TJ GPA Distribution

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:4.4 is def top 15-%

OP - open up Naviance scattergram.

Pick a school like UVa and VT where most TJ kids apply - and u will see that 4.4 is in the top quadrant - on the upper end.

My best guess is

3.25 to 4: 25%

4 to 4.25: 25%

4.25 to 4.40: 35%

4.40 and above 15%

You are way off. First of all, the Scattergrams represent the GPA at graduation when GPAs climb the highest because of all the post-AP classes every senior takes that are give them 5.0 for an A. A 4.5 puts you in the top 25% of juniors. A 4.4 puts you outside the top 1/3.

You’re even more off. 4.5 junior year is definitely top 10%.

That would be only 50 kids having a 4.5 or better. There is no way that is true.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:my dc who is a rising senior at TJ has a gpa of ‘only’ 4.2.

"The world needs ditch diggers, too." - Ted Knight, Caddyshack (c) 1980

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:4.4 is def top 15-%

OP - open up Naviance scattergram.

Pick a school like UVa and VT where most TJ kids apply - and u will see that 4.4 is in the top quadrant - on the upper end.

My best guess is

3.25 to 4: 25%

4 to 4.25: 25%

4.25 to 4.40: 35%

4.40 and above 15%

You are way off. First of all, the Scattergrams represent the GPA at graduation when GPAs climb the highest because of all the post-AP classes every senior takes that are give them 5.0 for an A. A 4.5 puts you in the top 25% of juniors. A 4.4 puts you outside the top 1/3.

You’re even more off. 4.5 junior year is definitely top 10%.

That would be only 50 kids having a 4.5 or better. There is no way that is true.

Perplexity AI says that based on all available information, after junior year the top 10% cutoff is a GPA of 4.55 GPA. Wow.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:4.4 is def top 15-%

OP - open up Naviance scattergram.

Pick a school like UVa and VT where most TJ kids apply - and u will see that 4.4 is in the top quadrant - on the upper end.

My best guess is

3.25 to 4: 25%

4 to 4.25: 25%

4.25 to 4.40: 35%

4.40 and above 15%

You are way off. First of all, the Scattergrams represent the GPA at graduation when GPAs climb the highest because of all the post-AP classes every senior takes that are give them 5.0 for an A. A 4.5 puts you in the top 25% of juniors. A 4.4 puts you outside the top 1/3.

You’re even more off. 4.5 junior year is definitely top 10%.

That would be only 50 kids having a 4.5 or better. There is no way that is true.

DC had 4.55 by junior year and was secretly told to be among top 15 person (not percent). So yeah, 4.5 could well be top 10%.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:my dc who is a rising senior at TJ has a gpa of ‘only’ 4.2.

4.2 for TJ is a good GPA.

VT and UMD and W&M are targets for that GPA.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:4.4 is def top 15-%

OP - open up Naviance scattergram.

Pick a school like UVa and VT where most TJ kids apply - and u will see that 4.4 is in the top quadrant - on the upper end.

My best guess is

3.25 to 4: 25%

4 to 4.25: 25%

4.25 to 4.40: 35%

4.40 and above 15%

You are way off. First of all, the Scattergrams represent the GPA at graduation when GPAs climb the highest because of all the post-AP classes every senior takes that are give them 5.0 for an A. A 4.5 puts you in the top 25% of juniors. A 4.4 puts you outside the top 1/3.

You’re even more off. 4.5 junior year is definitely top 10%.

That would be only 50 kids having a 4.5 or better. There is no way that is true.

DC had 4.55 by junior year and was secretly told to be among top 15 person (not percent). So yeah, 4.5 could well be top 10%.

Secretly told?

This sounds like a lie

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:4.4 is def top 15-%

OP - open up Naviance scattergram.

Pick a school like UVa and VT where most TJ kids apply - and u will see that 4.4 is in the top quadrant - on the upper end.

