Anonymous
12/18/2018 19:22
Subject: TJ Class of 2018 College Acceptance Data
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Meh. Not all that impressive
compared to what?
How many high schools do better?
None except maybe elite privates such as Exeter and Andover.
Roxbury Latin. Milton Academy, Trinity, Horace Mann, N&G, St Paul’s
The above private schools do not have better college acceptance records for the past 5-10 years.
I disagree. Its still better than public but not an automatic admit as it had been in previous decades. Many of those schools are still sending 30- 70% to Ivy (plus colleges). Which is hard to beat.
My son graduated from Andover and they do not have anywhere near those numbers going to Ivy + schools unless you are very generous in what you consider Ivy plus schools.
According to this report, percentages at top privates can get up to about 40%. https://www.thestreet.com/story/13325695/1/top-us-private-schools-with-the-most-graduates-getting-into-ivy-league-universities.html
Anonymous
12/18/2018 19:20
Subject: Re:TJ Class of 2018 College Acceptance Data
Anonymous wrote:The real question is would these kids have gotten into the same set of schools staying at their base schools and being at the top
For the bottom 50% TJ was a mistake
For 50-90% its probably a wash
For the top 10% TJ made sense
So for the majority of TJ kids they would have been better off staying at their base school
Difficult to say on college admissions, but a lot of learning comes from those you are around, and this ignores that.
Anonymous
12/18/2018 18:03
Subject: Re:TJ Class of 2018 College Acceptance Data
For the supposed top 1% of Fairfax County intellectually most are going to UVA. That's frankly pathetic
Again most would have been better off at their base school
Again most would have been better off at their base school
Anonymous
12/18/2018 18:01
Subject: Re:TJ Class of 2018 College Acceptance Data
For the supposed top 1% of Fairfax County intellectually most are going to UVA. That's frankly pathetic
Again most would have been better off at their base school
Again most would have been better off at their base school
Anonymous
12/18/2018 17:40
Subject: TJ Class of 2018 College Acceptance Data
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Meh. Not all that impressive
compared to what?
How many high schools do better?
None except maybe elite privates such as Exeter and Andover.
Roxbury Latin. Milton Academy, Trinity, Horace Mann, N&G, St Paul’s
The above private schools do not have better college acceptance records for the past 5-10 years.
I disagree. Its still better than public but not an automatic admit as it had been in previous decades. Many of those schools are still sending 30- 70% to Ivy (plus colleges). Which is hard to beat.
My son graduated from Andover and they do not have anywhere near those numbers going to Ivy + schools unless you are very generous in what you consider Ivy plus schools.
Anonymous
12/18/2018 16:41
Subject: TJ Class of 2018 College Acceptance Data
Is there somewhere to see the EA/ED results separate from the total results that will eventually be posted in Naviance?
Anonymous
12/18/2018 14:08
Subject: TJ Class of 2018 College Acceptance Data
TJ Class 2018 is considered the “strongest” class in the pass several years. This year, from EA/ED results so far, it’s not that impressive. We’ll see after RD finished.
Anonymous
12/18/2018 14:07
Subject: TJ Class of 2018 College Acceptance Data
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Surprising ouch on Duke and Georgia Tech. I am wondering what program Ohio State has that is a draw for TJ students.
Ohio State, Drexel, and Case Western all have good 7 year medical programs. The students may be future premeds applying specifically to those programs.
+1
OSU & Case both have very reputable & competitive Med Schools — average MCAT scores of 517
Anonymous
12/18/2018 13:26
Subject: TJ Class of 2018 College Acceptance Data
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Meh. Not all that impressive
compared to what?
How many high schools do better?
None except maybe elite privates such as Exeter and Andover.
Roxbury Latin. Milton Academy, Trinity, Horace Mann, N&G, St Paul’s
The above private schools do not have better college acceptance records for the past 5-10 years.
I disagree. Its still better than public but not an automatic admit as it had been in previous decades. Many of those schools are still sending 30- 70% to Ivy (plus colleges). Which is hard to beat.
Anonymous
12/18/2018 13:06
Subject: TJ Class of 2018 College Acceptance Data
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Meh. Not all that impressive
compared to what?
How many high schools do better?
None except maybe elite privates such as Exeter and Andover.
Roxbury Latin. Milton Academy, Trinity, Horace Mann, N&G, St Paul’s
The above private schools do not have better college acceptance records for the past 5-10 years.
How are you measuring that? Not by count only I hope. You need to take a % of the class - not by # as that does not give you the correct analysis. These schools will have at least 25% to 35% of the class to Ivies+Stanford+MIT
Anonymous
12/18/2018 12:55
Subject: Re:TJ Class of 2018 College Acceptance Data
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:The real question is would these kids have gotten into the same set of schools staying at their base schools and being at the top
For the bottom 50% TJ was a mistake
For 50-90% its probably a wash
For the top 10% TJ made sense
So for the majority of TJ kids they would have been better off staying at their base school
High school is not a place to play games to try to get into the top ranked college but to learn and prepare for college work.
I’m not sure I’m following. Are you saying that by staying at their base school, they would not have learned and prepared for college work?
Anonymous
12/18/2018 12:51
Subject: Re:TJ Class of 2018 College Acceptance Data
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:The real question is would these kids have gotten into the same set of schools staying at their base schools and being at the top
For the bottom 50% TJ was a mistake
For 50-90% its probably a wash
For the top 10% TJ made sense
So for the majority of TJ kids they would have been better off staying at their base school
High school is not a place to play games to try to get into the top ranked college but to learn and prepare for college work.
Agree with this. Plus it's not necessarily a given that all of these kids, staying in a different school, would have ended up with 1500+ SATs.
Anonymous
12/18/2018 12:41
Subject: Re:TJ Class of 2018 College Acceptance Data
Anonymous wrote:The real question is would these kids have gotten into the same set of schools staying at their base schools and being at the top
For the bottom 50% TJ was a mistake
For 50-90% its probably a wash
For the top 10% TJ made sense
So for the majority of TJ kids they would have been better off staying at their base school
High school is not a place to play games to try to get into the top ranked college but to learn and prepare for college work.
Anonymous
12/18/2018 12:35
Subject: Re:TJ Class of 2018 College Acceptance Data
The real question is would these kids have gotten into the same set of schools staying at their base schools and being at the top
For the bottom 50% TJ was a mistake
For 50-90% its probably a wash
For the top 10% TJ made sense
So for the majority of TJ kids they would have been better off staying at their base school
For the bottom 50% TJ was a mistake
For 50-90% its probably a wash
For the top 10% TJ made sense
So for the majority of TJ kids they would have been better off staying at their base school
Anonymous
12/18/2018 11:55
Subject: TJ Class of 2018 College Acceptance Data
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Meh. Not all that impressive
compared to what?
How many high schools do better?
None except maybe elite privates such as Exeter and Andover.
Roxbury Latin. Milton Academy, Trinity, Horace Mann, N&G, St Paul’s
The above private schools do not have better college acceptance records for the past 5-10 years.