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Old 01-27-2012, 04:12 PM
 
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From the FAQ section of the CATS website:

When will I receive the test results?

You will receive a summary of the test results by the second week in January if your child tested before January 1st and by the last week in February if your child tested after January 1st. No reports are mailed to parents until an application is completed at a participating school.
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Old 01-29-2012, 08:06 AM
 
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To GR (original poster) -

Following up on your Lamplighter friend's 99 waitlist -

1) There's a story of a kid with 99 overall waitlisted at two schools in DFW and rejected, now has to retake the CATS the next year over on DC urban mom's (linking it doesn't work - you have to google it).

2) Have you ever looked at who Hockaday accepts for Kindergarten?

Here's is their Sept 2009 newsletter welcoming 11 new students (entry point at Hock is pre-K).

http://www.hockaday.org/ftpimages/90...Newsletter.pdf

Alexis Cuban is Mark Cuban's daughter. Electra Ford is Gerard J. Ford's (of SMU football stadium fame) daughter. Both are billionaires - you can find out more about them on Wiki.

Out of 7 billion people in the world, there are what, 400 billionaires? Hockaday's kindergarten class is nearly 20 percent... that should tell you a lot....

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Old 01-30-2012, 09:55 AM
 
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Montessorirocks,
You're depressing me...
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Old 01-31-2012, 01:42 PM
 
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2) Have you ever looked at who Hockaday accepts for Kindergarten?

Here's is their Sept 2009 newsletter welcoming 11 new students (entry point at Hock is pre-K).

Out of 7 billion people in the world, there are what, 400 billionaires? Hockaday's kindergarten class is nearly 20 percent... that should tell you a lot....
Yes, it does speak a lot. But not the way you think.

There are 36 openings for preK. Openings to K are based on attrition and are usually 5-7. This year it was 11.

The take away is that this was entry to K after the Pre-K kids did not renew. Then, the billionaires' kids got in - in a high attrition year.

That means they did not get into Pre-K. Most of the girls join the school in PreK. That means the Pre-K was strongly merit based.

The other important point is that the presence of a few very wealthy families who then support the school means the tuition drops for everyone else, and the school can then admit high function kids from poor families on full rides as well. Thus the opportunities for all expand greatly in subsequent years.



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To GR (original poster) -

Following up on your Lamplighter friend's 99 waitlist -

1) There's a story of a kid with 99 overall waitlisted at two schools in DFW and rejected, now has to retake the CATS the next year over on DC urban mom's (linking it doesn't work - you have to google it).
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A lot of 99 kids don't get in.

IQ scores are not stable until the kids get older, and IMHO they have to be taken with a grain of salt as a high functioning kid may want to go deeper or will refuse to participate. And a number of parents prep their kids.

The CATS scores are just one step in this process. The observation and testing during observation and the parent interview all factor in.

Some kids have high CATs yet do not function during observation. They cry the whole time, hit another kid, are verbally aggressive, don't share, don't follow most instructions, are not engaged, don't show curiosity.

I also would not be surprised if the parents are not observed, either. In both observations my son has been to, in the parent waiting area, there was at least one parent or couple full of themselves - on the cell phone, bragging, etc.

And one other point, just to add some color, there are some notorious parents whose kids go to privates. The parents' professions or legal issues were not held against the kids. This is another data point that the process is close to fair as can get.
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Old 03-11-2015, 08:08 PM
 
Location: Dallas
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Originally Posted by Montessorirocks View Post
To GR (original poster) -

Following up on your Lamplighter friend's 99 waitlist -

1) There's a story of a kid with 99 overall waitlisted at two schools in DFW and rejected, now has to retake the CATS the next year over on DC urban mom's (linking it doesn't work - you have to google it).

2) Have you ever looked at who Hockaday accepts for Kindergarten?

Here's is their Sept 2009 newsletter welcoming 11 new students (entry point at Hock is pre-K).

http://www.hockaday.org/ftpimages/90...Newsletter.pdf

Alexis Cuban is Mark Cuban's daughter. Electra Ford is Gerard J. Ford's (of SMU football stadium fame) daughter. Both are billionaires - you can find out more about them on Wiki.

Out of 7 billion people in the world, there are what, 400 billionaires? Hockaday's kindergarten class is nearly 20 percent... that should tell you a lot....

Edit: Misread the post. Sorry.
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