Anonymous wrote:My kid had some Bs and C and his overall GPA was higher than 4.2 after freshman year...he did a ton of classes before ever hitting TJ, though.

You have to get used to the lower grades. Lots of classes at TJ aren't there for you to succeed. They want you to take the B or lower or learn how to cheat to get an A (sadly)

You seem to have developed quite a coping mechanism. My child got poor grades because he/she did not cheat!! LOL

Anonymous wrote:My kid had some Bs and C and his overall GPA was higher than 4.2 after freshman year...he did a ton of classes before ever hitting TJ, though.

You have to get used to the lower grades. Lots of classes at TJ aren't there for you to succeed. They want you to take the B or lower or learn how to cheat to get an A (sadly)

None of this is true.

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Anonymous wrote:Is a 4.2 a decent overall weighted GPA “decent” after freshman year? I know the GPA isn’t top 10%, but also probably not bottom 50%.

4.2 is decent. Sounds like you got some sort of B in a class. Doing that freshman year is not as bad as doing it later.

2 B+

That is terrible! What happened?

That is not terrible - what is wrong with you, PP. you’re doing great, OP.

Thank you, people on this site can be so mean sometimes.

It's fine. If the lower grades were in classes that will be directly built upon in harder classes in the future (e.g., math, CS) it may be worth reviewing some of the weaker material, or if a particular portion of the grade was weaker (e.g., exams, projects) that may help with deciding future focus priorities. But the GPA is just fine.

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Anonymous wrote:Is a 4.2 a decent overall weighted GPA “decent” after freshman year? I know the GPA isn’t top 10%, but also probably not bottom 50%.

4.2 is decent. Sounds like you got some sort of B in a class. Doing that freshman year is not as bad as doing it later.

2 B+

That is terrible! What happened?

That is not terrible - what is wrong with you, PP. you’re doing great, OP.

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Anonymous wrote:Is a 4.2 a decent overall weighted GPA “decent” after freshman year? I know the GPA isn’t top 10%, but also probably not bottom 50%.

4.2 is decent. Sounds like you got some sort of B in a class. Doing that freshman year is not as bad as doing it later.

2 B+

That is terrible! What happened?

Anonymous wrote:My kid had some Bs and C and his overall GPA was higher than 4.2 after freshman year...he did a ton of classes before ever hitting TJ, though.

You have to get used to the lower grades. Lots of classes at TJ aren't there for you to succeed. They want you to take the B or lower or learn how to cheat to get an A (sadly)

How and how many?

Cheating IS rampant there.

My kid had some Bs and C and his overall GPA was higher than 4.2 after freshman year...he did a ton of classes before ever hitting TJ, though.

You have to get used to the lower grades. Lots of classes at TJ aren't there for you to succeed. They want you to take the B or lower or learn how to cheat to get an A (sadly)

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Anonymous wrote:What’s top 10 percent gpa end of freshman year ( weighted and unweighted? ?

What is the significance of top 10% at TJ compared to bases? Some say top 15% or even 20% will put you on par with top 5% at a base, true?

No one says this. Your ranking is school-related only just like your rigor is school-related and often the standardized testing is. A kid who attends a school where a 1300 sat is almost unheard of (as being very high) looks great. A major reason Dartmouth went test required was bc it found some underrepresented students weren’t submitting lower scores for fear of rejection even though those scores would have helped them. So a kid at TJ with a 1590 isn’t trumping that kid in testing. Each is compared to his own school.

Anonymous wrote:What’s top 10 percent gpa end of freshman year ( weighted and unweighted? ?

What is the significance of top 10% at TJ compared to bases? Some say top 15% or even 20% will put you on par with top 5% at a base, true?

What’s top 10 percent gpa end of freshman year ( weighted and unweighted? ?

What’s unweighted ?

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Anonymous wrote:Is a 4.2 a decent overall weighted GPA “decent” after freshman year? I know the GPA isn’t top 10%, but also probably not bottom 50%.

4.2 is decent. Sounds like you got some sort of B in a class. Doing that freshman year is not as bad as doing it later.

2 B+

Anonymous wrote:Is a 4.2 a decent overall weighted GPA “decent” after freshman year? I know the GPA isn’t top 10%, but also probably not bottom 50%.

4.2 is decent. Sounds like you got some sort of B in a class. Doing that freshman year is not as bad as doing it later.

Is a 4.2 a decent overall weighted GPA “decent” after freshman year? I know the GPA isn’t top 10%, but also probably not bottom 50%.