This incorrect. Implies 55 or so kids get below 4. Anecdotally its closer to 150 or so |
In the freshman year when there aren't many weighted courses available, both weighted and unweighted GPAs tend to hover around 4.0. As students progress towards end of junior or early senior year, nearing the college application process, the GPA numbers derived from Naviance scattergrams can serve as a rough guide. A high school counselor's primary objective is to make sure their students navigate high school without a mental health issue. Their focus isn't necessarily on encouraging students to enroll in rigorous coursework or achieve high GPAs to gain admission to top-ranked colleges, although this absolutely maybe the student's and their parents' goal. Counselors aim to encourage every student to do their personal best and cheer them as a "winner" in their own individual path, whether they are in the top 1% with 4.65 GPA or the bottom 1% with 3.25 GPA. Counselor's strive hard to tell students not to worry about their GPA or the GPA of their peers, as they have been trained to do so. But if counselor is still pressed to comment on student's class standing, their standard reply is "likely" in the top half or near there. However, college admissions have limited seats and a ton of applicants to choose from, where GPA comparison becomes absolutely unavoidable. From that stance, data sources like Naviance serve as a better objective counselor than the cheer-leading counselor at any high school. |
What "anecdote" is this? |
This still the 2022 class that got in under old admissions with somewhat merit criteria. We wont see the scattergram data of lottery classes starting with 2025 for another two years. |
How do you think this would be for Class of 2025? Where can we get a general idea, considering the change in admission criteria |
The GPA range for the top half would likely be similar, ranging from 4.38 to 4.65, as the lottery selection process presented an even chance for studious applicants to receive an offer. However, the bottom half would likely see a broader range, potentially pushing the lowest GPA of 3.25 much lower. |
I was told that average gpa at the end of junior year at TJ was around 4.1. As in, that’s the 50% mark. |
I was told it is 3.9 unweighted. There's plenty we hear and are told, but then there's the Naviance data. |
How do you check this in Naviance? |
No, it did not a la experience factors. |
The Naviance data is at Graduation (end of senior year). I would expect it to be much higher than end of junior year on average because many more AP and post AP classes and research lab (post AP) is in there. So I’m guessing almost all weighted GPAs go up significantly. Average unweighted gpa at TJ is DEFINITELY not 3.9 junior year. The cutoff for nhs is unweighted 3.5 and plenty of kids don’t make it. |