Anonymous
Post 05/15/2014 12:49     Subject: Re:Correlation between SCAT and SAT results for 7th grader
Anonymous wrote:
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.


Also, there were no online practice tests. Maybe a few practice questions, that is all. I looked.

Isn't CTY IS about as competitive as TIP Center? Actually more competitive in math (you need 580M), less competitive in verbal (you need 520V). Or are you saying it's easier to qualify via SCAT?
Anonymous
Post 02/04/2014 20:42     Subject: Re:Correlation between SCAT and SAT results for 7th grader
Anonymous wrote:
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

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.


Yes, that also struck me as odd. (I posted the SCAT scores above that are eligible for the Grand Ceremony, but also not the one writing about their own kid.)