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[quote=Anonymous][quote]My child took the SCAT and the ACT in 7th grade and didn't prepare much. Nothing formal, just a practice test or two online. She qualified for high honors/grand recognition for both CTY and TIP. She said she didn't finish the math part of the SCAT and still made high honors on quantitative. t was surprised by her ACT norms - it just goes to show that as a nation there are so many poorly prepared 12th graders. There are different qualification levels too. Duke has Center vs. Academy programs, for example. So the scores do matter. Everyone who takes the test for CTY 'gets in' to CTY but you have to do really well on the SAT or ACT to get into a TIP Center.
Lies. There is no grand recognition ceremony at CTY for SCAT results. Loose lips and keyboard tips here.[quote]
 
[/quote]Yes there is http://cty.jhu.edu/talent/testing/after.html#Grand[quote]

Loose lips and still drooling.  If this is the case what is the cut off SCAT score needed to get an invitation to the CTY-SET group and the Grand Ceremony.  As Sigmund Freud would say:  in your dreams you had wished your child (without much preparation) made the cut off.  In general, to get an invitation to be a CTY-SET (Study for Exceptional Talent) member one needs &gt; or = 700 on any section of the SAT exam before the age of 13.  The latter gets one invited to the CTY Grand Ceremony held in the fall of 2014 at JHU.

Many people taking SCAT will qualify for regular acknowledgement ceremonies (usually 30 to 40% of test takers).  Your child may (or may not) fall into this large group of qualifiers or perhaps doesn't make it but scores high enough to be eligible for it's programs (Perhaps your child is here).  It is in the best business model interest of CTY-JHU to have your child qualify as if brings more bucks to the coffers!!

I do not know you or your child but from your drivel one can say unequivocably your child did not get invited to the CTY Grand Ceremony held annually in the fall at JHU and your child did not score above 700 on any part of the SAT before the age of 13 (about 350  to 400 around the world do).

Sorry to burst your bubble.

...Sigmund Freud[/quote]

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