My best guess is

3.25 to 4: 25%

4 to 4.25: 25%

4.25 to 4.40: 35%

4.40 and above 15%

You are way off. First of all, the Scattergrams represent the GPA at graduation when GPAs climb the highest because of all the post-AP classes every senior takes that are give them 5.0 for an A. A 4.5 puts you in the top 25% of juniors. A 4.4 puts you outside the top 1/3.

You’re even more off. 4.5 junior year is definitely top 10%.

That would be only 50 kids having a 4.5 or better. There is no way that is true.

DC had 4.55 by junior year and was secretly told to be among top 15 person (not percent). So yeah, 4.5 could well be top 10%.

Secretly told?

This sounds like a lie

You believe whatever you want to believe. Nobody cares.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:4.4 is def top 15-%

OP - open up Naviance scattergram.

Pick a school like UVa and VT where most TJ kids apply - and u will see that 4.4 is in the top quadrant - on the upper end.

My best guess is

3.25 to 4: 25%

4 to 4.25: 25%

4.25 to 4.40: 35%

4.40 and above 15%

You are way off. First of all, the Scattergrams represent the GPA at graduation when GPAs climb the highest because of all the post-AP classes every senior takes that are give them 5.0 for an A. A 4.5 puts you in the top 25% of juniors. A 4.4 puts you outside the top 1/3.

You’re even more off. 4.5 junior year is definitely top 10%.

That would be only 50 kids having a 4.5 or better. There is no way that is true.

DC had 4.55 by junior year and was secretly told to be among top 15 person (not percent). So yeah, 4.5 could well be top 10%.

Secretly told?

This sounds like a lie

You believe whatever you want to believe. Nobody cares.

Who told your junior this? And why? They don't tell the colleges this information so what use would it be to the students? The difference between the top students is like 0.01 GPA, it's meaningless.
I know my counselor pretty well and she would never "secretly" tell me anything like this. Their mission seems to be to reduce stress (almost to the detriment of our futures), not help students keep score. The entire school administration seems to be on this same mission.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:4.4 is def top 15-%

OP - open up Naviance scattergram.

Pick a school like UVa and VT where most TJ kids apply - and u will see that 4.4 is in the top quadrant - on the upper end.

My best guess is

3.25 to 4: 25%

4 to 4.25: 25%

4.25 to 4.40: 35%

4.40 and above 15%

You are way off. First of all, the Scattergrams represent the GPA at graduation when GPAs climb the highest because of all the post-AP classes every senior takes that are give them 5.0 for an A. A 4.5 puts you in the top 25% of juniors. A 4.4 puts you outside the top 1/3.

You’re even more off. 4.5 junior year is definitely top 10%.

That would be only 50 kids having a 4.5 or better. There is no way that is true.

DC had 4.55 by junior year and was secretly told to be among top 15 person (not percent). So yeah, 4.5 could well be top 10%.

Wow! was this for class of 2025?

[Anonymous]

Schools need to record class rank for military academy admissions purposes. Anyone can FOIA that information if they wish.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:4.4 is def top 15-%

OP - open up Naviance scattergram.

Pick a school like UVa and VT where most TJ kids apply - and u will see that 4.4 is in the top quadrant - on the upper end.

My best guess is

3.25 to 4: 25%

4 to 4.25: 25%

4.25 to 4.40: 35%

4.40 and above 15%

You are way off. First of all, the Scattergrams represent the GPA at graduation when GPAs climb the highest because of all the post-AP classes every senior takes that are give them 5.0 for an A. A 4.5 puts you in the top 25% of juniors. A 4.4 puts you outside the top 1/3.

You’re even more off. 4.5 junior year is definitely top 10%.

That would be only 50 kids having a 4.5 or better. There is no way that is true.

DC had 4.55 by junior year and was secretly told to be among top 15 person (not percent). So yeah, 4.5 could well be top 10%.

#thingsthatneverhappened

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:4.4 is def top 15-%

OP - open up Naviance scattergram.

