Top 10% at TJ

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Anonymous wrote:2 of my friends said their kids who recently graduated from TJ had GPA in the high 4.4 to high 4.5 range (straight As) and about 7 AP/post AP classes through junior year which is about standard for the “most rigorous” course load at TJ. Sure there will be a handful of kids with a few more but that is about the most a kid can take at TJ given the number of AP courses offered and other course requirements and restrictions (esp compared to base FCPS schools). Difference can be if a kid took band/orchestra etc (unweighted courses until this year but for current students their transcripts will be adjusted) and language.

Some students don’t take a language (place out through language credit exam) or just take a year or two (including AP level) and instead take more weighted classes which can increase the GPA vs a kid who takes 3 years of a language (unweighted) starting with level 1

My kid graduated with all As (only As and A+s) from TJ several years ago. He had taken about 9-10 APs/post-APs by end of his junior year and the weighted gpa was around 4.57. He was in the top 10% and probably in the top 1%.

With the new admission process, the bar is much higher now. The kid's scores are through the roof!!

That's exactly why TJ student stats are so much higher now than just a few years ago. The new process selected based on talent not prep and early test access.

huh? TJ student stats (for the classes under new admissions process) are so much LOWER now because of the new admissions process. The mean PSAT for juniors class of 2025 (the first class under new admissions) is around 1350. That is low! esp compared to class of 2024 at 89 points higher. There will definitely be a huge drop in NMSF when cut offs are announced next year

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:2 of my friends said their kids who recently graduated from TJ had GPA in the high 4.4 to high 4.5 range (straight As) and about 7 AP/post AP classes through junior year which is about standard for the “most rigorous” course load at TJ. Sure there will be a handful of kids with a few more but that is about the most a kid can take at TJ given the number of AP courses offered and other course requirements and restrictions (esp compared to base FCPS schools). Difference can be if a kid took band/orchestra etc (unweighted courses until this year but for current students their transcripts will be adjusted) and language.

Some students don’t take a language (place out through language credit exam) or just take a year or two (including AP level) and instead take more weighted classes which can increase the GPA vs a kid who takes 3 years of a language (unweighted) starting with level 1

My kid graduated with all As (only As and A+s) from TJ several years ago. He had taken about 9-10 APs/post-APs by end of his junior year and the weighted gpa was around 4.57. He was in the top 10% and probably in the top 1%.

With the new admission process, the bar is much higher now. The kid's scores are through the roof!!

That's exactly why TJ student stats are so much higher now than just a few years ago. The new process selected based on talent not prep and early test access.

huh? TJ student stats (for the classes under new admissions process) are so much LOWER now because of the new admissions process. The mean PSAT for juniors class of 2025 (the first class under new admissions) is around 1350. That is low! esp compared to class of 2024 at 89 points higher. There will definitely be a huge drop in NMSF when cut offs are announced next year[/quote

You're mistaken. As a previous poster pointed out today's TJ students have far more impressive stats than just a few years ago.

[Anonymous]

You're mistaken. As a previous poster pointed out, today's TJ students have far more impressive stats than just a few years ago.

[Anonymous]

What are todays TJ students (I’m assuming you’re referring to the classes 2025, 2026, 2027) far more impressive stats? The PSAT numbers are dropping. 2026 has their psat scores too and they are definitely not impressive. Please do share what these “impressive stats” you’re referring to actually are

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What are todays TJ students (I’m assuming you’re referring to the classes 2025, 2026, 2027) far more impressive stats? The PSAT numbers are dropping. 2026 has their psat scores too and they are definitely not impressive. Please do share what these “impressive stats” you’re referring to actually are

Don’t bother. This poster has been making these weird “better than ever” posts for over a year without ever quantifying it. However, data continues to show the opposite, as expected.

