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Anonymous wrote:Any idea how did TJ kids do in this ED/EA cycle for UVA?

My TJ kid got into UVA and VT yesterday. The missus kept nagging me all 4 years that it would never happen because he went to TJ rather than his base school.

Congratulations!! Please share the stats and major of your TJ kid.

4.4 GPA (weighted) and aerospace engineering at both schools. I have degrees from three top 25s, and I taught at UVA for several years. I was able to coach my son a bit on his essays. For example, he wrote a few negative things about himself, and I asked him to either reframe those experiences in a positive light or include other, better examples.

There was a PP doubting that anyone could go without ever getting anything lower than an A. My son just got the first B+ of his life in multivariable calculus in January (1-semester dual enrollment course). I teach in Arlington, and I know there are a ton of students who have never had anything less than an A. APS doesn't have an A-, so it's a quite generous A at 90-100. There is no A+ either. My son wasn't crushed to get his B+. In fact, he hasn't even brought it up to me and seems to just keep living his life. But I have seen more than one high schooler basically lose it when getting less than an A in one of my courses. I feel like bumping someone up from an 89.3 to a 90 is like giving them 10 free points at a school like mine. I just won't do it and think a B+ is a very good grade. Plus, I am very much against inflating grades, but I'd better stop before I rant.

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Anonymous wrote:I didn’t read the whole thread, but it seems like so many 4.0 kids are getting in! Did your kids take less rigorous courses - for example Cal AB instead of BC, or AP Psych or APES instead of AP Chem? How did they maintain a 4.0 through four years of schooling? My sophomore would love to land at UVA but it seems impossible

Nope. Calc BC junior year. Differential equations. AP Chemistry etc etc.
Maintained it by working their butt off. Maybe retook one quiz the entire time.

My son is a 1st year at UVA now and he was the same. 4.0 UW. He was in Arlington and they didn’t allow retakes. He worked his butt off, and probably even studied too much at times. Calc BC as a junior and Multivariable Calculus senior year.

Strange. That’s what APS was known for…As. They just put out a new policy last week to reign in re-test/re-takes..and starting now you can’t re-test and get anything higher than an 80%. But anyone can re-take/re-year to a B. Which HS?

Yes, I don't get "worked butt off with no retakes at APS." My daughter and friends are there and they all have unweighted 4.0s (or close to it), take things over all the time and can barely read and write. It's one of my great regrets that we did not move her for high school.

It’s exactly why we moved our kids to private from APS for high school. Zero regrets.

And we’re glad to see you go

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Anonymous wrote:^^^ Yeah I wonder how there have been so many 4.0s at public schools. It’s difficult to fathom. /s

At my DC’s school, a few minor errors on the midterm or finals would lead to a lower score (20% of grade) and it could drop your grade from an A to A- so easily. How can these kids, so many, not make ONE single error in 4 years? NONE in 4 years? Is this because schools allow re-testing? Or are midterms not 20% of grades at these schools?

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Anonymous wrote:I didn’t read the whole thread, but it seems like so many 4.0 kids are getting in! Did your kids take less rigorous courses - for example Cal AB instead of BC, or AP Psych or APES instead of AP Chem? How did they maintain a 4.0 through four years of schooling? My sophomore would love to land at UVA but it seems impossible

Nope. Calc BC junior year. Differential equations. AP Chemistry etc etc.
Maintained it by working their butt off. Maybe retook one quiz the entire time.

My son is a 1st year at UVA now and he was the same. 4.0 UW. He was in Arlington and they didn’t allow retakes. He worked his butt off, and probably even studied too much at times. Calc BC as a junior and Multivariable Calculus senior year.

Strange. That’s what APS was known for…As. They just put out a new policy last week to reign in re-test/re-takes..and starting now you can’t re-test and get anything higher than an 80%. But anyone can re-take/re-year to a B. Which HS?

Yes, I don't get "worked butt off with no retakes at APS." My daughter and friends are there and they all have unweighted 4.0s (or close to it), take things over all the time and can barely read and write. It's one of my great regrets that we did not move her for high school.

It’s exactly why we moved our kids to private from APS for high school. Zero regrets.

And we’re glad to see you go

NP. Do you honestly think the retakes are a good thing? The lack of deadlines, etc?

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Anonymous wrote:Any idea how did TJ kids do in this ED/EA cycle for UVA?

My TJ kid got into UVA and VT yesterday. The missus kept nagging me all 4 years that it would never happen because he went to TJ rather than his base school.

Congratulations!! Please share the stats and major of your TJ kid.

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Anonymous wrote:Any idea how did TJ kids do in this ED/EA cycle for UVA?

