Which schools accepted your 4.3 - 4.4 TJ kid?

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Anonymous wrote:DD with GPA 4.52 (Junior year), 1580 SAT, all 5s in all her 8 APs from TJ with excellent ECs for CS, volunteering/community service and an internship did not get into any of the Ivies and waitlisted at CMU. Major - CS. Obviously we are disappointed. College admissions seems like a lottery.

I feel for you, my kid stayed at the base-school and had just under your kid's stats and didn't get in anywhere either but I know it burns when you see the profile of kids who did get in and they are lower. I think NoVA kids are in general penalized and quotaed. Also CS is the absolute worst at the moment. I actually have not heard of another kid getting admitted for CS anywhere yet other than my child. I hope yours have some decent fall back options. In the admitted sessions we went to (all schools ranked 18 or lower) - all schools reported that the average SAT was over 1500 and the average UGPA was 3.9 for the incoming CS class.

Thank you. Yes, she does have some good fall back options but nothing that excites her at the moment.

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NP Does anyone know why TJ kids don't choose Georgia Tech? Is it that they don't get in or they choose not to go?

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Anonymous wrote:We are having a hard time putting our list together. So wanted to find out where TJ kids with 4.3 - 4.4 GPA are likely to be accepted. Our DC is probably end up in that range with after her senior year with very high SAT score.

is the TJ college counseling office so bad that this is where you turn?

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Anonymous wrote:Folks - if your child is not URM, first gen, staff or faulty at school, recruited athlete, or high level connected/donor - your child”/
chances of acceptance are slim to none. The best thing college counselors at any school in the DMV can do is be honest about that. If your child is a white male of European descent -minus acceptance chances. Reality.

your bitter whining is sweet sweet music to my ears.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DD with GPA 4.52 (Junior year), 1580 SAT, all 5s in all her 8 APs from TJ with excellent ECs for CS, volunteering/community service and an internship did not get into any of the Ivies and waitlisted at CMU. Major - CS. Obviously we are disappointed. College admissions seems like a lottery.

I feel for you, my kid stayed at the base-school and had just under your kid's stats and didn't get in anywhere either but I know it burns when you see the profile of kids who did get in and they are lower. I think NoVA kids are in general penalized and quotaed. Also CS is the absolute worst at the moment. I actually have not heard of another kid getting admitted for CS anywhere yet other than my child. I hope yours have some decent fall back options. In the admitted sessions we went to (all schools ranked 18 or lower) - all schools reported that the average SAT was over 1500 and the average UGPA was 3.9 for the incoming CS class.

Thank you. Yes, she does have some good fall back options but nothing that excites her at the moment.

Yes, I get it. The reality-parade was a bitter pill for us living through it to be sure. Whites and Asians in CS are persona non grata at many universities you hear about. I think you may have a chance at Georgia Tech, if you try for UIUC you MUST not just pick CS, pick CS+(something and ideally not mathematics) no idea if they make you follow through with it but it was a lot of 1600 SAT 4.8 GPA with 16APs NOT getting into "just" CS. Do the research and find out which of those options they have the most room for. Look at Purdue, Wisco, UT Austin and UMD as realistic and strong programs. We avoided CA due to the policies on OOS (they hate OOS) CMU has a very strong program, 3% acceptance rate but I have mixed feelings on it after further study. It is NOT a fun place to go. I know 4.4 kids from TJ are used to Not Fun but this may be a step too far. Ivies, save your money unless you are hooked, there is no room at that inn and you will only bolster their rejection stats and lose money in the process. Umich, maybe. Focus on the sub-classes of CS too (I think I am assuming you are CS but if not ignore). Some schools are better at software vs. ML vs theory, etc. If you are thinking VT, they only take high stat kids ED. Its BS but its reality. Their program is 31. Its a fun school though, not badly rated and if you are in state, very cheap.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DD with GPA 4.52 (Junior year), 1580 SAT, all 5s in all her 8 APs from TJ with excellent ECs for CS, volunteering/community service and an internship did not get into any of the Ivies and waitlisted at CMU. Major - CS. Obviously we are disappointed. College admissions seems like a lottery.

I feel for you, my kid stayed at the base-school and had just under your kid's stats and didn't get in anywhere either but I know it burns when you see the profile of kids who did get in and they are lower. I think NoVA kids are in general penalized and quotaed. Also CS is the absolute worst at the moment. I actually have not heard of another kid getting admitted for CS anywhere yet other than my child. I hope yours have some decent fall back options. In the admitted sessions we went to (all schools ranked 18 or lower) - all schools reported that the average SAT was over 1500 and the average UGPA was 3.9 for the incoming CS class.