[Anonymous]

Here are the GPA ranges from the school (TJHSST) profile. Difficult to still say top 10% in terms of GPA but the highest GPA is 4.62+

Year GPA Range (low to high)
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2022-23 3.255 to 4.663
2021-22 3.217 to 4.622
2020-21 3.336 to 4.631

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What are todays TJ students (I’m assuming you’re referring to the classes 2025, 2026, 2027) far more impressive stats? The PSAT numbers are dropping. 2026 has their psat scores too and they are definitely not impressive. Please do share what these “impressive stats” you’re referring to actually are

Don’t bother. This poster has been making these weird “better than ever” posts for over a year without ever quantifying it. However, data continues to show the opposite, as expected.

Just the opposite. Some poster keeps making these worse-than-ever posts without qualifying them. Their point was a previous poster in this thread had pointed out that stats from a few years ago are low by today's standards which was on point.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What are todays TJ students (I’m assuming you’re referring to the classes 2025, 2026, 2027) far more impressive stats? The PSAT numbers are dropping. 2026 has their psat scores too and they are definitely not impressive. Please do share what these “impressive stats” you’re referring to actually are

Don’t bother. This poster has been making these weird “better than ever” posts for over a year without ever quantifying it. However, data continues to show the opposite, as expected.

Just the opposite. Some poster keeps making these worse-than-ever posts without qualifying them. Their point was a previous poster in this thread had pointed out that stats from a few years ago are low by today's standards which was on point.

I mean the SOL scores/pass advanced rates dropped by a pretty good bit.
The number of students enrolled in Algebra II in 9th dropped dramatically.
And if those PSAT score info is legit (I don't know where PP got that info), then the PSAT scores dropped dramatically.

If you mean qualified like mentioning COVID as a reason for poor scores, then why did FCPS drop only 4 points in SAT scores from last year and TJ drop 89 points in the PSAT?

Having worse scores than previous students is just data that reflects a different approach to selecting students. These new students are obviously very smart too, but they are not as accelerated and are not performing the same in these standardized tests as previous students and it's OK to acknowledge that.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What are todays TJ students (I’m assuming you’re referring to the classes 2025, 2026, 2027) far more impressive stats? The PSAT numbers are dropping. 2026 has their psat scores too and they are definitely not impressive. Please do share what these “impressive stats” you’re referring to actually are

Don’t bother. This poster has been making these weird “better than ever” posts for over a year without ever quantifying it. However, data continues to show the opposite, as expected.

Just the opposite. Some poster keeps making these worse-than-ever posts without qualifying them. Their point was a previous poster in this thread had pointed out that stats from a few years ago are low by today's standards which was on point.

I mean the SOL scores/pass advanced rates dropped by a pretty good bit.
The number of students enrolled in Algebra II in 9th dropped dramatically.
And if those PSAT score info is legit (I don't know where PP got that info), then the PSAT scores dropped dramatically.

If you mean qualified like mentioning COVID as a reason for poor scores, then why did FCPS drop only 4 points in SAT scores from last year and TJ drop 89 points in the PSAT?

Having worse scores than previous students is just data that reflects a different approach to selecting students. These new students are obviously very smart too, but they are not as accelerated and are not performing the same in these standardized tests as previous students and it's OK to acknowledge that.

I don't know where you get these made up stats from but TJ's scores have gone up up and up since they changed admission process. PSAT are higher than ever.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What are todays TJ students (I’m assuming you’re referring to the classes 2025, 2026, 2027) far more impressive stats? The PSAT numbers are dropping. 2026 has their psat scores too and they are definitely not impressive. Please do share what these “impressive stats” you’re referring to actually are

Don’t bother. This poster has been making these weird “better than ever” posts for over a year without ever quantifying it. However, data continues to show the opposite, as expected.

Just the opposite. Some poster keeps making these worse-than-ever posts without qualifying them. Their point was a previous poster in this thread had pointed out that stats from a few years ago are low by today's standards which was on point.

I mean the SOL scores/pass advanced rates dropped by a pretty good bit.
The number of students enrolled in Algebra II in 9th dropped dramatically.
And if those PSAT score info is legit (I don't know where PP got that info), then the PSAT scores dropped dramatically.

If you mean qualified like mentioning COVID as a reason for poor scores, then why did FCPS drop only 4 points in SAT scores from last year and TJ drop 89 points in the PSAT?