My TJ kid got into UVA and VT yesterday. The missus kept nagging me all 4 years that it would never happen because he went to TJ rather than his base school.

Anonymous wrote:Any idea how did TJ kids do in this ED/EA cycle for UVA?

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no retakes or redos allowed at his school

Private schools don't allow retakes, late work or use rolling grade books. I really hope parents put pressure on their school boards to do away with that nonsense because it doesn't prepare kids for college and none of that is allowed. I know several teachers are pushing their principals to end these Covid related measures.

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Anonymous wrote:Any idea how did TJ kids do in this ED/EA cycle for UVA?

I’m going to guess fewer than a TJ person thinks should get in and more than a non-TJ person thinks should get in.

Haha!! TJ and UVA have a love-hate relationship. Sometimes comparable stat kids will be able to get into UVA from base school than from TJ.

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Anonymous wrote:Any idea how did TJ kids do in this ED/EA cycle for UVA?

I’m going to guess fewer than a TJ person thinks should get in and more than a non-TJ person thinks should get in.

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Anonymous wrote:I didn’t read the whole thread, but it seems like so many 4.0 kids are getting in! Did your kids take less rigorous courses - for example Cal AB instead of BC, or AP Psych or APES instead of AP Chem? How did they maintain a 4.0 through four years of schooling? My sophomore would love to land at UVA but it seems impossible

Nope. Calc BC junior year. Differential equations. AP Chemistry etc etc.
Maintained it by working their butt off. Maybe retook one quiz the entire time.

My son is a 1st year at UVA now and he was the same. 4.0 UW. He was in Arlington and they didn’t allow retakes. He worked his butt off, and probably even studied too much at times. Calc BC as a junior and Multivariable Calculus senior year.

Strange. That’s what APS was known for…As. They just put out a new policy last week to reign in re-test/re-takes..and starting now you can’t re-test and get anything higher than an 80%. But anyone can re-take/re-year to a B. Which HS?

Yes, I don't get "worked butt off with no retakes at APS." My daughter and friends are there and they all have unweighted 4.0s (or close to it), take things over all the time and can barely read and write. It's one of my great regrets that we did not move her for high school.

It’s exactly why we moved our kids to private from APS for high school. Zero regrets.

And we’re glad to see you go

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Anonymous wrote:I didn’t read the whole thread, but it seems like so many 4.0 kids are getting in! Did your kids take less rigorous courses - for example Cal AB instead of BC, or AP Psych or APES instead of AP Chem? How did they maintain a 4.0 through four years of schooling? My sophomore would love to land at UVA but it seems impossible

Nope. Calc BC junior year. Differential equations. AP Chemistry etc etc.
Maintained it by working their butt off. Maybe retook one quiz the entire time.

My son is a 1st year at UVA now and he was the same. 4.0 UW. He was in Arlington and they didn’t allow retakes. He worked his butt off, and probably even studied too much at times. Calc BC as a junior and Multivariable Calculus senior year.

Strange. That’s what APS was known for…As. They just put out a new policy last week to reign in re-test/re-takes..and starting now you can’t re-test and get anything higher than an 80%. But anyone can re-take/re-year to a B. Which HS?

Yes, I don't get "worked butt off with no retakes at APS." My daughter and friends are there and they all have unweighted 4.0s (or close to it), take things over all the time and can barely read and write. It's one of my great regrets that we did not move her for high school.

It’s exactly why we moved our kids to private from APS for high school. Zero regrets.

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Anonymous wrote:I didn’t read the whole thread, but it seems like so many 4.0 kids are getting in! Did your kids take less rigorous courses - for example Cal AB instead of BC, or AP Psych or APES instead of AP Chem? How did they maintain a 4.0 through four years of schooling? My sophomore would love to land at UVA but it seems impossible

Nope. Calc BC junior year. Differential equations. AP Chemistry etc etc.
Maintained it by working their butt off. Maybe retook one quiz the entire time.

My son is a 1st year at UVA now and he was the same. 4.0 UW. He was in Arlington and they didn’t allow retakes. He worked his butt off, and probably even studied too much at times. Calc BC as a junior and Multivariable Calculus senior year.

Strange. That’s what APS was known for…As. They just put out a new policy last week to reign in re-test/re-takes..and starting now you can’t re-test and get anything higher than an 80%. But anyone can re-take/re-year to a B. Which HS?

Yes, I don't get "worked butt off with no retakes at APS." My daughter and friends are there and they all have unweighted 4.0s (or close to it), take things over all the time and can barely read and write. It's one of my great regrets that we did not move her for high school.

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Anonymous wrote:^^^ Yeah I wonder how there have been so many 4.0s at public schools. It’s difficult to fathom. /s

you can retake tests