seems like a troll thread topic

What if student goes back to base HS for senior year? Shows all As. That might work.

Anonymous wrote:Currently have over half a dozen Cs on TJ transcript. How can we convince college admissions that had this student been at base high school there would've been no Cs? Is there a document that mentions relevant grading , something to the effect a C at TJ is equivalent to a B+ or A- at baae high-school.

Colleges are aware of the rigors of TJ. However, half a dozen Cs sounds like a kid who should have gone back to base school. This kid would have benefited from being a big fish (or at least a medium sized fish) in a small pond.

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Currently have over half a dozen Cs on TJ transcript. How can we convince college admissions that had this student been at base high school there would've been no Cs? Is there a document that mentions relevant grading , something to the effect a C at TJ is equivalent to a B+ or A- at baae high-school. [/quote]
I'm really sorry. This is every TJ parent's nightmare. Could he take some DE classes and get As in them? Why didn't you switch back to your home school after the first year of poor grades?[/quote]
DE classes at TJ are post AP, even more difficult to get As in them. First year courses are designed to be easy, with PE, Design and tech, band, ... as easy As. [/quote]I meant DE at a college, not TJ

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Currently have over half a dozen Cs on TJ transcript. How can we convince college admissions that had this student been at base high school there would've been no Cs? Is there a document that mentions relevant grading , something to the effect a C at TJ is equivalent to a B+ or A- at baae high-school. [/quote]
I'm really sorry. This is every TJ parent's nightmare. Could he take some DE classes and get As in them? Why didn't you switch back to your home school after the first year of poor grades?[/quote]
DE classes at TJ are post AP, even more difficult to get As in them. First year courses are designed to be easy, with PE, Design and tech, band, ... as easy As.

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Anonymous wrote:Currently have over half a dozen Cs on TJ transcript. How can we convince college admissions that had this student been at base high school there would've been no Cs? Is there a document that mentions relevant grading , something to the effect a C at TJ is equivalent to a B+ or A- at baae high-school.

2 ways:

1) how does this compare to others in DC's class

2) this is where SAT and AP's come into play. If you have a strong SAT (eg high Math score) - that can counterbalance a C in M4

Out of 550 kids in the class, there are at least 350 without a single C, and of them about 150 with a single B. If student has half a dozen Cs, they are most likely in bottom fourth of the class. With Calc AB as the minimum to graduate, it is unlikely colleges would even look at SAT math score.

Anonymous wrote:Currently have over half a dozen Cs on TJ transcript. How can we convince college admissions that had this student been at base high school there would've been no Cs? Is there a document that mentions relevant grading , something to the effect a C at TJ is equivalent to a B+ or A- at baae high-school.

2 ways:

1) how does this compare to others in DC's class

2) this is where SAT and AP's come into play. If you have a strong SAT (eg high Math score) - that can counterbalance a C in M4

[quote=Anonymous]Currently have over half a dozen Cs on TJ transcript. How can we convince college admissions that had this student been at base high school there would've been no Cs? Is there a document that mentions relevant grading , something to the effect a C at TJ is equivalent to a B+ or A- at baae high-school. [/quote] I'm really sorry. This is every TJ parent's nightmare. Could he take some DE classes and get As in them? Why didn't you switch back to your home school after the first year of poor grades?

Currently have over half a dozen Cs on TJ transcript. How can we convince college admissions that had this student been at base high school there would've been no Cs? Is there a document that mentions relevant grading , something to the effect a C at TJ is equivalent to a B+ or A- at baae high-school.

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Anonymous wrote:If a TJ junior student GPA has about 3.45 unweighted/3.98 weighted at the end of this academic year, are they above or below the middle of the class? what in-state colleges and majors can one target with this GPA? Is there anyway to find out what the midpoint GPA is for a class? recent TJ school profile says it ranged from 3.255 to 4.663; it appears to be unweighted?

Sounds like the middle. What are their SAT scores. If they are below 1540, I'd say you should look to W&M, JMU, VCU, GMU as targets.

NP - meaning those are the best schools you can get into with those grades and SATs?

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Anonymous wrote:If a TJ junior student GPA has about 3.45 unweighted/3.98 weighted at the end of this academic year, are they above or below the middle of the class? what in-state colleges and majors can one target with this GPA? Is there anyway to find out what the midpoint GPA is for a class? recent TJ school profile says it ranged from 3.255 to 4.663; it appears to be unweighted?

Sounds like the middle. What are their SAT scores. If they are below 1540, I'd say you should look to W&M, JMU, VCU, GMU as targets.

where can lower half i.e., with 2.75 to 3.45 unweighted GPA apply for stem major?

in-state targets could be Christopher Newport, Shenandoah, Marymount, Radford, Roanoke College. Another option would be to join community college like NVCC, and transfer to a better college after couple of years

Accept TJ, slog for four years, end up with 2.75 GPA, only to get admitted to NVCC, Shenandoah, Roanoke?
No, thanks!

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Anonymous wrote:Is 4.66 the max possible weighted GPA at TJ?

slightly above that, about 4.75, if student elects mostly AP and post AP coursework

You will only find a handful of very high GPAs like that in any given year. Many schools don't like those bookish kids anyway.

T20s do want them. Many other schools just envy they cant attract those applicants.

Ehh, Caltech wants (some of) them. Maybe UChicago and Northwestern too.

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Anonymous wrote:Is 4.66 the max possible weighted GPA at TJ?

slightly above that, about 4.75, if student elects mostly AP and post AP coursework

You will only find a handful of very high GPAs like that in any given year. Many schools don't like those bookish kids anyway.

T20s do want them. Many other schools just envy they cant attract those applicants.

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Anonymous wrote:Is 4.66 the max possible weighted GPA at TJ?

slightly above that, about 4.75, if student elects mostly AP and post AP coursework

You will only find a handful of very high GPAs like that in any given year. Many schools don't like those bookish kids anyway.

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Anonymous wrote:If a TJ junior student GPA has about 3.45 unweighted/3.98 weighted at the end of this academic year, are they above or below the middle of the class? what in-state colleges and majors can one target with this GPA? Is there anyway to find out what the midpoint GPA is for a class? recent TJ school profile says it ranged from 3.255 to 4.663; it appears to be unweighted?

TJ parent here. That seems below the middle but not near the bottom. Weighted 4.4 is near top at end of junior year.

If appears 4.2 to 4.663 is top half of the class. And bottom half has a wider spread from 3.255 to 4.2? Why is this so?