What would be a decent GPA for a freshman at TJ?

[Anonymous]

Question in the subject.

[Anonymous]

Define “decent.”

[Anonymous]

Middle part of the bell curve

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Middle part of the bell curve

Depending on number of transferred HS courses from middle school,
assuming freshman grades of three A, two A-, one B+, and one B:

unweighted GPA 3.67 to 3.77
weighted GPA 3.87 to 4.03

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Middle part of the bell curve

Depending on number of transferred HS courses from middle school,
assuming freshman grades of three A, two A-, one B+, and one B:

unweighted GPA 3.67 to 3.77
weighted GPA 3.87 to 4.03

Disagree.

At least years parent orientation (I assume you were there), we were all specifically informed by TJ administrators to no be alarmed by grades of B, or even C, on our children’s report cards.

Many students do their very best, and receive an excellent, free, education at TJ, while earning C grades.

Remember: a grade of C denotes “average.”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Middle part of the bell curve

Depending on number of transferred HS courses from middle school,
assuming freshman grades of three A, two A-, one B+, and one B:

unweighted GPA 3.67 to 3.77
weighted GPA 3.87 to 4.03

Disagree.

At least years parent orientation (I assume you were there), we were all specifically informed by TJ administrators to no be alarmed by grades of B, or even C, on our children’s report cards.

Many students do their very best, and receive an excellent, free, education at TJ, while earning C grades.

Remember: a grade of C denotes “average.”

+1

C’s earn degrees.

[Anonymous]

I don't know about other people's kids. My kid got:
2 As, 2A-s, B+, B and C which should be around 3.5

[Anonymous]

Does know one have a solid B average anymore?

FCPS. GPA 3.125 and damn proud.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Middle part of the bell curve

Depending on number of transferred HS courses from middle school,
assuming freshman grades of three A, two A-, one B+, and one B:

unweighted GPA 3.67 to 3.77
weighted GPA 3.87 to 4.03

Disagree.

At least years parent orientation (I assume you were there), we were all specifically informed by TJ administrators to no be alarmed by grades of B, or even C, on our children’s report cards.

Many students do their very best, and receive an excellent, free, education at TJ, while earning C grades.

Remember: a grade of C denotes “average.”

That is BS. They have to say that because of the weird lottery that is taking kids based on their skin color and not merit. The standards have been lowered. If you are getting a C, stay at your home school.

[Anonymous]

Freshman year courses are intentionally kept relatively light. Earning a C in freshman should not be a reason to give up, use it as valuable early feedback. It could likely mean study habit needs refining, or that time between academics and sports/extracurricular needs better balance, etc. Rethink how to approach the upcoming year better, by preparing ahead for classes seen as potentially challenging, consider adjusting course-load down, seek help from TJ teachers or get a tutor early on if needed.

Don’t ignore the message behind the C, instead use it to rethink and refine strategy for upcoming year. Courses will only get more challenging, not easier.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Middle part of the bell curve

Depending on number of transferred HS courses from middle school,
assuming freshman grades of three A, two A-, one B+, and one B:

unweighted GPA 3.67 to 3.77
weighted GPA 3.87 to 4.03

Disagree.

At least years parent orientation (I assume you were there), we were all specifically informed by TJ administrators to no be alarmed by grades of B, or even C, on our children’s report cards.

Many students do their very best, and receive an excellent, free, education at TJ, while earning C grades.

Remember: a grade of C denotes “average.”

That is BS. They have to say that because of the weird lottery that is taking kids based on their skin color and not merit. The standards have been lowered. If you are getting a C, stay at your home school.

You show up early today…

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Middle part of the bell curve

Depending on number of transferred HS courses from middle school,
assuming freshman grades of three A, two A-, one B+, and one B:

unweighted GPA 3.67 to 3.77
weighted GPA 3.87 to 4.03

Disagree.

At least years parent orientation (I assume you were there), we were all specifically informed by TJ administrators to no be alarmed by grades of B, or even C, on our children’s report cards.

Many students do their very best, and receive an excellent, free, education at TJ, while earning C grades.

Remember: a grade of C denotes “average.”

+1

C’s earn degrees.

Sure, C’s might earn degrees at the 23,000 base public schools across the U.S., but this isn’t one of them. This is TJ, where students aren't here to just get a degree, but have come in with higher expectations and a drive to achieve far beyond what would be acceptable at base school.

[Anonymous]

I have an incoming freshman (he’s a merit kid from a feeder, not lottery), if he came home with a C on his report card freshman year he would be headed straight back to our base school. I wouldn’t wait for the end of the year. Our family has high educational expectations. C’s might “earn degrees”, but not in this house.

I’m not worried about his grades and expect him to have all As or close to it freshman year. It gets harder each year, so C’s freshman year is a horrible start. As a parent, you should be able to see very early on if your child is thriving or just surviving at the school. If the year starts out with lower grades on the first few tests/quizzes/assignments, that is the time to make adjustments to study habits and extracurricular time commitments (don’t wait until the kids GPA is already ruined).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have an incoming freshman (he’s a merit kid from a feeder, not lottery), if he came home with a C on his report card freshman year he would be headed straight back to our base school. I wouldn’t wait for the end of the year. Our family has high educational expectations. C’s might “earn degrees”, but not in this house.

I’m not worried about his grades and expect him to have all As or close to it freshman year. It gets harder each year, so C’s freshman year is a horrible start. As a parent, you should be able to see very early on if your child is thriving or just surviving at the school. If the year starts out with lower grades on the first few tests/quizzes/assignments, that is the time to make adjustments to study habits and extracurricular time commitments (don’t wait until the kids GPA is already ruined).

Okay.

Fwiw, I know two freshmen/now sophomores with GPA of 3.8 and 4.2. I don't think either of them are ruined, ymmv.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have an incoming freshman (he’s a merit kid from a feeder, not lottery), if he came home with a C on his report card freshman year he would be headed straight back to our base school. I wouldn’t wait for the end of the year. Our family has high educational expectations. C’s might “earn degrees”, but not in this house.

I’m not worried about his grades and expect him to have all As or close to it freshman year. It gets harder each year, so C’s freshman year is a horrible start. As a parent, you should be able to see very early on if your child is thriving or just surviving at the school. If the year starts out with lower grades on the first few tests/quizzes/assignments, that is the time to make adjustments to study habits and extracurricular time commitments (don’t wait until the kids GPA is already ruined).

Funny. This is clearly a troll post, with obvious giveaway clues that make it easy to spot as fake.