TJHSST Exam

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Aren't GPA's just cutoffs and are not considered in final selection?

I haven’t seen anything to this effect in writing. There is SPS but also quotas per school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Aren't GPA's just cutoffs and are not considered in final selection?

Yes obviously gpa is considered, but i feel anything that’s A- or above is fine. If it comes down to who has the higher grades they will look at it, but first it’s about the essay.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Aren't GPA's just cutoffs and are not considered in final selection?

Yes obviously gpa is considered, but i feel anything that’s A- or above is fine. If it comes down to who has the higher grades they will look at it, but first it’s about the essay.

PP here: this is what the admissions process says “ Students will be evaluated on their grade point average (GPA); a student portrait sheet where they will be asked to demonstrate Portrait of a Graduate attributes and 21st century skills; a problem-solving essay; and experience factors…”

An A- and an A with the same overall score means the kids with all A’s wins.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Aren't GPA's just cutoffs and are not considered in final selection?

Yes obviously gpa is considered, but i feel anything that’s A- or above is fine. If it comes down to who has the higher grades they will look at it, but first it’s about the essay.

PP here: this is what the admissions process says “ Students will be evaluated on their grade point average (GPA); a student portrait sheet where they will be asked to demonstrate Portrait of a Graduate attributes and 21st century skills; a problem-solving essay; and experience factors…”

An A- and an A with the same overall score means the kids with all A’s wins.

Yes thank you, that’s what I was trying to say.

[Anonymous]

Do they look at second qtr?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do they look at second qtr?

No. It’s 7th grade gpa and 1st quarter 8th.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Aren't GPA's just cutoffs and are not considered in final selection?

Yes obviously gpa is considered, but i feel anything that’s A- or above is fine. If it comes down to who has the higher grades they will look at it, but first it’s about the essay.

PP here: this is what the admissions process says “ Students will be evaluated on their grade point average (GPA); a student portrait sheet where they will be asked to demonstrate Portrait of a Graduate attributes and 21st century skills; a problem-solving essay; and experience factors…”

An A- and an A with the same overall score means the kids with all A’s wins.

While mentioned last, experience factors count for up to 40% of the student’s score on the evaluation for admission to TJ.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Aren't GPA's just cutoffs and are not considered in final selection?

Yes obviously gpa is considered, but i feel anything that’s A- or above is fine. If it comes down to who has the higher grades they will look at it, but first it’s about the essay.

PP here: this is what the admissions process says “ Students will be evaluated on their grade point average (GPA); a student portrait sheet where they will be asked to demonstrate Portrait of a Graduate attributes and 21st century skills; a problem-solving essay; and experience factors…”

An A- and an A with the same overall score means the kids with all A’s wins.

While mentioned last, experience factors count for up to 40% of the student’s score on the evaluation for admission to TJ.

This is what we are worried about…

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Aren't GPA's just cutoffs and are not considered in final selection?

Yes obviously gpa is considered, but i feel anything that’s A- or above is fine. If it comes down to who has the higher grades they will look at it, but first it’s about the essay.

PP here: this is what the admissions process says “ Students will be evaluated on their grade point average (GPA); a student portrait sheet where they will be asked to demonstrate Portrait of a Graduate attributes and 21st century skills; a problem-solving essay; and experience factors…”

An A- and an A with the same overall score means the kids with all A’s wins.

While mentioned last, experience factors count for up to 40% of the student’s score on the evaluation for admission to TJ.

This is what we are worried about…

You should not, unless your kid is just very average.
Only about 12% taken for poor/sped fam… and alot of them also are poor asian.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Aren't GPA's just cutoffs and are not considered in final selection?

Yes obviously gpa is considered, but i feel anything that’s A- or above is fine. If it comes down to who has the higher grades they will look at it, but first it’s about the essay.

PP here: this is what the admissions process says “ Students will be evaluated on their grade point average (GPA); a student portrait sheet where they will be asked to demonstrate Portrait of a Graduate attributes and 21st century skills; a problem-solving essay; and experience factors…”

An A- and an A with the same overall score means the kids with all A’s wins.

While mentioned last, experience factors count for up to 40% of the student’s score on the evaluation for admission to TJ.

This is what we are worried about…

You should not, unless your kid is just very average.
Only about 12% taken for poor/sped fam… and alot of them also are poor asian.

NP.

TJ’s current student body is 81% minority.

[Anonymous]

How do you find out how many kids apply from your middle school?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How do you find out how many kids apply from your middle school?

Google, and you will know too. The numbers though are for previous years, and are usually in the same ballpark year over year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Aren't GPA's just cutoffs and are not considered in final selection?

Yes obviously gpa is considered, but i feel anything that’s A- or above is fine. If it comes down to who has the higher grades they will look at it, but first it’s about the essay.

PP here: this is what the admissions process says “ Students will be evaluated on their grade point average (GPA); a student portrait sheet where they will be asked to demonstrate Portrait of a Graduate attributes and 21st century skills; a problem-solving essay; and experience factors…”

An A- and an A with the same overall score means the kids with all A’s wins.

While mentioned last, experience factors count for up to 40% of the student’s score on the evaluation for admission to TJ.

Is that formally stated somewhere?

[Anonymous]

My kid has near a 3.94 gpa. She feels she did strong on the SPS, she got 2/3 parts of the PSE wrong but she got the hardest question right and explained her thinking really well. Used nearly all characters, and her solution was more real world scenario. She attends a less competitive school with less than 40 applicants. No experience factors, geo hns, and all hns. What are the chances for acceptance?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kid has near a 3.94 gpa. She feels she did strong on the SPS, she got 2/3 parts of the PSE wrong but she got the hardest question right and explained her thinking really well. Used nearly all characters, and her solution was more real world scenario. She attends a less competitive school with less than 40 applicants. No experience factors, geo hns, and all hns. What are the chances for acceptance?

My son had a 3.8 something GPA from one of the “feeder” middle schools and got in. Essays count for a lot.

GPA - 300 points
SPS (4 essays) - 300 points
PSE - 300 points

Your daughter only loses 4.5 points out of 900 with a 3.94 GPA. The essays make the biggest difference.