, including TJ, would do as well at any of them. At this level it is NOT the school that makes the student, it is the students that make the school.

Sorry for all the typos - I have fixed them

Anonymous wrote:It would be nice to see lists from other high schools (McLean, Langley, Blair, Richard Montgomery, Poolesville, Privates etc.) only as an FYI purpose. Parents with kids in HS could get a realistic sense of what is possible in terms of admissions prospects etc.

Give me the 20 schools you would like to see for 2016 McLean and I will post them. We still have the end of year Highlander hanging around. I will say that I am of the belief that the students gets into the college and the individual student go goes to any of the HS you mention, including TJ would do as well. At this level it is the school that makes the student, it is the students that make the school.

Anonymous wrote:It would be nice to see lists from other high schools (McLean, Langley, Blair, Richard Montgomery, Poolesville, Privates etc.) only as an FYI purpose. Parents with kids in HS could get a realistic sense of what is possible in terms of admissions prospects etc.

Other high schools typically do the same thing TJ does and put out the list in the final issue of the newspaper. Students from FCPS high schools have gotten into every college on the TJ list, just not in as great of numbers. The top students at local high schools are on par with the top students at TJ (some are even more accomplished). At the margin going to TJ is unlikely to get you into a better college than you would have gotten into anyway.

That is not to take away from the accomplishments of TJ grads, or the concentration of acceptances to good schools. But as PP noted, you'd expect kids smart enough to get into TJ would have the chops to get into a good college. The curious ones are the TJ kids who don't.

It would be nice to see lists from other high schools (McLean, Langley, Blair, Richard Montgomery, Poolesville, Privates etc.) only as an FYI purpose. Parents with kids in HS could get a realistic sense of what is possible in terms of admissions prospects etc.

The list is impressive, but I'm not sure why anyone would expect it to be otherwise. Admission to the school is very, very selective - so it makes sense that those who are selected also end up going to selective colleges.

Anonymous wrote:How about instead of the snark, just congratulations? Your hard work paid off and best of luck in adapting well to your chosen college.

Yes. Thank you.

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Anonymous wrote:Wow, what a pissing contest.

:popcorn:

Not even an interesting pissing contest. WTF.

+1. I don't have a kid at TJ but the hater just seems sad. Wonder if this is a rejected student, or an over-invested parent of one.

WOW. That is crazy impressive.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:After reading all the responses, I can't figure out if people are happy about the TJ college list or not (haters). I am from out of state and just lurk here so I had to look up TJHS because I had never heard of it. It's a magnet school, you had to take a test to get in so the kids students are going to be smart = good school acceptances.

Many people bash the school even though it is considered the "best" high school in the country with the highest average SAT score, highest number of NMSF, great facilities, good teachers, good college placements etc. since Asians make up about 68% of the students.

Who is bashing the school? I've only seen posts that bash the TJ parents.

"I wonder if that means they know about the cheaters at the school?"

"No, they don't. If they did, the list will look nothing like OP posted. God knows there are many..."

"Just like cheaters will cheat..."

"That said, there is a cheating problem at TJ despite all that intelligence. Acing standardized tests and acing all the required academics are two different things."

Anonymous wrote:Wow, what a pissing contest.

:popcorn:

Not even an interesting pissing contest. WTF.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:After reading all the responses, I can't figure out if people are happy about the TJ college list or not (haters). I am from out of state and just lurk here so I had to look up TJHS because I had never heard of it. It's a magnet school, you had to take a test to get in so the kids students are going to be smart = good school acceptances.

Many people bash the school even though it is considered the "best" high school in the country with the highest average SAT score, highest number of NMSF, great facilities, good teachers, good college placements etc. since Asians make up about 68% of the students.

Who is bashing the school? I've only seen posts that bash the TJ parents.