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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Important note: *especially at TJ*, the depth and value of what the student does outside of class *and* the student's ability to connect those activities to their intended impact via a through-line narrative are FAR, FAR more important than an extra .1 or .2 on a GPA.[/quote]

That depends on where you are.  The difference between a 4.3 and 4.5 is substantial.[/quote]
about half of the class or 250+ students are within that range. not surprising, the GPA range that was being reported in the school profile went to the fourth decimal.  [/quote]

The thing is, any college that's worth its weight in salt knows exactly what TJ is and what it offers.

There are 50 or so kids every year at TJ who don't have the strongest stats but everyone wonders how *that* kid ended up winning in the admissions game. And invariably the answer is that they excelled in some area of passion that goes beyond the sort of normal track that TJ kids seem to follow.

And the kids from other Northern Virginia schools who excelled in that same area don't have the same admissions outcomes even with stronger stats.

You don't want TJ to be the headline on your kid's college resume, but it makes a phenomenal third or fourth line. It's the *perfect* place for a kid who has a passion (athletics, performing arts, or some really cool area of STEM) that either can't be served at their base school or where they might drown in a sea of other kids.

If you love baseball or football but you're ticketed to Westfield or Madison, there's a good chance that you'll never see the field there but you'll crush it at TJ. Same thing for, say, theatre if you're zoned to a place like Marshall or West Springfield.[/quote]

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