Lake Woebegone for the top 2 percent!

Anonymous wrote:I think the DMV has a high concentration of top scores. My sister in Atlanta didn’t know know any 99s among her friends kids when my niece took it. I know several. Maybe the prep here is good? No one prepped in her community.

That’s really interesting

I think the DMV has a high concentration of top scores. My sister in Atlanta didn’t know know any 99s among her friends kids when my niece took it. I know several. Maybe the prep here is good? No one prepped in her community.

Question: in reading the posted scores of 99/98 etc…there seem to be an awful lot of kids in that percentile which is counterintuitive. How do that many kids fall into the 99/98th percentile if presumably there are kids across the entire spectrum of scores? Are the kids at the lower percentile points just not getting in?

Anonymous wrote:756/99

Congrats! Great score.

Anonymous wrote:95%. Bummed. Had a 96% on the spring pre test and did a lot of prep this summer. Had hoped to get it up to get SJC Honors with scholarship, but that doesn’t seem likely now.

Don’t give up yet. Based on my son’s stats last year, and of course depending on this year’s applicants, your DC might have a shot. Do they have all A’s? Do they have good extracurriculars?

Anonymous wrote:How is a 94% for VISI?

My DD had a 93 and was accepted two years ago.

95%. Bummed. Had a 96% on the spring pre test and did a lot of prep this summer. Had hoped to get it up to get SJC Honors with scholarship, but that doesn’t seem likely now.

Anonymous wrote:What are the odds with and 80 at SJC?

If you aren’t Catholic, coming from a Catholic K-8, or a recruited athlete, not great. What are your DC’s grades like?

756/99

What are the odds with and 80 at SJC?

My son got a 97, coming from a MD public school. We did some cramming a week or two before the test. We did one practice test and then concentrated on where test taking strategies would truly help increase the score.

Anonymous wrote:Does St Johns care if you don't get a high score or do they typically admit the highest scores. What about the benilde program?

A lot goes into it. Are you coming from a Catholic school? Are you Catholic? Is your child an athlete that is in contact with a coach at the school? SJC admitted 2 kids from my son’s public school last year - pretty much the top boy and top girl from the class.

Re: the Benilde program, slots are limited.

How is a 94% for VISI?

Anonymous wrote:Would a student with a score in the 99th percentile score ever be turned down for admission by Visi, SR, Gonzaga etc?

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I doubt it.