Out of curiosity - do any of you presently attend Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (Alexandria, Virginia)? Likewise, are there any alumni amongst us?
Wikipedia Article (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson_High_School_for_Science_and_Technology)
Official Site (www.tjhsst.edu)
Neo-Anarchists
24-09-2005, 01:30
Out of curiosity - do any of you presently attend Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (Alexandria, Virginia)?
I don't, but I could say that I do if you like.
It's a ripoff of NCSSM (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NCSSM).
Official Site (http://www.ncssm.edu/)
There can be only one true Nerd School! :D
I've never heard of it.
Really? Some background information, then (Wikipedia):
TJHSST has fielded more National Merit Semifinalists than any other high school in America for most of the 1990s and 2000s; this is, however, partly due to the relatively low National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (NMSQT) cutoff in Virginia. From 2000 to 2005, it fielded more USAMO qualifiers than any other high school in America.
TJHSST was recently ranked as the top public high school in the nation by PrepReview. TJHSST also has the highest average SAT score among American high schools. Each year, over a quarter of its graduating class accepts admission to the University of Virginia. Other popular destinations among graduates include the College of William and Mary, Virginia Tech, Duke University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Princeton University, Carnegie Mellon University, Harvard University, Yale University, and Stanford University.
For schools with more than 1,000 students, TJHSST was cited as having the highest-performing AP Biology, AP Calculus BC, AP Chemistry, AP English Language & Comprehension, AP French Language, AP Government & Politics: U.S., AP Psychology, and AP U.S. History courses among all schools nationwide in its size range. No school had a greater proportion of its student body succeed in these subjects.