Good student, great kid-- YIKES on HSPT

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Demantha, St. Vincent Palloti and holly cross take kids with low HSPT scores. If you have boys, you can try schools that don’t need HSPT such as Heights and Anselms.

This is true for Holly Cross. Our DD's grou last year applied to the same schools, SJC, Good Counsel, and Holly Cross with one applying and getting into Visitation (legacy). The two girls that ended up at Holy Cross were rejected from the other schools for low HSPT.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Demantha, St. Vincent Palloti and holly cross take kids with low HSPT scores. If you have boys, you can try schools that don’t need HSPT such as Heights and Anselms.

This is true for Holly Cross. Our DD's grou last year applied to the same schools, SJC, Good Counsel, and Holly Cross with one applying and getting into Visitation (legacy). The two girls that ended up at Holy Cross were rejected from the other schools for low HSPT.

*group*

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Demantha, St. Vincent Palloti and holly cross take kids with low HSPT scores. If you have boys, you can try schools that don’t need HSPT such as Heights and Anselms.

This is true for Holly Cross. Our DD's grou last year applied to the same schools, SJC, Good Counsel, and Holly Cross with one applying and getting into Visitation (legacy). The two girls that ended up at Holy Cross were rejected from the other schools for low HSPT.

*group*

All the girls were accepted AHC.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My sons’s score was 96-9. Straight As & strong athlete (swim / tennis). He’s never missed honor roll & was inducted into the National Junior Honor Society. I hope this is enough for him to get into Gonzaga. He only applied to 2 schools; Gonzaga & BI (we’re in Alexandria & he’s @ a Catholic school).

If he isn't a legacy, it's going to be tough. Good luck!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Hugs to you both. I am a Catholic school parent. The impression that I get is that to do well on this test, you really need to study hard for it. The kids in our school were encouraged to spend several hours per week preparing for it. My DD did not study for it as we are going public next year and she's either an all A or all A one B student and her HSPT scores were much lower than her normal standardized test scores. She took the HSPT just in case that public didn't work out

What is on this test and how do find materials to study for it?

I just bought a study guide from Amazon.

A little late don't you think?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My sons’s score was 96-9. Straight As & strong athlete (swim / tennis). He’s never missed honor roll & was inducted into the National Junior Honor Society. I hope this is enough for him to get into Gonzaga. He only applied to 2 schools; Gonzaga & BI (we’re in Alexandria & he’s @ a Catholic school).

If he isn't a legacy, it's going to be tough. Good luck!

I hope he gest in. Best of luck!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Demantha, St. Vincent Palloti and holly cross take kids with low HSPT scores. If you have boys, you can try schools that don’t need HSPT such as Heights and Anselms.

Heights uses SSAT (optional), and St. Anslem's uses the gifted measurement tests OLSAT and CTY's SCAT, so he'll still have to take tests.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My sons’s score was 96-9. Straight As & strong athlete (swim / tennis). He’s never missed honor roll & was inducted into the National Junior Honor Society. I hope this is enough for him to get into Gonzaga. He only applied to 2 schools; Gonzaga & BI (we’re in Alexandria & he’s @ a Catholic school).

If he isn't a legacy, it's going to be tough. Good luck!

I hope he gest in. Best of luck!

A 97% is tough?

Yikes. I know a lot of boys who will score MUCH lower than this, including my own.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My sons’s score was 96-9. Straight As & strong athlete (swim / tennis). He’s never missed honor roll & was inducted into the National Junior Honor Society. I hope this is enough for him to get into Gonzaga. He only applied to 2 schools; Gonzaga & BI (we’re in Alexandria & he’s @ a Catholic school).

If he isn't a legacy, it's going to be tough. Good luck!

I hope he gest in. Best of luck!

A 97% is tough?

Yikes. I know a lot of boys who will score MUCH lower than this, including my own.

Gonzaga is heavy on legacy. Last year, if you weren't legacy, not a big donor, not a recruited athlete not top overall, you didn't get in.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My sons’s score was 96-9. Straight As & strong athlete (swim / tennis). He’s never missed honor roll & was inducted into the National Junior Honor Society. I hope this is enough for him to get into Gonzaga. He only applied to 2 schools; Gonzaga & BI (we’re in Alexandria & he’s @ a Catholic school).

If he isn't a legacy, it's going to be tough. Good luck!

I hope he gest in. Best of luck!

I also wish you the best of luck and hope he gets in. It sounds like he has a great shot. If he is a strong athlete and has been recruited for sports with As and high HSPT I wouldn't worry at all. Recruitment and being flagged by a coach goes a long way at a school like Gonzaga.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My sons’s score was 96-9. Straight As & strong athlete (swim / tennis). He’s never missed honor roll & was inducted into the National Junior Honor Society. I hope this is enough for him to get into Gonzaga. He only applied to 2 schools; Gonzaga & BI (we’re in Alexandria & he’s @ a Catholic school).

If he isn't a legacy, it's going to be tough. Good luck!

I hope he gest in. Best of luck!

A 97% is tough?

Yikes. I know a lot of boys who will score MUCH lower than this, including my own.

Gonzaga is heavy on legacy. Last year, if you weren't legacy, not a big donor, not a recruited athlete not top overall, you didn't get in.

Not true. My kid came from public. First one in the family to apply and get in. Straight As and 98 HSPT. He was not a recruited athlete.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My sons’s score was 96-9. Straight As & strong athlete (swim / tennis). He’s never missed honor roll & was inducted into the National Junior Honor Society. I hope this is enough for him to get into Gonzaga. He only applied to 2 schools; Gonzaga & BI (we’re in Alexandria & he’s @ a Catholic school).

If he isn't a legacy, it's going to be tough. Good luck!

I hope he gest in. Best of luck!

I also wish you the best of luck and hope he gets in. It sounds like he has a great shot. If he is a strong athlete and has been recruited for sports with As and high HSPT I wouldn't worry at all. Recruitment and being flagged by a coach goes a long way at a school like Gonzaga.

Thanks for the uplift! He's an awesome swimmer - has swam in regional meets - and has his own little tennis company & gives lessons during the summer & weekends. I thought his essay was really impactful. I'm now a little dejected, I honestly thought he had a decent chance.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My sons’s score was 96-9. Straight As & strong athlete (swim / tennis). He’s never missed honor roll & was inducted into the National Junior Honor Society. I hope this is enough for him to get into Gonzaga. He only applied to 2 schools; Gonzaga & BI (we’re in Alexandria & he’s @ a Catholic school).

If he isn't a legacy, it's going to be tough. Good luck!

I hope he gest in. Best of luck!

I also wish you the best of luck and hope he gets in. It sounds like he has a great shot. If he is a strong athlete and has been recruited for sports with As and high HSPT I wouldn't worry at all. Recruitment and being flagged by a coach goes a long way at a school like Gonzaga.

Thanks for the uplift! He's an awesome swimmer - has swam in regional meets - and has his own little tennis company & gives lessons during the summer & weekends. I thought his essay was really impactful. I'm now a little dejected, I honestly thought he had a decent chance.

I think he will get in. Good luck!!

[Anonymous]

Gonzaga also has to take a certain number from each school. Some schools have more legacy families which may put a kid on the waitlist who would get in coming from another school.

[Anonymous]

Maybe you should quickly research which non-Catholic privates were test-optional and throw in a last minute application without a test. Try to at least get waitlisted so you have a potential school to work with just in-case.