Wisc & admission
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Anonymous
| DC didn't do amazing on the wisc. What are chances of acceptance with scores of 108 & 111? Thanks for any help. |
Anonymous
| How does your DC have two WISC scores? |
Anonymous
Sorry typing from a phone so I tried to keep it short & sweet but that wasn't very helpful lol. GAI is 111 and FSIQ is 108. That's really what I meant, sorry. |
Anonymous
Depends on other stuff. My kid in same range on wisc v. We're any scores outliers or all in middle? |
Anonymous
There were a few things that were high average, with ERB scored very high on reading. |
Anonymous
| What age and what schools? |
Anonymous
8, looking at mostly single sex schools. |
Anonymous
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We did the WISC test for our child age 8. It was wild and all over the place and came out at a very disappointing average.
But the wild swings up were all good and the wild swings down were attributed by the tester, to our child not wanting to be rushed, or not being interested in the particular section of questioning. We got into the school of our choice and I don't know what part it played in that, but of course its only one factor. You have interviews, tours, play dates, recommendations, report cards. So there is a lot to swing the pendulum the other way if the WISC doesn't look great. |
Anonymous
High ERB score will be very helpful. If recommendations are strong, ERB strong, they may look at the WISC as "the child had a bad day". Good luck! |
Anonymous
| I heard Wisc V scores are a bit lower since its a new test. |
Anonymous
What is your SES ? Would your family be full pay and plus ? Do you have a relatively high professional profile in DC area? Is so, your child will face no obstacles and you should know that their scores are above average and right about the 6th stanine for their potential classmates at just about any DC Private. ( the bulk of the bell curve) DC Privates charge about $37-$40 K / year so 1st criteria for admit is can you pay that and can you donate on top of that ? Will you also volunteer and fund raise? Is your child able to at least earn B's in a challenging course of study and are you able to ensure that with $$$ for tutoring? Where are you a Univ alumn? ( helps for legacy admit numbers) These are important profile questions, not your DC's IQ |
Anonymous
I am broke but grew up in moco & have a bachelors (not from anywhere that will get me special notice). No high profile job in DC. I had never considered private until I realized my dc has so much more potential than I ever did. Mcps is ok for now but I feel like she could be pushed a little more and that just won't happen in a room of 29 3rd graders. Report cards are all Ps with a few ES sprinkled in. |
Anonymous
| You may not get into one of the super competitive schools that everyone fights about, but you shouldn't have a problem finding a good school that is a good fit for your child. |
Anonymous
| Thanks everyone! Waiting until March won't be easy. |
Anonymous
| NP. what seems to be the average range for schools like Landon, holton, ncs, etc.? |