If the Schools Have the HSPT Scores, Why Don't We?

[Anonymous]

58 percentile. Concerned that this score won’t get into schools like Gonzaga and SJC. Can anyone provide insight?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just got ours.
Applying from DCPS for high school.
Did not study beforehand.
Composite score in 500’s.
62 percentile.

Yes, I think this is the norm more than the exception. Grades and other factors are also considered, obviously.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:58 percentile. Concerned that this score won’t get into schools like Gonzaga and SJC. Can anyone provide insight?

Our school counselor said that the schools look beyond scores. I think if they are super low, a school might be concerned but I wouldn't categorize these scores as that - if anything it is still better than most people who took the test. What do other stats look like (grades and ECs).

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Anonymous wrote:Can anyone with an older kid who’s been through this help me make sense of the scores (just got them in email)? Is it only the composite that matters or all of them? My kid did very well on some but not as great on others. Scores range from 63 to 99, which seems like quite a swing.

Yes, composite is all that matters.

Does only national percentile composite matter or do they also consider local percentile?

where do you see local percentile?

LP = local percentile
NP = national percentile

We received a hard copy that lists both and has a key at the bottom. I don’t know if the emailed copy is different. Based on what I can find online, I think PPs are correct that composite NP seems to be what schools consider for admissions.

[Anonymous]

67 percentile. Coming from Catholic k-8, took school’s prep, and additional group tutoring. Mostly A and B student.

I’m not terribly disappointed because I didn’t have high expectations even if he was scoring higher in practice tests.

I’m actually taking it as an eye opener and will be working on his weaknesses. What is fascinating is he scored much higher on subjects that lend itself to a STEM path but he’s much more interested in history and writing, and he scored lower than I expected in those. I mean he scored high in math and that’s his lowest school grade!

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Is it at all possible that the testing service could have switched around the section scores? My kid did fine and about what we expected. He had taken two practice tests and done well enough. But the results show 4 sections at about the same percentile but reading and math as 12 points below that. Those had been his strongest sections in the practice. I understand that percentile scores are dependent on how others do but the numerical scores were also much lower in these two. He didn't think he got any math questions wrong at all, when he left the test.

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Anonymous wrote:58 percentile. Concerned that this score won’t get into schools like Gonzaga and SJC. Can anyone provide insight?

Our school counselor said that the schools look beyond scores. I think if they are super low, a school might be concerned but I wouldn't categorize these scores as that - if anything it is still better than most people who took the test. What do other stats look like (grades and ECs).

Honor roll student taking honors classes. Scored above average on PSAT. Plays in the band, plays sports, and volunteers.

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Anonymous wrote:Is it at all possible that the testing service could have switched around the section scores? My kid did fine and about what we expected. He had taken two practice tests and done well enough. But the results show 4 sections at about the same percentile but reading and math as 12 points below that. Those had been his strongest sections in the practice. I understand that percentile scores are dependent on how others do but the numerical scores were also much lower in these two. He didn't think he got any math questions wrong at all, when he left the test.

No. He could have just had an off day.

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Anonymous wrote:Is it at all possible that the testing service could have switched around the section scores? My kid did fine and about what we expected. He had taken two practice tests and done well enough. But the results show 4 sections at about the same percentile but reading and math as 12 points below that. Those had been his strongest sections in the practice. I understand that percentile scores are dependent on how others do but the numerical scores were also much lower in these two. He didn't think he got any math questions wrong at all, when he left the test.

No. He could have just had an off day.

I guess he had an ON day in the other subjects then.

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Anonymous wrote:So what are the composite scores we are seeing? Curious.

Sigh. 514. Probably not going to get it done. Kid is going to be disappointed.

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Anonymous wrote:Is it at all possible that the testing service could have switched around the section scores? My kid did fine and about what we expected. He had taken two practice tests and done well enough. But the results show 4 sections at about the same percentile but reading and math as 12 points below that. Those had been his strongest sections in the practice. I understand that percentile scores are dependent on how others do but the numerical scores were also much lower in these two. He didn't think he got any math questions wrong at all, when he left the test.

No. He could have just had an off day.

Do you mean 12 actual points or 12 percentage points? Actual points wouldn't make that much of a difference, right?

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Anonymous wrote:58 percentile. Concerned that this score won’t get into schools like Gonzaga and SJC. Can anyone provide insight?

Same question. Specifically for Benilde at SJC. Maryland public with IEP and autism diagnosis. B student but their teachers love them.

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Anonymous wrote:58 percentile. Concerned that this score won’t get into schools like Gonzaga and SJC. Can anyone provide insight?

Same question. Specifically for Benilde at SJC. Maryland public with IEP and autism diagnosis. B student but their teachers love them.

This is all super stressful. SJC is our top choice. I hope it all works out.

[Anonymous]

522 (64th percentile). Had some very high scores on most sections but completely bombed math!

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Anonymous wrote:Can anyone with an older kid who’s been through this help me make sense of the scores (just got them in email)? Is it only the composite that matters or all of them? My kid did very well on some but not as great on others. Scores range from 63 to 99, which seems like quite a swing.

Yes, composite is all that matters.

Does only national percentile composite matter or do they also consider local percentile?

As far as I know, national percentile is the only number that matters. It is the equivalent of composite SAT score. But I got a 790 on math! Nobody cares.

Not for admission, but at Gonzaga they use the subject section scores for placement in honors classes. I seem to remember they are looking for 90%+.