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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The best prep you can do is focus on grades in 7th and 1st quarter of 8th grade.

See the link below for this interesting stat: "The average GPA for students offered admission to the Class of 2029 is 3.96, in line with previous years."

https://www.fcps.edu/news/offers-extended-thomas-jefferson-high-school-science-and-technology-class-2029[/quote]
Is that GPA inflated? Many students getting Cs and Ds at TJ had high GPA in middle school, but find out in freshman itself they are unprepared for TJ academics.[/quote]

Honors math classes will receive a .5 weight, so kids taking Honors Algebra and Geometry have weighted grades.

You have to have a 3.5 GPA to apply. [b]And you have to have an A in Honors math and science in 7th and 8th grade.[/b] And you have to have at least one other Honors class to apply. A good number of kids applying will be in AAP, so all Honors classes.

My kid is applying next year but we understand that TJ Academics are more challenging than most base school academics. Everyone on this board who has had kids at TJ posts that. Some kids might have had one HS class in MS, Algebra 1 in 8th grade, while others will have had 4, Algebra, Geometry, and 2 years of language. I would guess the kids with 4 HS classes are in a better place then the kids with 1 HS class. And not every MS is equal. Kids from lower SES MS are less likely to have had some of the extensions and assignments that kids from schools like Carson, Longfellow, Cooper, and Rocky Run have had. [/quote]

According to the TJHSST eligibility page, there’s no mention of A requirement in honors math and science to be eligible to apply. Just 3.5 unweighted GPA in core curriculum. [/quote]

Honors math/science for 7th/8th is a requirement for all applicants.  Honors English or Social Studies is also a requirement (unless the student is a young scholar).[/quote]

Yes, but I was referring to the poster who said an “A” grade is required in honors math and science in 7th and 8th to apply. Applicants need a 3.5 minimum GPA in core curriculum to apply, but there’s no mention that student must specifically receive an A in both to apply (although they likely will). [/quote]

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