Hspt

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Did you child apply for the scholars program and submitted the essay prior to taking the hspt? Trying to figure out if they only sent the invite to those who had high composite scores in the HSPT but did not initially apply for the scholars program.

I have the same question. 97th percentile, good grades, and excellent extracurriculars. DC applied to the Scholars program and wrote the extra essay, but no e-mail.

Congrats to everyone who made the cut!

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[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone know what percentile you need to get on the HSPT to get into the scholars program at St. Johns? And is HSPT the determinative factor?

My 95% student just got an invite to come learn more about the program, so I’m taking that as a good sign that my child is at least in consideration for it with that score.

Did you child apply for the scholars program and submitted the essay prior to taking the hspt? Trying to figure out if they only sent the invite to those who had high composite scores in the HSPT but did not initially apply for the scholars program.

Yes, applied and submitted the essay prior to taking the HSPT. As did the 3 friends from school who also got invited.

[Anonymous]

I wonder if there is a preference here for kids from Catholic middle schools even if the public school applicants have similar stats? Just curious.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Did you child apply for the scholars program and submitted the essay prior to taking the hspt? Trying to figure out if they only sent the invite to those who had high composite scores in the HSPT but did not initially apply for the scholars program.

I have the same question. 97th percentile, good grades, and excellent extracurriculars. DC applied to the Scholars program and wrote the extra essay, but no e-mail.

Congrats to everyone who made the cut!

Reach out to the school. They said those who scored 97th and up were considered.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I wonder if there is a preference here for kids from Catholic middle schools even if the public school applicants have similar stats? Just curious.

This is a discussed a lot on these boards and the overwhelming consensus is yes, Catholic middle school candidate gets priority and gets a huge boost in admissions

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wonder if there is a preference here for kids from Catholic middle schools even if the public school applicants have similar stats? Just curious.

This is a discussed a lot on these boards and the overwhelming consensus is yes, Catholic middle school candidate gets priority and gets a huge boost in admissions

Regular admissions yes but I wonder if this is the case with scholars also. Pretty sure public and private school kids with all As and 95+ HSPT will be admitted to the school.

[Anonymous]

What is considered a "bad" HSPT score?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What is considered a "bad" HSPT score?

Depends where you’re applying!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What is considered a "bad" HSPT score?

Depends where you’re applying!

Diocesan schools have a much wider range of HSPT while places like Visi, Stone Ridge, Prep, and Gonzaga require much higher scores, particularly if coming from public.

[Anonymous]

Anyone get into St Johns with HSPT of 55 ?

[Anonymous]

Is 77th percentile good for SJC and DeMatha?

[Anonymous]

Is 85 a good score?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What is considered a "bad" HSPT score?

Depends where you’re applying!

Diocesan schools have a much wider range of HSPT while places like Visi, Stone Ridge, Prep, and Gonzaga require much higher scores, particularly if coming from public.

Prep and SR don't accept HSPT. Prep requires the SSAT and SR used to take the SSAT but now has their own internal testing.

[Anonymous]

I’m posting raw score info here because it may help another poster in the future as I could find barely anything when we were test prepping and I was grading my kid’s practice tests.

My kid got 255/298 on the HSPT and the way it was weighted resulted in a 96th percentile composite score.

Hope this helps.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m posting raw score info here because it may help another poster in the future as I could find barely anything when we were test prepping and I was grading my kid’s practice tests.

My kid got 255/298 on the HSPT and the way it was weighted resulted in a 96th percentile composite score.

Hope this helps.

That’s because it varies from year to year depending on how kids do across the country for that particular year. But I would guess the numbers aren’t too dissimilar from year to year.

My kid got a 279/298 and scored a 99. But all 99’s aren’t created equal. There are further breakdowns that can differentiate same percentage scores. The trickiest part is that not every school asks for the various levels of details so one schools results can look different compared to another.