Nov SSAT results emailed today!

[Anonymous]

My daughter said it was easier than the PR practice tests.

(upper level test)
Verbal - 800 - 99%
Math - 776 - 97%
Reading - 725 - 94%

Overall: 2301 - 99%

Hope this helps get her in to the "Big 3" in DC. She's got straight A's and great recommendations, but I knew she needed to kill the SSAT or her grades wouldn't matter. Good luck to everyone with the results! Finally - it's OVER!!

[Anonymous]

Why do you post scores here? Are you looking for affirmation that your child is brilliant? Please use the forums to ask questions--not brag about your child.

[Anonymous]

What is it you like about each school? What makes you think each school is a good match for your DC?

[Anonymous]

OP,

I don't know which bothers me more: the possibility that you would make this up as a way to make other people feel bad or the possibility that someone would actually post their DC's scores on a website like this to brag. I just hope you realize how ridiculous you sound. In any event, here's hoping that your DC doesn't end up at the same school that my DD does because I can tell that you would not be the type of fellow parent I would want to be dealing with for the next several years.

P.S. I know some of these schools are hard to get into, but I don't know where you get the idea that your DC would not have a chance to get in anywhere without both straight As and 99% SSAT scores, unless there is some reason that she would not present as a strong candidate.

[Anonymous]

Pretty rude to post the scores. Way to rub it in to parents whose kids do not do as well. Another reason to avoid the big three. Avoiding these type of parents.

[Anonymous]

She only scored 725 for reading? You know that NCS, Holton Arms and Sidwell rarely look at any candidate who scores under 730 for reading. I would recommend reaching out to all of your contacts now to start getting additional recommendations for your daughter and think about what her back-up plan is.

[Anonymous]

Wow, pretty egregious bragging on OP's part. Not classy, not at all.

[Anonymous]

OP,
I hope this is a teachable moment. Most of my friends never told me what their child's scores were. Be discreet. Also, please know that top schools reject applicants who score in the 99th percentile. This score is not a guarantee of admission.

[Anonymous]

Not sure why everyone has to be so damn rude. yes it may be bragging to post scores, but let the parent brag -- the daughter did indeed do well. Way to go!

But as a PP said, 99% is no guarantee of admission. Nor are straight As. Each school looks to build a class, and they don't want all 99 percentiles necessarily. How your daughter interviews and what else she adds to the table may have more weight than the SSAT. She might have scored a 90 percentile overall and still been accepted (or even lower). She might have made a 2400 and still been rejected.

Nevertheless, it is over for you -- at least the testing -- and 99% is something to be proud of but perhaps not boradcast to everyone. I told a few of our close friends (when they asked!) that ours knocked it out of the park. Only one queried further and wanted exact scores.

[Anonymous]

10:13 here. 10:39, telling a few friends is so different from coming on DCUM and posting your child's scores. It's just insensitive considering that many applicants do not do that well, it could feel like someone is rubbing it in. Further, I wonder if OP got her daughter's permission? PARENTS NEED TO RESPECT THEIR CHILDREN's PRIVACY. These are her daughter's scores, not hers.

[Anonymous]

I think OPs post is so weird.

Get a life, OP--and I mean this in the truest sense of the phrase. Do not live your life vicariously through your daughter.

[Anonymous]

Who gives a shit?

[Anonymous]

Wow OP: You've got problems...

[Anonymous]

OP: If you are at all part of the interviewing process, I'm sure your daughter will not be admitted.

[Anonymous]

Not to defend the OP since I agree that her post serves no purpose other than to make others feel bad, but on the college confidential site scores are routinely posted and commented on.