Anonymous wrote:

I am the PP who posted the link. I am not the one writing about their kid making it to the Grand Ceremony based on SCAT. My own kid actually did not reach the 700 cutoff but even if he did, we would not have gone to the ceremony out of principle.
The amount of vitriol in response to a simple fact correction, however, is amusing.

Thanks, as suspected. No need for the rejoinder: "... even if he did, we would not have gone to the ceremony out of principle."

I am your shrink. The rejoinder sounds like sour grapes and overtly defensive. Do you really think those who attend have no principle (s) ?

I am the PP who posted the link. I am not the one writing about their kid making it to the Grand Ceremony based on SCAT. My own kid actually did not reach the 700 cutoff but even if he did, we would not have gone to the ceremony out of principle.
The amount of vitriol in response to a simple fact correction, however, is amusing.

Anonymous wrote: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

Grand Ceremony Eligibility Chart

Test
Grade 7 or 8 Required scores
SAT
7 Math >=700 or Critical Reading >=700

8 Math >=750 or Critical Reading >=750

ACT

7 Math >=28 or Reading >=31

8 Math >=32 or Reading >=33
SCAT 7 Math >= 508 or Verbal >= 488
8 Math >= 511 or Verbal >=490
STB 7 STB >=700
8 STB >=750

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.

Yes there is http://cty.jhu.edu/talent/testing/after.html#Grand

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 > 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