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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I hear there are many TJ kids going to Mason. What gpa do they need for uva or vtech?[/quote]

Here are the stats from Naviance for TJ (and it does not break it down by major, gender, etc. - just the average stats for admission):

UVA:      wGPA:  4.48   SAT  1553
VaTech:  wGPA:  4.36   SAT  1537[/quote]

thank you. people do not understand how high the gpas are at TJ and that you compete against the others in your high school first, not just for uva but for any school. Sure TJ gets in "more" and you can be "only" top third and get in but when you are in the TJ peer group being top third is very difficult. better to stay at the home school and be the only kid with a 1550 and top of the class and have a shot at ivies than grind at TJ only to get shut out of UVA.[/quote]

I despise when TJ parents think their above avg or avg TJ kid would absolutely be at the top of their base school. [/quote]

I have had one kid in base HS and one at TJ. Any TJ kid who is in the top half of the class would absolutely be in the top 5% at any of base FCPS HS.

The rigor, grading, content and expectations are significantly higher at TJ. At base HS, it was at most 30 minutes of effort at home per week to get an A and that is often close to 100% of total points due to bonus points on tests, etc.

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I don’t disagree that any average TJ kid would be at the top 5% of a base HS. However, my Langley kid with full load of AP classes does not spend only 30 min of effort for an A. That is just rude and insulting. My kid would have been TJ material. He wasn’t interested and we didn’t push him.[/quote]

Sorry, did not mean it that way. Of course not every class is going to be like that. Some of the AP classes do take up a lot more effort at any HS.

My kid did not get into TJ in 9th grade. At base HS, even with taking 2 AP classes, I honestly do not remember child spending even anytime at all on school work. Only once in a while would there be 20-30 minutes of work. I was shocked but grade report for half the classes is showing 99 or even over 100 out of 100. On the positive side spent a lot of time on EC's.

One of base HS teachers offered to write a LOR and encouraged child to apply to TJ. Child got in and at TJ, the rigor was quite significant. Had to spend 1-2 hours each day on homework in total during weekdays and 5-6 hours on weekends. The contrast with base HS is really stark.

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Fcps grade reports don’t show 99s or 100s. They are letter grades. [/quote]

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