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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Should my low GPA TJ kid, rising junior, transfer to a school where they can stand out more? FCCPS. My worry is that their low gpa will considered worse if they go to a school with inflated gpa.[/quote]

A top school is already out of the question.
If you wanted a chance at that you should have pulled your kid from TJ before the end of first semester freshman year or better yet turn down the acceptance so he has the confidence of having gotten into TJ without the cost of dealing with TJ rigor.  
I know it would have been emotionally difficult, but FCPS lied to you and your kid.  They didn't have the training that the other kids at TJ had.

Your decisions really depend on the GPA.

Look at Naviance for VT

If they have a weighted GPA above 4.3, its almost 99%+
If their weighted GPA is above a 4.0, they have a pretty good shot at VT 90%+; add a 1500 SAT score to that and your chances increase to 99%+

How low is the GPA?  What is their projected SAT score (how did they do on the PSAT)?

If your GPA is sub 4.0 anbd projected SAT is sub 1500, then

JMU will take almost any TJ student above a 3.5 (don't biff the application -essay and recommendations)
GMU will take almost any TJ student with a GPA above a 3 (don't biff the application)

Where do you hope your kid will go from base school?[/quote]

Not op but ..
My kid has a 4.1 weighted gpa with 1530 SAT but didn’t get into Vtech this year.[/quote]

Sorry to hear that.  Hopefully they have gotten into someplace else that is great for them.  But I am curious, were they rejected from VT or waitlisted?  Rejection with those stats from TJ is pretty rare. [/quote]

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