Top 10 college chances

[Anonymous]

My son is at TJ and his post sophomore year GPA is 4.30. Has 3 b+ so far ( 2 from math ) and 1 in Spanish. SAT score is 1550.Very good extra curriculars. Wondering how these 3 B+ grades will affect the top 10 college chances.

[Anonymous]

I would say he has very good odds of UVA, it’s that competitive these days.

[Anonymous]

I have a kid at TJ and a 4.3 is great and 3B+ is great. But it’s not top 10 great from TJ. Those schools are only going to take so many TJ kids. If you don’t have a Siemens finalist or a recruitable athlete, give it a shot and apply, but don’t hold your breath. Especially if they are looking at something like engineering or CS.

That’s the bad news.

Here’s the good news: TJ is a bubble and gives you a warped view of success. If your kid stays on that track, they will have no trouble getting into UVA or Michigan or a good UC or CMU or one of a dozen other colleges that will put them in a great position to go to the exact same grad school they would go to from Stanford. Think longer term than the ranking of where they get into college. Look at where that college places graduates.

[Anonymous]

Will his teachers write that he stands out among his classmates? Does he show academic leadership? He is doing great. Nothing can stop someone else from being better, though. Let it be. He will go places in life, but maybe not Harvard.

[Anonymous]

Top GPA this year is 4.638. Hard to know what kind of program this includes, but certainly a lot of post-APs.

https://tjhsst.fcps.edu/sites/default/files/media/inline-files/TJSchoolProfile19-20.pdf

[Anonymous]

Crap shoot

[Anonymous]

Not enough information. The odds are different depending on the applicant's race. Don't shoot the messenger; that's just the way it is.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not enough information. The odds are different depending on the applicant's race. Don't shoot the messenger; that's just the way it is.

I have a white TJ kid and you need to get off the Asian cross. Kids with B+ in math classes below BC Calc were told by VT they might have tough time getting into VT Engineering this year. It’s tough all over for college admissions. Plenty of 4.4-4.5 white kids getting rejected from the top 10s too. High performing UMC white kids are a dime and dozen in the DMV, and they aren’t taking your DC’s Harvard slot. There are just 100 exceptional kids for every Harvard slot.

Now, any given graduating class at TJ is 1-2% URM and 1-2% FARMs. A top 10% first gen, AA or Hispanic TJ kid could write their own ticket. Because they are unicorns. But that’s not what you meant, is it?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not enough information. The odds are different depending on the applicant's race. Don't shoot the messenger; that's just the way it is.

I have a white TJ kid and you need to get off the Asian cross. Kids with B+ in math classes below BC Calc were told by VT they might have tough time getting into VT Engineering this year. It’s tough all over for college admissions. Plenty of 4.4-4.5 white kids getting rejected from the top 10s too. High performing UMC white kids are a dime and dozen in the DMV, and they aren’t taking your DC’s Harvard slot. There are just 100 exceptional kids for every Harvard slot.

Now, any given graduating class at TJ is 1-2% URM and 1-2% FARMs. A top 10% first gen, AA or Hispanic TJ kid could write their own ticket. Because they are unicorns. But that’s not what you meant, is it?

Yes, that is exactly what I meant. To answer the OP's question, the applicants race is an important detail.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not enough information. The odds are different depending on the applicant's race. Don't shoot the messenger; that's just the way it is.

I have a white TJ kid and you need to get off the Asian cross. Kids with B+ in math classes below BC Calc were told by VT they might have tough time getting into VT Engineering this year. It’s tough all over for college admissions. Plenty of 4.4-4.5 white kids getting rejected from the top 10s too. High performing UMC white kids are a dime and dozen in the DMV, and they aren’t taking your DC’s Harvard slot. There are just 100 exceptional kids for every Harvard slot.

Now, any given graduating class at TJ is 1-2% URM and 1-2% FARMs. A top 10% first gen, AA or Hispanic TJ kid could write their own ticket. Because they are unicorns. But that’s not what you meant, is it?

DP . Utterly irrelevant post. What the PP sats still stands.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not enough information. The odds are different depending on the applicant's race. Don't shoot the messenger; that's just the way it is.

I have a white TJ kid and you need to get off the Asian cross. Kids with B+ in math classes below BC Calc were told by VT they might have tough time getting into VT Engineering this year. It’s tough all over for college admissions. Plenty of 4.4-4.5 white kids getting rejected from the top 10s too. High performing UMC white kids are a dime and dozen in the DMV, and they aren’t taking your DC’s Harvard slot. There are just 100 exceptional kids for every Harvard slot.

Now, any given graduating class at TJ is 1-2% URM and 1-2% FARMs. A top 10% first gen, AA or Hispanic TJ kid could write their own ticket. Because they are unicorns. But that’s not what you meant, is it?

??? I'm sorry, but I would give the OP a different answer if the applicant was white or Asian than I would give if they were black or Hispanic. And I'm not Asian; just familiar with the college application process used by highly selective schools these days.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not enough information. The odds are different depending on the applicant's race. Don't shoot the messenger; that's just the way it is.

I have a white TJ kid and you need to get off the Asian cross. Kids with B+ in math classes below BC Calc were told by VT they might have tough time getting into VT Engineering this year. It’s tough all over for college admissions. Plenty of 4.4-4.5 white kids getting rejected from the top 10s too. High performing UMC white kids are a dime and dozen in the DMV, and they aren’t taking your DC’s Harvard slot. There are just 100 exceptional kids for every Harvard slot.

Now, any given graduating class at TJ is 1-2% URM and 1-2% FARMs. A top 10% first gen, AA or Hispanic TJ kid could write their own ticket. Because they are unicorns. But that’s not what you meant, is it?

Yes, that is exactly what I meant. To answer the OP's question, the applicants race is an important detail.

isn't it great that we give colleges and universities permission to discriminate based on skin color?

[Anonymous]

Isn’t it great that we allow private institutions to decide how to assemble a class of students that reflects their institutional goals?

[Anonymous]

+1

[Anonymous]

What constitute "top 10" and why do you want to go "there" - seems pretty superficial when you don't define the schools or compare programs or attributes.