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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Based on TJ’s GPA distribution, his GPA is about top 50%. Even UVA is a reach.[/quote]

100% sorry OP ivies are not in reach! VT will be borderline. UVA moreso. [/quote]

Oh come on, it’s just one data point.  ECs are more important once your gpa meets the threshold.  [/quote]

This GPA from TJ does not meet threshold from the naviance data—it would be an outlier meaning needs a big hook. It is around average. TJ does not get the top half of their students into UVA! [/quote]

What is TJ's threshold from naviance?  4.37 GPA is astromically high elsewhere.  Ivies take 4.0 gpa kids all the time.  How is it not meeting threshold?[/quote]
Ivies take unhooked kids from the top 1-3% at most publics, 1-10% at above average to great privates, and from the top 20-25% at true feeder schools.
TJ need to be in or close to the top 10% for gpa as well as have top rigor to be in the fight for ivies. For UVa need to be around top30%. A 4.37 is not that at TJ. Some schools a 4.37 weighted is close to valedictorian. Others it is around the median. Every high school is different. 
DeanJ and others are on record on this: in virginia there are many many high schools, often public but it includes magnets like TJ, where over 60-80% have above a 4.0 weighted. UVA is not admitting from the bottom half of the class anywhere. Many of these students have mostly As but low rigor. Rigor is huge. OP seems to have it, but does not have the GPA typically needed from TJ to get UVA. Ivies no way. [/quote]

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