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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My son is at TJ and his post sophomore year [b]GPA is 4.30[/b]. Has 3 b+ so far ( 2 from math ) and 1 in Spanish. SAT score is 1550.Very good extra curriculars. Wondering how these 3 B+ grades will affect the top 10 college chances.[/quote]

The 75th percentile for median  GPA was a 4.49 for UVA for entering students (not those accepted, which is a higher figure, but those who actually showed up) for fall 2019. https://research.schev.edu//enrollment/B10_FreshmenProfile.asp.   Even the median 50th percentile for entering students is higher than a 4.30.[/quote]

[b]Two thirds has. First, UVA is more forgiving on GPA for TJ. They know the drill and about grade deflation, and that things like AP Wprld History and first year AP CS and AP Physics below C aren’t an option.  So, TJ has a lower GPA requirement. Plus, they don’t weight DT, PE, Langauage. It’s hard to get more than one AP in sophomore year— because again, no AP into Cs. No AP WH.  You are looking at graduating GPAs. General rule of thing at TJ is+.1 for each of senior and and junior years, maybe a bit less, if you stay on your trajectory.  The 4.3 kid probably graduates with a 4.45.  [/quote][/b]

That may be true, but the 4.49 for 75th percentile is for those students who actually showed up to UVA last fall.  The stats of the ACCEPTED students are much higher.  High stats TJ students, and McLean and Langley students high stats students, used to use UVA as a safety while they tried for Ivies. Those days are over.[/quote]

Where do those numbers come from?  Lots of private school kids go to UVA with GPA's  that cannot be above 4 so I doubt that is a number from UVA itself.  So is it from one of the public schools mentioned? [/quote]

Although a year old, it's from the school's "Common Data Set"  99% of schools provide information via this report.  The most recent report for UVA shows incoming freshman with average GPA of 4.30 with 85% of kids reporting. Who knows about the other 15%...international? Athletes?[/quote]

Harvard reports an average GPA of 4.18 in its CDS.  UVA is 4.3.  UNC-CH is 4.7.   One can only conclude UNC-CH is much more selective than Harvard.[/quote]

I’m from Mc and that’s a weird stat.  UNC has very restricted OOS admissions.  Unless it’s changed recently, 85% of admits must be from in state. But NC public education sucks (says the product of Nc public education). And it’s been getting worse recently. The standards are so high OOS.  Like Ivy high. But you would be shocked by who can get in from in state.  Especially since UNC is in research triangle which is most of the good schools. So, for kids there, it’s like going to Mason. Hey!  I’m going to the college where my mom teaches. [/quote]

Stanford average CDS GPA is 3.95, so it is crushed in selectivity by all of the schools above.  [/quote]

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