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[quote=TheSpanishDoctor][quote=Anonymous][quote=TheSpanishDoctor][quote=Anonymous]Any idea how did TJ kids do in this ED/EA cycle for UVA?[/quote]

My TJ kid got into UVA and VT yesterday. The missus kept nagging me all 4 years that it would never happen because he went to TJ rather than his base school. [/quote]

Congratulations!!  Please share the stats and major of your TJ kid.[/quote]

4.4 GPA (weighted) and aerospace engineering at both schools. I have degrees from three top 25s, and I taught at UVA for several years. I was able to coach my son a bit on his essays. For example, he wrote a few negative things about himself, and I asked him to either reframe those experiences in a positive light or include other, better examples.

There was a PP doubting that anyone could go without ever getting anything lower than an A. My son just got the first B+ of his life in multivariable calculus in January (1-semester dual enrollment course). I teach in Arlington, and I know there are a ton of students who have never had anything less than an A. APS doesn't have an A-, so it's a quite generous A at 90-100. There is no A+ either. My son wasn't crushed to get his B+. In fact, he hasn't even brought it up to me and seems to just keep living his life. But I have seen more than one high schooler basically lose it when getting less than an A in one of my courses. I feel like bumping someone up from an 89.3 to a 90 is like giving them 10 free points at a school like mine. I just won't do it and think a B+ is a very good grade. Plus, I am very much against inflating grades, but I'd better stop before I rant.[/quote]

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