Any parents of TJ seniors?

[Anonymous]

How is your kid managing the college app process? Mine is struggling while other friends seem to be on top of it! DC barely got a few early action apps in on time. What are popular EA/SCEA/ED schools this year?

[Anonymous]

No offense but I am assuming based on this questions, your kid (like 95% of TJ kids) isn't deciding between MIT and Harvard.

Anecdotally, William & Mary loves TJ students ED, none of the other state schools seem to have quire a dramatic preference.

Don't sleep on U Pitt and University of Illinois.

There are a bunch of state schools where OOS costs can be lower than UVA in state costs.

The honors program at a lot of flagship schools can have a very pronounced "big fish in little pond" effect. You get more attention from the professors, employers and financial aid.

The VT honors engineering program may not be your dream destination but it is a very good program.

These are just some things I have heard.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No offense but I am assuming based on this questions, your kid (like 95% of TJ kids) isn't deciding between MIT and Harvard.

Anecdotally, William & Mary loves TJ students ED, none of the other state schools seem to have quire a dramatic preference.

Don't sleep on U Pitt and University of Illinois.

There are a bunch of state schools where OOS costs can be lower than UVA in state costs.

The honors program at a lot of flagship schools can have a very pronounced "big fish in little pond" effect. You get more attention from the professors, employers and financial aid.

The VT honors engineering program may not be your dream destination but it is a very good program.

These are just some things I have heard.

"There are a bunch of state schools where OOS costs can be lower than UVA in state costs." Which ones are these

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No offense but I am assuming based on this questions, your kid (like 95% of TJ kids) isn't deciding between MIT and Harvard.

Anecdotally, William & Mary loves TJ students ED, none of the other state schools seem to have quire a dramatic preference.

Don't sleep on U Pitt and University of Illinois.

There are a bunch of state schools where OOS costs can be lower than UVA in state costs.

The honors program at a lot of flagship schools can have a very pronounced "big fish in little pond" effect. You get more attention from the professors, employers and financial aid.

The VT honors engineering program may not be your dream destination but it is a very good program.

These are just some things I have heard.

"There are a bunch of state schools where OOS costs can be lower than UVA in state costs." Which ones are these

University of Oklahoma, for one. Even cheaper if you're a national merit finalist.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No offense but I am assuming based on this questions, your kid (like 95% of TJ kids) isn't deciding between MIT and Harvard.

Anecdotally, William & Mary loves TJ students ED, none of the other state schools seem to have quire a dramatic preference.

Don't sleep on U Pitt and University of Illinois.

There are a bunch of state schools where OOS costs can be lower than UVA in state costs.

The honors program at a lot of flagship schools can have a very pronounced "big fish in little pond" effect. You get more attention from the professors, employers and financial aid.

The VT honors engineering program may not be your dream destination but it is a very good program.

These are just some things I have heard.

"There are a bunch of state schools where OOS costs can be lower than UVA in state costs." Which ones are these

U Alabama. If your kid is NMF or NMSF you can get a lot of guaranteed full tuition or full ride, a list should be easy to find online

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No offense but I am assuming based on this questions, your kid (like 95% of TJ kids) isn't deciding between MIT and Harvard.

Anecdotally, William & Mary loves TJ students ED, none of the other state schools seem to have quire a dramatic preference.

Don't sleep on U Pitt and University of Illinois.

There are a bunch of state schools where OOS costs can be lower than UVA in state costs.

The honors program at a lot of flagship schools can have a very pronounced "big fish in little pond" effect. You get more attention from the professors, employers and financial aid.

The VT honors engineering program may not be your dream destination but it is a very good program.

These are just some things I have heard.

"There are a bunch of state schools where OOS costs can be lower than UVA in state costs." Which ones are these

U Alabama. If your kid is NMF or NMSF you can get a lot of guaranteed full tuition or full ride, a list should be easy to find online

[Anonymous]

TJ parent here:

DC has mediocre grades (4.1W), high SAT: 1500+

Difficult to get into UVA, VT, UMD.

So applying to safeties like UMN, Iowa State, Penn State, U Pitt

DC is not stressing, as he did not want to go in state any ways

UMN and Iowa are very reasonable and quite well ranked for STEM

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No offense but I am assuming based on this questions, your kid (like 95% of TJ kids) isn't deciding between MIT and Harvard.

Anecdotally, William & Mary loves TJ students ED, none of the other state schools seem to have quire a dramatic preference.

Don't sleep on U Pitt and University of Illinois.

There are a bunch of state schools where OOS costs can be lower than UVA in state costs.

The honors program at a lot of flagship schools can have a very pronounced "big fish in little pond" effect. You get more attention from the professors, employers and financial aid.

The VT honors engineering program may not be your dream destination but it is a very good program.

These are just some things I have heard.

OP here. Actually DC has high stats and over 4.5 GPA. aiming for T25 but is a huge procrastinator. Friends have had most of their essays done months ago.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:TJ parent here:

DC has mediocre grades (4.1W), high SAT: 1500+

Difficult to get into UVA, VT, UMD.

So applying to safeties like UMN, Iowa State, Penn State, U Pitt

DC is not stressing, as he did not want to go in state any ways

UMN and Iowa are very reasonable and quite well ranked for STEM

At TJ does a 4.1 weighted mean mostly B+ and As in AP classss and that is lot enough for UMD and others?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:TJ parent here:

DC has mediocre grades (4.1W), high SAT: 1500+

Difficult to get into UVA, VT, UMD.

So applying to safeties like UMN, Iowa State, Penn State, U Pitt

DC is not stressing, as he did not want to go in state any ways

UMN and Iowa are very reasonable and quite well ranked for STEM

At TJ does a 4.1 weighted mean mostly B+ and As in AP classes and that is not enough for UMD and others?

Typos corrected above

[Anonymous]

Correct. A 50-50 mix of B’s and A’s gets you to 4.0 to 4.2 weighted GPA

No, not enough for UMD, UVa, as TJ has many kids who are able to get a 4.3 and above GPA