Anonymous
Post 02/20/2023 21:39     Subject: Re:Which schools accepted your 4.3 - 4.4 TJ kid?
Anonymous wrote:Wonder how TJ kids with 4.3 to 4.4 GPA range have done this year in early rounds of admission? My DC didn't manage to get in other than UMD and Pitt. Just waiting for other schools including UCs fingers crossed.


Don’t sell your kid short. UMD and Pitt are great options. DuoLingo and a bunch of startups are in Pittsburgh.

TBH 4.3-4.4 is where I’d ED to either WM, VT or UVA or schools that favor TJ (look at past years to see where lots of TJ kids get accepted to)

Good luck for upcoming decisions. Wherever your kid goes, TJ will prepare them well to excel at college.
Anonymous
Post 02/20/2023 21:27     Subject: Re:Which schools accepted your 4.3 - 4.4 TJ kid?
Your kid has a 4.3 and will have a “very high” SAT score and can’t figure this out?
Anonymous
Post 02/20/2023 19:43     Subject: Re:Which schools accepted your 4.3 - 4.4 TJ kid?
Wonder how TJ kids with 4.3 to 4.4 GPA range have done this year in early rounds of admission? My DC didn't manage to get in other than UMD and Pitt. Just waiting for other schools including UCs fingers crossed.
Anonymous
Post 01/03/2023 17:18     Subject: Which schools accepted your 4.3 - 4.4 TJ kid?
Anonymous wrote:


On what planet is a 4.1-4.2 student "low stat"?? Good grief.
DP


You have to throw away your understanding of GPA from when you were a student. She said her kid had a C+ in AB Calc and then took stats. That’s unusual for TJ, where there are kids taking BC in 10th and 11th.

But in the end, the kid is at a great school and doing well.


While that is true, 4.1 to 4.2 GPA range is probably puts the students at Top 40 to 50% if not lower.


+1 it’s all relative. I think too many people are thinking too heavy like ivy/Duke/Stanford range, but obviously that isn’t necessary for each kid to succeed.
Anonymous
Post 01/03/2023 16:45     Subject: Which schools accepted your 4.3 - 4.4 TJ kid?


On what planet is a 4.1-4.2 student "low stat"?? Good grief.
DP


You have to throw away your understanding of GPA from when you were a student. She said her kid had a C+ in AB Calc and then took stats. That’s unusual for TJ, where there are kids taking BC in 10th and 11th.

But in the end, the kid is at a great school and doing well.


While that is true, 4.1 to 4.2 GPA range is probably puts the students at Top 40 to 50% if not lower.
Anonymous
Post 01/01/2023 19:34     Subject: Which schools accepted your 4.3 - 4.4 TJ kid?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Felt so sad reading this thread. My DC will likely have a GPA of 4.1-4.2 from TJ. It seems like NOVA community college is a real possibility now.


I have two children who went to TJ.

My DS graduated from TJ with a similar GPA. For context, he had a C+ in Calc AB as a junior and then took AP Stats as a senior so there were some not-so-great grades in STEM coursework. Here were the schools he applied to. He applied as a Computer Science major.

Virginia Tech - Waitlisted
William & Mary - Accepted
University of Maryland - Rejected
NC State - Accepted
Penn State - Accepted
Ohio State - Accepted
Texas A&M - Waitlisted
George Mason - Accepted

He's currently at W&M and he's enjoying his time there. He may not be going to a T20 but that is OK and he is thriving. W&M (especially in ED) tends to be a little more sympathetic to low-stat kids in my experience. If your child likes the school, I'd recommend he apply either ED or ED2 (mine applied ED2). Else, Penn State and Ohio State both have good STEM programs. NC State and Texas A&M have some pretty good engineering programs. Also, even though GMU is looked down upon, it does have a pretty good CS program with good outcomes. I'm sure your child will do just fine - TJ is very hard! Mine said that he found his coursework at W&M easier. Take a look at some OOS schools as they tend to be more favorable to low-stat kids with my experience.


On what planet is a 4.1-4.2 student "low stat"?? Good grief.
DP


You have to throw away your understanding of GPA from when you were a student. She said her kid had a C+ in AB Calc and then took stats. That’s unusual for TJ, where there are kids taking BC in 10th and 11th.

But in the end, the kid is at a great school and doing well.
Anonymous
Post 01/01/2023 19:30     Subject: Which schools accepted your 4.3 - 4.4 TJ kid?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Yes, a girl turned down Harvard for Duke last year. Another girl turned down Harvard for Stanford the year before last. In fact, every year students turned down Harvard for other schools, as Harvard admits more than 10 from TJ every year but only 5 or so chose to attend.


That year, all of the Stanford admits were also admitted to Harvard. None of them attended Harvard.


I do not believe that is true. One senior was admitted to Stanford off the waiting list after she won a national writing competition. She was not admitted to Harvard.


‘21 RD not ‘22
Anonymous
Post 01/01/2023 17:17     Subject: Which schools accepted your 4.3 - 4.4 TJ kid?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:This is a good question:

How many kids in 4.3 to 4.4 GPA range?


Of the 500 or so kids what is the grade distribution?

< 4
4 to 4.5
4.5+


I’m not sure I can break it down with that specificity but the top 20% of the class at TJ (about 90 kids under the old admissions system) stand above the rest. Those are kids with 4.3+ GPA and a 36 on the ACT or 1580+ on the SAT - about 30-40 of those kids have a 36 ACT or 1600 on the SAT or both. All of those kids are either National Merit Semifinalists or even Presidential Scholar candidate, which is even more elite (you need a 1600 SAT or a 36 ACT to be a Presidential Scholar candidate).

About 65 kids at TJ get into one of the Ivy leagues, the University of Chicago, Stanford, MIT, or Caltech. It used to be about 90 to 95 kids got into those schools but the numbers have shrunk in recent years. About 20 kids each year go to HYP. Princeton used to take a lot of kids from TJ but not many anymore. (Dartmouth almost never takes TJ kids for some reason but that is off topic.)

The bottom third of TJ would still be very competitive at their base school but at TJ they get lost a little in the crowd. In my experience, a lot of those kids just rebel against the amount of work necessary to be at the top.



So 5% of kids get into HPY? Are those unique students or does that include students who get multiple offers?
Anonymous
Post 01/01/2023 17:12     Subject: Which schools accepted your 4.3 - 4.4 TJ kid?
Anonymous wrote:This is a good question:

How many kids in 4.3 to 4.4 GPA range?


Of the 500 or so kids what is the grade distribution?

< 4
4 to 4.5
4.5+


I’m not sure I can break it down with that specificity but the top 20% of the class at TJ (about 90 kids under the old admissions system) stand above the rest. Those are kids with 4.3+ GPA and a 36 on the ACT or 1580+ on the SAT - about 30-40 of those kids have a 36 ACT or 1600 on the SAT or both. All of those kids are either National Merit Semifinalists or even Presidential Scholar candidate, which is even more elite (you need a 1600 SAT or a 36 ACT to be a Presidential Scholar candidate).

About 65 kids at TJ get into one of the Ivy leagues, the University of Chicago, Stanford, MIT, or Caltech. It used to be about 90 to 95 kids got into those schools but the numbers have shrunk in recent years. About 20 kids each year go to HYP. Princeton used to take a lot of kids from TJ but not many anymore. (Dartmouth almost never takes TJ kids for some reason but that is off topic.)

The bottom third of TJ would still be very competitive at their base school but at TJ they get lost a little in the crowd. In my experience, a lot of those kids just rebel against the amount of work necessary to be at the top.