Anonymous
Post 06/22/2015 15:42     Subject: 84 TJ kids attending UVA in the fall
It sure would suck to be in the bottom half of the TJ class...

Anonymous
Post 06/21/2015 19:12     Subject: 84 TJ kids attending UVA in the fall
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Anonymous wrote:19 TJ kids headed to Michigan and 14 to Cornell.


Michigan viewed better than UVA? Enough to compensate for the cost difference between two?


Michigan is viewed better than UVA and Michigan offers good amount of merit based aid.


wait - but I thought there was a previous poster that said their state funding is decreasing. How can they off more merit aid if that's the case?


UVa is usually ranked higher than Michigan.


Michigan is ranked higher than UVA.


Nope.
Anonymous
Post 06/21/2015 19:04     Subject: Re:84 TJ kids attending UVA in the fall
So, you base your opinion on USNWR?
Anonymous
Post 06/21/2015 16:16     Subject: 84 TJ kids attending UVA in the fall
Anonymous wrote:USNWR lists UVa and UC Berkeley as tie for second among public schools with Michigan listed as number 4.


Sorry, UCLA tied for second with UVa. Berkeley is first.
Anonymous
Post 06/21/2015 16:14     Subject: 84 TJ kids attending UVA in the fall
USNWR lists UVa and UC Berkeley as tie for second among public schools with Michigan listed as number 4.
Anonymous
Post 06/21/2015 15:57     Subject: Re:84 TJ kids attending UVA in the fall

PP asked which school is "better" not ranked "higher". Unless you are a rank crazed idiot, they are two different things.







Yes, your entirely subjective view should carry more weight. Well-argued.


Neither PP--but the selection of the criteria on which to rank the schools is subjective. Example: Is a school better because it is more selective on the students admitted? Or, is it better because more go to graduate school? Is it better because it has more Nobel Prize winners, Pulitzer winners, etc? Is a school better if it has more elected officials as alumni? Because it has more endowments?




Anonymous
Post 06/21/2015 15:40     Subject: 84 TJ kids attending UVA in the fall
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:19 TJ kids headed to Michigan and 14 to Cornell.


Michigan viewed better than UVA? Enough to compensate for the cost difference between two?


Michigan is viewed better than UVA and Michigan offers good amount of merit based aid.


wait - but I thought there was a previous poster that said their state funding is decreasing. How can they off more merit aid if that's the case?


UVa is usually ranked higher than Michigan.


Michigan is ranked higher than UVA.
Anonymous
Post 06/21/2015 15:22     Subject: 84 TJ kids attending UVA in the fall
Yes, your entirely subjective view should carry more weight. Well-argued.
Anonymous
Post 06/21/2015 14:08     Subject: 84 TJ kids attending UVA in the fall
Anonymous wrote:
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Anonymous wrote:19 TJ kids headed to Michigan and 14 to Cornell.


Michigan viewed better than UVA? Enough to compensate for the cost difference between two?


Michigan is viewed better than UVA and Michigan offers good amount of merit based aid.


wait - but I thought there was a previous poster that said their state funding is decreasing. How can they off more merit aid if that's the case?


UVa is usually ranked higher than Michigan.


PP asked which school is "better" not ranked "higher". Unless you are a rank crazed idiot, they are two different things.
Anonymous
Post 06/21/2015 13:59     Subject: 84 TJ kids attending UVA in the fall
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:19 TJ kids headed to Michigan and 14 to Cornell.


Michigan viewed better than UVA? Enough to compensate for the cost difference between two?


Michigan is viewed better than UVA and Michigan offers good amount of merit based aid.


wait - but I thought there was a previous poster that said their state funding is decreasing. How can they off more merit aid if that's the case?


UVa is usually ranked higher than Michigan.
Anonymous
Post 06/21/2015 13:56     Subject: 84 TJ kids attending UVA in the fall
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:19 TJ kids headed to Michigan and 14 to Cornell.


Michigan viewed better than UVA? Enough to compensate for the cost difference between two?


Michigan is viewed better than UVA and Michigan offers good amount of merit based aid.


wait - but I thought there was a previous poster that said their state funding is decreasing. How can they off more merit aid if that's the case?
Anonymous
Post 06/21/2015 09:55     Subject: 84 TJ kids attending UVA in the fall
I doubt TJ helps boost someone's chances at college admissions. That student would be a star at any school.

Which is why the obsession over TJ for simply getting into a top college isn't rational.

Trying to get in for the experience and to be with other smart kids is legitimate though, I my opinion.
Anonymous
Post 06/21/2015 08:21     Subject: Re:84 TJ kids attending UVA in the fall

People get an idea of how base schools compare in terms of college admissions/matriculation.


But, is it because they went to TJ? After all, shouldn't we be comparing them with the very top of the base schools? After all, they should be comparable to the top of the base schools. The TJ kids are not supposed to be average.




Anonymous
Post 06/20/2015 23:57     Subject: 84 TJ kids attending UVA in the fall
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Anonymous wrote:Why do you guys care?


Most of these kids will contribute to medical research, scientific research & application leading to creation of jobs, advance science & technology, improve US economic competitiveness, advance innovation in computer science, tackle difficult mathematical problems, create non-profits to engage in charitable activities, become teachers, contribute to emerging bio-medical engineering field etc. instead of go off to Wall Street or investment banks and come up with ways to scam ordinary citizens despite all the hostility and racism directed at them while attending TJ by ignorant fools in the community.


I meant like...why are people obsessively trying to figure out how many TJ-ers are going to each school? Of all the non-productive things on DCUM this is pretty close to the worse (maybe behind gossiping about the Kardashions on off-topic).


People get an idea of how base schools compare in terms of college admissions/matriculation.
Anonymous
Post 06/20/2015 23:45     Subject: Re:84 TJ kids attending UVA in the fall
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Anonymous wrote:Sara Kim must be posting these stats from TJ Today because most of them are slightly inflated. The real numbers from the paper for some schools:

Virginia schools:
UVA - 81
W&M - 44
VA Tech - 38
VCU - 9
JMU - 4
GMU - 3

Stanford - 6
MIT - 8
Harvard - 3
Yale - 5
Princeton - 5
Penn - 2
Dartmouth - 2
Brown - 3
Cornell - 14
Columbia - 4
WashU - 8
U 0f Chicago - 8
Carnegie Mellon - 15
Duke - 9
Rice - 4
Michigan - 17
UC Berkeley - 6
Illinois - 7
Maryland - 5
Johns Hopkins - 5
West Point - 3
Naval Acad - 2
Vanderbilt - 3
NYU - 3
Case Western - 5
GA Tech - 6




This doesn't look like 2015 is better than 2014 as someone posted. I would think one of the measurement for sucess for a STEM school is the number of kids go to MIT, Cal Tech, GA Tech, Carnegie Mellon. Definitely numbers to UVA doesn't mean a lot.


Sure they do. One of the best schools in the country.


VA people are hilarious.


UVA is not a top tier STEM school, and it may not even be in the second tier. It has a good business school, but not in engineering and science. VA tech probably ranks higher in many of the STEM fields than UVA.


Many TJ kids choose to attend UVA over other higher ranked schools due to in-state tuition and merit based aid/scholarships.