High school admissions: Stats/ grades/ HSPT: Accepted or Waitlisted

[Anonymous]

What does hooked / unhooked mean?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What does hooked / unhooked mean?

On this forum, it means connected in some way. People have given different examples like political connections, donors, knowing the board at schools, exceptional talent in sports, legacy etc. Basically a kid who is hooked has a perceived edge due to these types of connections.

[Anonymous]

3.9; HSPT 98 percentile; admitted (and going) - Georgetown Visitation; Also Admitted - GC and Holy Child. Received academic highest scholarships at all three schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:All the other threads are useless if they don't include stats:

Where you applied
Coming from public or private
legacy/hooked or unhooked
grades
HSPT score
Accepted or Waitlisted or Rejected

Define hooked

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:3.9; HSPT 98 percentile; admitted (and going) - Georgetown Visitation; Also Admitted - GC and Holy Child. Received academic highest scholarships at all three schools.

Not hooked - this is a dumb phrase that should be put to rest

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Applied SJC + Gonzaga
Catholic school
unhooked
Straight A student
99 HSPT
Accepted both schools

Great stats!

[Anonymous]

Applied SJC and Visi
Catholic school
Unhooked
Straight A’s
99 HSPT
Accepted and offered merit scholarships at both. Accepted to SJC Scholars program.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Applied SJC and Visi
Catholic school
Unhooked
Straight A’s
99 HSPT
Accepted and offered merit scholarships at both. Accepted to SJC Scholars program.

Two great choices, congrats!

[Anonymous]

Thanks! DD is super happy.

[Anonymous]

Straight A’s MCPS
Catholic
75 HSPT
Applied and accepted GC

[Anonymous]

Contributing because I found stats like this super helpful in the past:

Straight A's/NJHS
Catholic School
Unhooked
93 HSPT

Accepted to both Visi and BI

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Applied for 9th: GDS, Maret, Sidwell
Coming from DCPS public middle, not Deal
Unhooked, legacy at one of these
Grades: Straight A grades
Test scores: GDS Maret and Sidwell don't accept tests - no HSPT, ISEE, or SSAT required (GDS looked at DCPS test scores including CAPE and MAP, Maret no tests, Sidwell administered their own test)
Got in to all 3

I guess choosing Sidwell?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Contributing because I found stats like this super helpful in the past:

Straight A's/NJHS
Catholic School
Unhooked
93 HSPT

Accepted to both Visi and BI

+1 - I also found this type of info helpful when applying.

Congrats!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Applied SJC and Visi
Catholic school
Unhooked
Straight A’s
99 HSPT
Accepted and offered merit scholarships at both. Accepted to SJC Scholars program.

Same with my DD, last year. She turned down both SR and Visi, and is very happy at SJC. Make sure she gives consideration to the Cadet Corps Leadership Program - it's an amazing program that will give her another notch up when it's time for college application.

[Anonymous]

Where are all the waitlist people? Would love to see their stats?