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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If every other NOVA school is an “easy A,” then the college admissions offices will know that, and will place almost no weight on a GPA they recognize as meaningless.  This is especially true for the VA schools, since they track our HS’s closely.

Accordingly, they will also know and appreciate TJ’s rigor / accelerated student body, and take that into account, even if there are a few Bs on a transcript.

If your child plans to attend some school on the west coast who has never heard of TJ and couldn’t even find FFX county on a map, then they might assume GPA’s from all schools should be weighted the exact same way. [/quote]
Problem is not TJ rigor. Problem is colleges in VA and nearby do compare one TJ applicant to another TJ applicant.  Out of 550 TJ class, the top 150 students have mostly As, and the bottom 150 students have atleast a half a dozen Cs and another dozen Bs.  Most of these questions are coming out of concern what if their student is not in that top 150.  [/quote]

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