HSPT Results

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There are so many hyper people on this thread. Have your kid take one practice test to familiarize themselves with the test format and move on. The high schools all offer these. The content preparation/prep classes are so unnecessary unless your child has disabilities and is a poor test taker.

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Anonymous wrote:My child didn’t study for this test, took it and came out average. Now I wish we would have buckled down and studied for it because he would have gotten a way higher score.

This test is unfair. It clearly points out who has prepared for,it, whether it be by hiring tutors, test prep or sheer discipline….and who just wings it from what they e learned or been exposed to in school. I dislike…clearly I’m jealous of everyone here touting their kids 99th percentile ranks. It’s just impossible that so many kids have gotten that type of score unless the parents threw money at it.

I wish the Catholic schools doing this test would drop it altogether. Their are so many straight A kids that are stellar but maybe just don’t test well, that are high achievers, and doers, and this test clear;y at híñalo es them.

I’m now scared that my son won’t get into the school we are applying for given the supposed 99th percentile test takers in abundance here on this thread, and the fact that more people are applying to private schools than ever before. It makes me want to move somewhere else, if we could.

Are DC’s test scores TRULY average (50%?) or DCUM average (70%?)?

59th percentile total composite. Basic skills were higher at 65th percentile. How is my kids going to get in anywhere since he didn’t prep for it?

My DC’s friend scored in the low 30s last year and was accepted to a NOVA high school (DJO/BI/PVI). If you applied to multiple schools, my guess is that your DC will be fine, especially if their middle school grades are good. It will work out! Good luck.

I cannot believe we’re even discussing kids not getting into any Catholic high schools with a 59% on the HSPT. Is that kid getting into Gonzaga or Prep without some other hook, very likely no, but I can’t imagine they’re not getting into Diocesan schools (though I understand maybe that’s just not what you’re going for).

MY DC scored 67th percentile last year. He prepped, did worse on the test than he was doing in prep. Generally doesn’t test well. Rejected from Gonzaga (not waitlisted). Majority As, a few Bs, always on the honor roll. Got into both BI and DJO. At one of them and liking it very much.

My other kid will almost certainly score less than 59th or even 30th percentile. His Scantrons are usually 25th percentile or lower, ADHD with multiple learning disabilities. School is a major struggle for him, but he works hard and gets by with OK grades at his k-8 Diocesan school. It hasn’t really occurred to me that he wouldn’t be accepted to BI or DJO as they have specific programs for kids like him.

Just received my kid's scores today. Straight A student from a non-Catholic school but a disappointing 64th percentile. We are applying to O'Connell but haven't ruled out Arlington Public Schools either. Even if my child is accepted to O'Connell, would the mediocre HSPT score rule out honors/intensified classes at DJO freshman year? If so, I am wondering if it would just be more advantageous to go to public school instead.

Is 64% that low? What is considered acceptable for the top schools? 80s%?

My kid got around the same. Yes it’s low. Lots of scores in the 90s from Catholic school. I think it’s a common score for public school. He was trying to go to Gonzaga. If your kid doesn’t know anyone going to O’Connell I’d just go to the home school. You can take all intensified if you want

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There are so many hyper people on this thread. Have your kid take one practice test to familiarize themselves with the test format and move on. The high schools all offer these. The content preparation/prep classes are so unnecessary unless your child has disabilities and is a poor test taker.

It’s a 3 year old thread.

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Anonymous wrote:My child didn’t study for this test, took it and came out average. Now I wish we would have buckled down and studied for it because he would have gotten a way higher score.

This test is unfair. It clearly points out who has prepared for,it, whether it be by hiring tutors, test prep or sheer discipline….and who just wings it from what they e learned or been exposed to in school. I dislike…clearly I’m jealous of everyone here touting their kids 99th percentile ranks. It’s just impossible that so many kids have gotten that type of score unless the parents threw money at it.

I wish the Catholic schools doing this test would drop it altogether. Their are so many straight A kids that are stellar but maybe just don’t test well, that are high achievers, and doers, and this test clear;y at híñalo es them.

I’m now scared that my son won’t get into the school we are applying for given the supposed 99th percentile test takers in abundance here on this thread, and the fact that more people are applying to private schools than ever before. It makes me want to move somewhere else, if we could.

Are DC’s test scores TRULY average (50%?) or DCUM average (70%?)?

59th percentile total composite. Basic skills were higher at 65th percentile. How is my kids going to get in anywhere since he didn’t prep for it?

My DC’s friend scored in the low 30s last year and was accepted to a NOVA high school (DJO/BI/PVI). If you applied to multiple schools, my guess is that your DC will be fine, especially if their middle school grades are good. It will work out! Good luck.

I cannot believe we’re even discussing kids not getting into any Catholic high schools with a 59% on the HSPT. Is that kid getting into Gonzaga or Prep without some other hook, very likely no, but I can’t imagine they’re not getting into Diocesan schools (though I understand maybe that’s just not what you’re going for).

MY DC scored 67th percentile last year. He prepped, did worse on the test than he was doing in prep. Generally doesn’t test well. Rejected from Gonzaga (not waitlisted). Majority As, a few Bs, always on the honor roll. Got into both BI and DJO. At one of them and liking it very much.

My other kid will almost certainly score less than 59th or even 30th percentile. His Scantrons are usually 25th percentile or lower, ADHD with multiple learning disabilities. School is a major struggle for him, but he works hard and gets by with OK grades at his k-8 Diocesan school. It hasn’t really occurred to me that he wouldn’t be accepted to BI or DJO as they have specific programs for kids like him.

Just received my kid's scores today. Straight A student from a non-Catholic school but a disappointing 64th percentile. We are applying to O'Connell but haven't ruled out Arlington Public Schools either. Even if my child is accepted to O'Connell, would the mediocre HSPT score rule out honors/intensified classes at DJO freshman year? If so, I am wondering if it would just be more advantageous to go to public school instead.

Is 64% that low? What is considered acceptable for the top schools? 80s%?

My kid got around the same. Yes it’s low. Lots of scores in the 90s from Catholic school. I think it’s a common score for public school. He was trying to go to Gonzaga. If your kid doesn’t know anyone going to O’Connell I’d just go to the home school. You can take all intensified if you want

My kid coming from a public school scored in the upper 60s and got into a catholic HS. Straight As and a travel sport probably helped.

[Anonymous]

Ideally the kids (and parents) would like to know how they scored on the test, I don’t know the inner workings of how the test is scored (or normed for the overall test taking population) but it seems like a standardized test that is graded by a machine would have a quicker turn around time for sharing back results with the test takers.

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Anonymous wrote:There are so many hyper people on this thread. Have your kid take one practice test to familiarize themselves with the test format and move on. The high schools all offer these. The content preparation/prep classes are so unnecessary unless your child has disabilities and is a poor test taker.

I think this depends on 1. your DC’s scores on an initial test and 2. which school your DC hopes to attend. DS took an initial test the summer before 8th grade and got 67% of the questions correct, which roughly translates to the 77th percentile. He had his heart set on Gonzaga, and although he had straight As in middle school, he likely would not have been accepted with those scores. He worked with a tutor weekly for about nine weeks before the test and did some work on his own. His composite score on the final test was 95th percentile. He’s at GZ and loves it.

For some schools, his initial score would have been fine and we wouldn’t have spent the time and money on prep. But, I think it was worth it in his case. Also, while tutoring was helpful, I think kids also can prep fine just by getting some practice materials and prepping on their own.

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