Good student, great kid-- YIKES on HSPT

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Similar experience here. He DID get in where we wanted him to, but it was kind of jarring and now I know that he WILL be prepping for the SAT ... he's not a natural test-taker.

Glad his prayers were answered.

Good luck!

[Anonymous]

Wow!!!!!!! My husband and i thought we were being proactive in having our son take an HSPT prep class, he went every Saturday since July 2017. He took the exam in December and still scored very low. We're praying that the previous post are accurate and other components of the applications will be considered. I will follow up with his outcome.

[Anonymous]

Same here PP. I was shocked by the scores with composite being 28! Had mostly average but math was really low. I too will post the outcome. I don't believe kids got in with lower than 50 but I'm praying.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm not saying that there aren't kids from Deal at SJC. I'm saying the Catholic kids do get preference. The question was asked publicly at a recent open house.

And, there are Catholic kids at Deal.

[Anonymous]

Nobody said there isn't Catholic kids at Deal. Who cares. What poster is saying is that kids go through the years of paying tuition and Catholic school get a preference!! I agree that they should and my DC is a Catholic applicant coming from outside Catholic elementary/middle.

[Anonymous]

Sorry for typos. Meant kids who have been in Catholic and paying tuition for years get a preference. They should...,,

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Nobody said there isn't Catholic kids at Deal. Who cares. What poster is saying is that kids go through the years of paying tuition and Catholic school get a preference!! I agree that they should and my DC is a Catholic applicant coming from outside Catholic elementary/middle.

I meant it is also possible that after the Catholic school kids, Catholic public school kids may also get a closer look, then the non-Catholic kids. Not sure, but it would make sense.

[Anonymous]

Plus straight As from public school doesn't mean much. Publics give out As like candy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Plus straight As from public school doesn't mean much. Publics give out As like candy.

Stop saying this. It just isn't true.

--parent of an A/B student with top percentile scores.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Plus straight As from public school doesn't mean much. Publics give out As like candy.

Stop saying this. It just isn't true.

--parent of an A/B student with top percentile scores.

It is true. Send your kid to a private school where they won’t be coddled. All of the retakes make it worse.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Plus straight As from public school doesn't mean much. Publics give out As like candy.

Stop saying this. It just isn't true.

--parent of an A/B student with top percentile scores.

It is true. Send your kid to a private school where they won’t be coddled. All of the retakes make it worse.

Having switched our middle schooler from public to Catholic I can tell you that the hardest part was so how far behind academically the Catholic school was. Great school, just not as much of an academic push.

To the other PPs we have had multiple children go public to SJC and GZ. All scored horribly on the HSPT. Just kind of how it is for the public school kids since it is just a different beast than what they are used to. For my kids the teacher recs and transcripts were very strong which definitely got them in. Both ended up testing into advanced math even with abysmal HSPT scores.

[Anonymous]

Thank you PP. Mine DC scored horribly coming from a K-8 and applied to the same schools. A/B student with what I believe are good Recs. Good activities and sports. This gives me hope. Do you mind sharing what horrible is? Thanks again.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Plus straight As from public school doesn't mean much. Publics give out As like candy.

Stop saying this. It just isn't true.

--parent of an A/B student with top percentile scores.

It is true. Send your kid to a private school where they won’t be coddled. All of the retakes make it worse.

Retakes?

[Anonymous]

Yes, retakes. It teaches students that you can blow off exams and assignments since you will always have another chance. It's no wonder something like 1 out of 4 college students need to take remedial classes.


https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2016/04/06/remedial-classes-have-become-a-hidden-cost-of-college/?utm_term=.1d53a3127637

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone have any first hand knowledge of what HSPT scores are common for each school. For instance, did you DC with a 90 HSPT get into Good Counsel or any of the other popular schools?

My older son got a 98 and goes to DeMatha. My younger one got a 99, and will go to either DeMatha or the Heights, whichever has the best financial aid package.