PSAT results came out

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Anonymous wrote:We had ours by 9:15 this morning in MCPS

What do you mean by that? How in MCPS?

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I’m punching on my child when they get home to check or set up their account.

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What was up with Maryland's and DC's selectivity score of 224 for class of 2022? Neither have ever been that high.
Due to pandemic conditions in fall of 2020, most state scores stayed the same or went down.
My theory is that savvy and competitve students and parents in this area took advantage of the relaxed alternate score process and submittted high SAT scores from any time in junior year.
I don't think the 224 cut-off will be repeated this year.
Thoughts?

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Anonymous wrote:
What was up with Maryland's and DC's selectivity score of 224 for class of 2022? Neither have ever been that high.
Due to pandemic conditions in fall of 2020, most state scores stayed the same or went down.
My theory is that savvy and competitve students and parents in this area took advantage of the relaxed alternate score process and submittted high SAT scores from any time in junior year.
I don't think the 224 cut-off will be repeated this year.
Thoughts?

This is common knowledge (although both states are close to the highest cutoff each year anyway). But I view it through a less cynical lens. Most MD students didn't have the opportunity to take the psat since schools were closed almost all year, so their use of alternate entry wasn't to game the system but it was the only way to enter.

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Last year’s selection scores were weird (high) because PSAT was cancelled in schools, and there were alternate modes of getting NMSF.

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Where can a DCPS parent find the scores?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
What was up with Maryland's and DC's selectivity score of 224 for class of 2022? Neither have ever been that high.
Due to pandemic conditions in fall of 2020, most state scores stayed the same or went down.
My theory is that savvy and competitve students and parents in this area took advantage of the relaxed alternate score process and submittted high SAT scores from any time in junior year.
I don't think the 224 cut-off will be repeated this year.
Thoughts?

This is common knowledge (although both states are close to the highest cutoff each year anyway). But I view it through a less cynical lens. Most MD students didn't have the opportunity to take the psat since schools were closed almost all year, so their use of alternate entry wasn't to game the system but it was the only way to enter.

Np, I didnt read the take a cynical. Just trying to figure out why MD is such an oulier. 3 point jump during a pandemic when many states were unchanged or lower. It could be an interesting discussion.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m punching on my child when they get home to check or set up their account.

Don’t assault your child.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
What was up with Maryland's and DC's selectivity score of 224 for class of 2022? Neither have ever been that high.
Due to pandemic conditions in fall of 2020, most state scores stayed the same or went down.
My theory is that savvy and competitve students and parents in this area took advantage of the relaxed alternate score process and submittted high SAT scores from any time in junior year.
I don't think the 224 cut-off will be repeated this year.
Thoughts?

This is common knowledge (although both states are close to the highest cutoff each year anyway). But I view it through a less cynical lens. Most MD students didn't have the opportunity to take the psat since schools were closed almost all year, so their use of alternate entry wasn't to game the system but it was the only way to enter.

Np, I didnt read the take a cynical. Just trying to figure out why MD is such an oulier. 3 point jump during a pandemic when many states were unchanged or lower. It could be an interesting discussion.

the poster said, "... savvy and competitive students and parents took advantage of the relaxed alternate score process ...." sounds cynical to me

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
What was up with Maryland's and DC's selectivity score of 224 for class of 2022? Neither have ever been that high.
Due to pandemic conditions in fall of 2020, most state scores stayed the same or went down.
My theory is that savvy and competitve students and parents in this area took advantage of the relaxed alternate score process and submittted high SAT scores from any time in junior year.
I don't think the 224 cut-off will be repeated this year.
Thoughts?

This is common knowledge (although both states are close to the highest cutoff each year anyway). But I view it through a less cynical lens. Most MD students didn't have the opportunity to take the psat since schools were closed almost all year, so their use of alternate entry wasn't to game the system but it was the only way to enter.

I am the op of this comment. I said nothing about gaming the system. I think more parents in the area were aware of the alternate route and thus their children were able to take full advantage of the opportunity. Thus skewing the scores in MD and DC. Not a cynical take at all.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
What was up with Maryland's and DC's selectivity score of 224 for class of 2022? Neither have ever been that high.
Due to pandemic conditions in fall of 2020, most state scores stayed the same or went down.
My theory is that savvy and competitve students and parents in this area took advantage of the relaxed alternate score process and submittted high SAT scores from any time in junior year.
I don't think the 224 cut-off will be repeated this year.
Thoughts?

This is common knowledge (although both states are close to the highest cutoff each year anyway). But I view it through a less cynical lens. Most MD students didn't have the opportunity to take the psat since schools were closed almost all year, so their use of alternate entry wasn't to game the system but it was the only way to enter.

Np, I didnt read the take a cynical. Just trying to figure out why MD is such an oulier. 3 point jump during a pandemic when many states were unchanged or lower. It could be an interesting discussion.

the poster said, "... savvy and competitive students and parents took advantage of the relaxed alternate score process ...." sounds cynical to me

How is savvy and competitive cynical ? How is taking advantage of an opportunity cynical? The point is they may be more aware/better informed.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kid got 1280....97%. I feel good about that, but I see some test prep in their future this summer. 99% percentile in reading/writing and 92% in math. Math actually came up a lot since last year, so I think with some more preparation, their score could go up quite a bit more. I don't know like 1550 high, though. It's kind of crazy that it's 97%, and I'm not sure whether to be disappointed?????

Is your child in grade 10?

Mine is in grade 11 and was low 1400s and I think was 97th percentile.

Yes. Grade 10. Sorry.

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That’s strange, VA students and parents are not as savvy?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kid got 1280....97%. I feel good about that, but I see some test prep in their future this summer. 99% percentile in reading/writing and 92% in math. Math actually came up a lot since last year, so I think with some more preparation, their score could go up quite a bit more. I don't know like 1550 high, though. It's kind of crazy that it's 97%, and I'm not sure whether to be disappointed?????

Is your child in grade 10?

Mine is in grade 11 and was low 1400s and I think was 97th percentile.

No way 1280 is 97 percentile for a junior.

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Anonymous wrote:That’s strange, VA students and parents are not as savvy?

But that's not a negative about VA parents, it's a compliment to MD ones!