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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you look at the Naviance scattergram for schools like UVA, VT, and UMD where many TJ kids apply, you will see the horizontal line which indicates average GPA.

VT and UMD: 4.1 to 4.2

UVA: 4.3 to 4.3

So my best guess is the distribution is as follows:

4.0 and below: 15%

4.0 to 4.2: 25%

4.2 to 4.4: 45%

4.4 and above: 15%
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How does Naviance work? Is the 4.1 to 4.3 at VT just those kids of TJ that applied? If so, would then think GPA higher for the TJ kids who apply to the MIT etc schools.[/quote]

Not sure where you are getting this.  For last year, the AVERAGE stats for a TJ kids getting into VT was 4.36GPA and 1541SAT  for UVA it was 4.48GPA and 1553SAT[/quote]
Naviance doesn’t list majors, but it’s pretty reasonable to guess that the applicants in the upper GPA quartile on the scattergram are the engineering majors, including cs. Rest are arts & science majors.

Also, the GPAs shown are from the end of TJ senior year. [b]If you want to ballpark what their junior or sophomore GPAs were, just knock off about 0.1 per year. So a 4.48 on Naviance probably means something like a 4.38 at the end of junior year and around a 4.28 at the end of sophomore year.[/b]
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Usually not much change from junior year because for vast majority of students grades dip a bit in senior year, especially 2nd half when many are just trying to avoid getting a D or C. None of T20 with possible exception of Princeton would not worry about B's after admission.

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Princeton rescinds or sends warning letters if there are some Bs second semester? [/quote]
Not likely, but student could be placed on academic watch for first semester.  One B shouldn't matter, but a C can draw attention. What they dislike is grades dropping to Cs in senior year, especially if the prior years had mostly As.  [/quote]

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