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How many kids with very high WPPSI scores WERE accepted at B/G/S/(M) last year?
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Anonymous
| Wondering because so far the other thread has only turned up one. |
Anonymous
| 99%ile, accepted at the only one of those to which we applied. |
Anonymous
| 99% and accepted at Sidwell, Maret and Beauvoir. |
Anonymous
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Not to hijack, but may I suggest that you consider something:
It does not take an IQ in the 99%ile to make it through high school or college. People with IQ's in the 80%ile easily become neurosurgeons, CEOs and federal judges. Folks with IQ's about average can make it through Sidwell. Average kids can do calculus, and can be great public speakers, talented musicians, scientists and so on. Sidwell knows this. So if I were an AD, I would want a family and a child that I could get along with, who can help me out financially (especially now), and does not bring any behavioral problems to the school (meaning parent or child). This could be a long (12 year) relationship, it has to work. So, I would start to find out what these schools want from families, and try to provide it. I do not hear too much about school readiness preparation of these kids, that matters a lot to the K-2 teachers. I also don't hear too much about trying to show a calm but confident and friendly attitude on interviews. To be honest some of my friends with these high IQ kids actually scare me. They seem so aggressive. If I were an AD, just to prove a point , I would reject them. When I read about kids with high scores being rejected at 4 schools, I say, "Wow, what did they do wrong?". Everyone's score will be high. By the time a family has the money for those schools, they have the IQ's. By the time a family figures out that they have a gifted child and they could qualify for financial aid, they have the IQ's. I would be that Sidwell gets few applications with kids below the 80%ile mark. So just consider every other applicant to be a strong candidate. |
Anonymous
| 99%ile and got into Sidwell, Beauvoir, Maret. Did not apply to GDS. |
Anonymous
Indeed, so many of us have 99th percentile kids that it appears that other factors are key in the admissions process. Your job, your alma mater, your diversity, whether you have an older kid at the school already, and your wealth and/or connections. Unfortunately, I've just used the word "your" a lot -- it does seem to be a lot about the parents, especially at the pre-K level. |
Anonymous
This is the info that's missing on this thread, and on the other thread about kids with high scores who did [i]not[i] get in. Info on whether the kid bites other kids, whether the family is wealthy or connected, whether the wealthy family has an overbearing parent, et cetera. |
Anonymous
| Well I guess putting [i] wasn't the way to italicize things. |
Anonymous
Hey, 8:57, thanks for combining the obvious wth the insulting. |
Anonymous
This is about the most insightful point made on one of these Private School threads in a long, long time. It's uncomfortable to many, I think, but that doesn't make it untrue. (well, not the part about 'doing something wrong,' because in the end it's a numbers game for similarly situated applicants, so you don't necessarily have to be doing something very wrong to be rejected.) But there are a lot of crazed parents out there, judging from the tours and open houses. You can smell it coming off some of them, in case you missed hearing their bombastic "questions" touting their child. My totally unscientific supposition is that, if you and I don't know each other really, really, really well (as in, 20 year friends or sisters), and you tell me your child's WPPSI scores unsolicited while we're waiting at swim lessons, you might be one of them. |
Anonymous
And also 7:39 What do you think sets your child apart from the many other kids with 99th%ile scores who were waitlisted? Is s/he outstanding in a particular area? Does s/he, for lack of a word, have unusual charisma? Or to your eyes is s/he basically a nice, smart, well-rounded kid? |
Anonymous
I totally agree. These parents can be a bit pushy and braggy. They might not have the experience and sophistication (pardon the snob word but I could not think of another), to appear to be relaxed and easy going. The AD will see the scores, you don't have to remind them. My son has a very high IQ, he is friends with another boy with the same intellect. His mother, who does not know about my son's scores (private info.), is ALWAYS reminding people she hardly knows about her GT child. She is scary. When I went for my interview, I spoke more about his short comings. Things that I wanted to see him work on such as shyness. He is well behaved so play dates went well. His scores were in front of their eyes. We got into Sidwell and Maret, we only applied there. We decided not to go for financial reasons and his shyness made me think that he should just stay at his Montessori school for one or two more years. |
Anonymous
There does need to be some soul searching though. It would be nice if those rejected could shed some light on what they believe went wrong. |
Anonymous
| Honestly, we're nothing special and my DC comes off as an abrasive ass sometimes. |
Anonymous
In the vast majority of cases, probably nothing went wrong. There simply were not enough spots. |