Wow! Great news! Congrats!! Do the letters only come through the mail or is there another way of knowing?

The acceptance letters for pgcps speciality programs are out today. My kid got a total score of 2460 and got accepted into ERHS, Duval and Acedamy of health sciences. Hope this helps.

The joke among my DD's friends at EHRS is that one person (and only one) gets into Harvard every year. It's a joke, but also basically true.

I know at least 10 ERHS grads who went to UMD science programs.
Their 2023 valedictorian got a National Merit Scholarship to UMD

Other grads I know have gone to Cornell, MIT, U Penn, Pitt, Georgetown, American, Virginia Tech

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Anonymous wrote:Thank you for this, this is really helpful. So students really are competing to be in the top 150 (or 250 for ERHS). Given how many of kids I have heard score above 1100 and have straight As, I wouldn't be surprised if the cut score is around 2500 this year for ERHS.

Are these kids concentrated in certain schools or private school kids? They also need to be in the northern part of the county to be zoned for ERHS vs Flowers or Oxon Hill.

Yes, these are just the kids that my son goes to middle school with, in College Park.

Many graduates attend the University of Maryland. I saw a list when we visited ERHS several years ago.

Anonymous wrote:Remember that not everyone who gets accepted goes to ERHS. I would expect most of the kids at the Academy of Sciences would have been accepted. Over the years I've know a lot of kids who got into ERHS and then went to private schools on scholarships. I'm not sure how far down the wait list they go but there is movement.

Right! Students didn’t have to select a specific program so they most likely will have multiple options if they scored high and have good grades. Seems like there could be a lot of movement. Doesn’t make it easy for people who are also considering private schools.

Anonymous wrote:Thank you for this, this is really helpful. So students really are competing to be in the top 150 (or 250 for ERHS). Given how many of kids I have heard score above 1100 and have straight As, I wouldn't be surprised if the cut score is around 2500 this year for ERHS.

Are these kids concentrated in certain schools or private school kids? They also need to be in the northern part of the county to be zoned for ERHS vs Flowers or Oxon Hill.

Remember that not everyone who gets accepted goes to ERHS. I would expect most of the kids at the Academy of Sciences would have been accepted. Over the years I've know a lot of kids who got into ERHS and then went to private schools on scholarships. I'm not sure how far down the wait list they go but there is movement.

Thank you for this, this is really helpful. So students really are competing to be in the top 150 (or 250 for ERHS). Given how many of kids I have heard score above 1100 and have straight As, I wouldn't be surprised if the cut score is around 2500 this year for ERHS.

From PGCPS site…

A Science and Technology center is accepting 150 students into the freshman class. There are 500 students in the application pool. The highest score for the student in the first space on the list is 2572.80. The student in the 150th spot on the list has a score of 2381.6. The 150th spot is where the list of accepted students will close.

The established cut score for this particular Science and Technology Program center will stand at 2381.6. Another 50 students will be added to the waitlist for this Science and Technology center. The waitlist score will begin at 2381.5, and close with the score of the student in the 50th space down the list.

https://www.pgcps.org/about-pgcps/applications/high-school-specialty-programs-frequently-asked-questions

Anonymous wrote:The information night host told parents the cutoff score was a 2690 or something ridiculous, which maps to all As every quarter+1250 on PSAT. I know a lot of kids who got in with PSAT scores under 1250.

What is not clear is whether they take the kids with the top 250 scores or if they create a cut point and do a lottery of the kids above the cut point.

That information can't be correct....hopefully they just misspoke. 1250 is in the 99th percentile. I know kids who didn't have anything close to straight As and did not score above a 1250 who got in.

The information night host told parents the cutoff score was a 2690 or something ridiculous, which maps to all As every quarter+1250 on PSAT. I know a lot of kids who got in with PSAT scores under 1250.

What is not clear is whether they take the kids with the top 250 scores or if they create a cut point and do a lottery of the kids above the cut point.

From a previous thread the cut off in 2019 was 2374.
I think that they use unweighted GPA for the calculations.

"The scores from the PSAT 8/9 in conjunction with Core Content GPA in English, Mathematics, Science, and Social Studies from all quarters/trimesters of the previous school year and the first grading period of the current school year are used to create a total score. The evaluation scale goes up to 2880. The equation used to determine student composite scores is as follows:
PSAT 8/9 Verbal Score + PSAT 8/9 Math Score + [Core Content GPA x 360]
Total Possible Score = 2880 "

Hi, hoping child will be accepted into ERHS Science & Tech. Two questions - any info on where graduates typically attend college and any idea of score cutoff for incoming freshman in 2023? TIA