Thank you. Yes, she does have some good fall back options but nothing that excites her at the moment.

Yes, I get it. The reality-parade was a bitter pill for us living through it to be sure. Whites and Asians in CS are persona non grata at many universities you hear about. I think you may have a chance at Georgia Tech, if you try for UIUC you MUST not just pick CS, pick CS+(something and ideally not mathematics) no idea if they make you follow through with it but it was a lot of 1600 SAT 4.8 GPA with 16APs NOT getting into "just" CS. Do the research and find out which of those options they have the most room for. Look at Purdue, Wisco, UT Austin and UMD as realistic and strong programs. We avoided CA due to the policies on OOS (they hate OOS) CMU has a very strong program, 3% acceptance rate but I have mixed feelings on it after further study. It is NOT a fun place to go. I know 4.4 kids from TJ are used to Not Fun but this may be a step too far. Ivies, save your money unless you are hooked, there is no room at that inn and you will only bolster their rejection stats and lose money in the process. Umich, maybe. Focus on the sub-classes of CS too (I think I am assuming you are CS but if not ignore). Some schools are better at software vs. ML vs theory, etc. If you are thinking VT, they only take high stat kids ED. Its BS but its reality. Their program is 31. Its a fun school though, not badly rated and if you are in state, very cheap.

Have you even been to Stanford to see who is in the CS classes?

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Anonymous wrote:NP Does anyone know why TJ kids don't choose Georgia Tech? Is it that they don't get in or they choose not to go?

I have no idea. I saw in 2021 college destinations, there were 3 kids that went to Georgia Tech.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We are having a hard time putting our list together. So wanted to find out where TJ kids with 4.3 - 4.4 GPA are likely to be accepted. Our DC is probably end up in that range with after her senior year with very high SAT score.

is the TJ college counseling office so bad that this is where you turn?

it is hit or miss like any public school. Some counsellors are good some are awful

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:NP Does anyone know why TJ kids don't choose Georgia Tech? Is it that they don't get in or they choose not to go?

I have no idea. I saw in 2021 college destinations, there were 3 kids that went to Georgia Tech.

DD was accepted this year to CS there and was thrilled. By that time, she had a few acceptances but GA Tech became her first choice right away. She said she’ll definitely go there even if CMU or Cornell accept her too. We visited it during the spring break, and two of her classmates were also touring it at the same time (she met two, there could have been even more). However, she ended up committing to another great college that all of a sudden offered her a full ride.

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What is all this woke bullshit? I was at a recent event at VT and the CS students were 85% Asian and white males, with a handful of girls and and even smaller number of black and Latino students. Show me one CS or engineering department in this country that's not overwhelmingly white and Asian. Go ahead, I'll wait. The numbers don't lie, but all the "woke" talk is just like stop the steal - total bullshit to push a political narrative.

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Anonymous wrote:DD with GPA 4.52 (Junior year), 1580 SAT, all 5s in all her 8 APs from TJ with excellent ECs for CS, volunteering/community service and an internship did not get into any of the Ivies and waitlisted at CMU. Major - CS. Obviously we are disappointed. College admissions seems like a lottery.

Try having a son with these stats - they fare much worse than girls applying to CS schools, and not just with CMU and the Ivies. When my son was at TJ a few years ago, the girls in CS (fewer in number) had much better early action results than the boys, who oftentimes had better CS grades/ECs. Colleges have a higher acceptance rate for girls in CS, and TJ was a good place to find them.

We went to a CS session at CMU and they were looking for 50/50 males/females and kids from as many states and high schools as possible. Given the number of slots available, that made it clear that it would be nearly impossible for my (male) kid to get in.

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Anonymous wrote:My kid graduated TJHSST with a 4.46 weighted GPA (slightly lower when she was actually applying to colleges), varsity athlete in 2 sports and debate. He was rejected by the few Ivys he applied to but got into Pitt Honors, UVA Echols, UMichigan, Northwestern, Carnegie Mellon and Williams.

Must not be white or Asian. Whites and Asians don't get in anywhere.

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Anonymous wrote:NP Does anyone know why TJ kids don't choose Georgia Tech? Is it that they don't get in or they choose not to go?

Ranked 38, not prestigious enough for them.

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UMass if computer science.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:NP Does anyone know why TJ kids don't choose Georgia Tech? Is it that they don't get in or they choose not to go?

Ranked 38, not prestigious enough for them.

Where did you see 38 in CS? It's higher on Usnews and csrankings.
CS is becoming hard to get in from almost every fcps.