Pick a school like UVa and VT where most TJ kids apply - and u will see that 4.4 is in the top quadrant - on the upper end.

My best guess is

3.25 to 4: 25%

4 to 4.25: 25%

4.25 to 4.40: 35%

4.40 and above 15%

You are way off. First of all, the Scattergrams represent the GPA at graduation when GPAs climb the highest because of all the post-AP classes every senior takes that are give them 5.0 for an A. A 4.5 puts you in the top 25% of juniors. A 4.4 puts you outside the top 1/3.

You’re even more off. 4.5 junior year is definitely top 10%.

That would be only 50 kids having a 4.5 or better. There is no way that is true.

DC had 4.55 by junior year and was secretly told to be among top 15 person (not percent). So yeah, 4.5 could well be top 10%.

#thingsthatneverhappened

PP said 4.55 at the end of JUNIOR year. That is before Senior year when everybody's GPA jumps a .5 from all the 5.0 weighted classes they take senior year. A 4.55 at the end of JUNIOR year is definately up there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:4.4 is def top 15-%

OP - open up Naviance scattergram.

Pick a school like UVa and VT where most TJ kids apply - and u will see that 4.4 is in the top quadrant - on the upper end.

My best guess is

3.25 to 4: 25%

4 to 4.25: 25%

4.25 to 4.40: 35%

4.40 and above 15%

You are way off. First of all, the Scattergrams represent the GPA at graduation when GPAs climb the highest because of all the post-AP classes every senior takes that are give them 5.0 for an A. A 4.5 puts you in the top 25% of juniors. A 4.4 puts you outside the top 1/3.

You’re even more off. 4.5 junior year is definitely top 10%.

That would be only 50 kids having a 4.5 or better. There is no way that is true.

DC had 4.55 by junior year and was secretly told to be among top 15 person (not percent). So yeah, 4.5 could well be top 10%.

#thingsthatneverhappened

PP said 4.55 at the end of JUNIOR year. That is before Senior year when everybody's GPA jumps a .5 from all the 5.0 weighted classes they take senior year. A 4.55 at the end of JUNIOR year is definately up there.

DP
Yes of course it's up there but top 3%?
All TJ classes are baseline honors with a small handful of exceptions. So even a handful of APs and an unweighted 4.0 can get you there.

[Anonymous]

from another thread:
According to TJ school profile, the Class of 2022 Final Grade Point Averages (8th semester) ranged from 3.255 to 4.663

Based on the multiple Naviance scattergrams for TJ, a weighted average of
4.65 or above is top 01%
4.64 or above is top 02%
4.60 or above is top 05%
4.55 or above is top 10%
4.53 or above is top 15%
4.50 or above is top 25%
4.45 or above is top 33%
4.40 or above is top 40%
4.38 or above is top 50%
4.35 or above is top 60%
4.33 or above is top 66%
4.30 or above is top 75%
4.00 or above is top 90%
3.75 or above is top 95%
3.25 or above is top 100%

https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/15/1200980.page

For approximate end of junior year GPA, adjust it down by minus 0.05

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:from another thread:
According to TJ school profile, the Class of 2022 Final Grade Point Averages (8th semester) ranged from 3.255 to 4.663

Based on the multiple Naviance scattergrams for TJ, a weighted average of
4.65 or above is top 01%
4.64 or above is top 02%
4.60 or above is top 05%
4.55 or above is top 10%
4.53 or above is top 15%
4.50 or above is top 25%
4.45 or above is top 33%
4.40 or above is top 40%
4.38 or above is top 50%
4.35 or above is top 60%
4.33 or above is top 66%
4.30 or above is top 75%
4.00 or above is top 90%
3.75 or above is top 95%
3.25 or above is top 100%

https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/15/1200980.page

For approximate end of junior year GPA, adjust it down by minus 0.05

Thanks. This is helpful.
- OP