Having worse scores than previous students is just data that reflects a different approach to selecting students. These new students are obviously very smart too, but they are not as accelerated and are not performing the same in these standardized tests as previous students and it's OK to acknowledge that.

I don't know where you get these made up stats from but TJ's scores have gone up up and up since they changed admission process. PSAT are higher than ever.

Can DCUM somehow ban these gaslighting trolls?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What are todays TJ students (I’m assuming you’re referring to the classes 2025, 2026, 2027) far more impressive stats? The PSAT numbers are dropping. 2026 has their psat scores too and they are definitely not impressive. Please do share what these “impressive stats” you’re referring to actually are

Don’t bother. This poster has been making these weird “better than ever” posts for over a year without ever quantifying it. However, data continues to show the opposite, as expected.

Just the opposite. Some poster keeps making these worse-than-ever posts without qualifying them. Their point was a previous poster in this thread had pointed out that stats from a few years ago are low by today's standards which was on point.

I mean the SOL scores/pass advanced rates dropped by a pretty good bit.
The number of students enrolled in Algebra II in 9th dropped dramatically.
And if those PSAT score info is legit (I don't know where PP got that info), then the PSAT scores dropped dramatically.

If you mean qualified like mentioning COVID as a reason for poor scores, then why did FCPS drop only 4 points in SAT scores from last year and TJ drop 89 points in the PSAT?

Having worse scores than previous students is just data that reflects a different approach to selecting students. These new students are obviously very smart too, but they are not as accelerated and are not performing the same in these standardized tests as previous students and it's OK to acknowledge that.

I don't know where you get these made up stats from but TJ's scores have gone up up and up since they changed admission process. PSAT are higher than ever.

I'm also tired of these fake claims too. The other thing people don't often bring up is that the changes made it a healthier and less toxic place.

[Anonymous]

The College Board released PSAT score averages for the school and yes, they are quite low. Students are depressed.

[Anonymous]

TJ parent here. 4.4 is a great gap. Easily in top 10-15%

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What are todays TJ students (I’m assuming you’re referring to the classes 2025, 2026, 2027) far more impressive stats? The PSAT numbers are dropping. 2026 has their psat scores too and they are definitely not impressive. Please do share what these “impressive stats” you’re referring to actually are

Don’t bother. This poster has been making these weird “better than ever” posts for over a year without ever quantifying it. However, data continues to show the opposite, as expected.

Just the opposite. Some poster keeps making these worse-than-ever posts without qualifying them. Their point was a previous poster in this thread had pointed out that stats from a few years ago are low by today's standards which was on point.

I mean the SOL scores/pass advanced rates dropped by a pretty good bit.
The number of students enrolled in Algebra II in 9th dropped dramatically.
And if those PSAT score info is legit (I don't know where PP got that info), then the PSAT scores dropped dramatically.

If you mean qualified like mentioning COVID as a reason for poor scores, then why did FCPS drop only 4 points in SAT scores from last year and TJ drop 89 points in the PSAT?

Having worse scores than previous students is just data that reflects a different approach to selecting students. These new students are obviously very smart too, but they are not as accelerated and are not performing the same in these standardized tests as previous students and it's OK to acknowledge that.

I don't know where you get these made up stats from but TJ's scores have gone up up and up since they changed admission process. PSAT are higher than ever.

Talk about misinformation - whoever is saying PSAT scores are higher than ever. Ridiculous. Are you also going to make up college admissions stats when the time comes for class of 2025, 2026….?!

Here are the FACTS: Every TJ student who took the PSAT in October (current 10th and 11th graders) are able to access their score report which also includes the average PSAT score for their school (for their respective grade). That’s where the numbers of the CURRENT PSAT scores are coming from which are notably lower than previous TJ classes (before admissions changes). See previous posts in this thread for those averages.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:TJ parent here. 4.4 is a great gap. Easily in top 10-15%

Are you a TJ parent of a current senior?
What colleges do 4.4 students at TJ typically get into?