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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How does FCPs school determines top 1.5% student who gets admitted to TJ due to quota system?[/quote]

The top 1.5% are determined using a merit system. The old method was a quota system based on access to test answers.[/quote]

What criteria merit system includes? Just GPA? I would think there will be lot of kids with 4.0 GPA. Also, does the GPA of AAP kids will be different than non-aap kids who is looking to apply?[/quote]

Look at the link posted above for the info on FCPS selection process. GPA, math level floor and an honors course # floor. No, GPA of all kids is counted the same - no weighting. [/quote]

I have heard anyone taking Alg 1 Hon gets extra credit in GPA calculations. Does anyone know how GPA is calculated to dtermine top 1.5 % strudent in MS? FCPS posts percentage and Grade (A = 93-100), does that mean all students having Grade A will have same GPA? Thanks![/quote]

Yes, taking honor class give you 0.5 points in weighted GPA calculation, the unweighted one still cap at 4.  Not sure which GPA they will look at in the application though.[/quote]

It says right on FCPS website (and earlier in this thread) that the GPA calculation for TJ admission is [b]unweighted[/b]. Minimum cutoff for application is 3.5 technically, but the applicant average is ~3.85 and accepted average is ~3.95... basically the vast majority have 4.0s (again unweighted). The GPA calculation uses all of 7th grade plus the first quarter of 8th grade.[/quote]

+1. Technically speaking, the kid taking Precalc Honors in 8th with As in all math classes and taking AAP for English, History, and Science who gets one A- in AAP English would be ranked lower than the kid taking Algebra I Honors in 8th, with Honors History, Honors Science, and Gen ed English, but As in everything.  [/quote]

Possibly, but any semi-competent reader is going to notice Precalc Honors on a transcript. If TJ Admissions is purely going off of rank like this, then they should go back to the drawing board.[/quote]

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