Last night's Little People

Parent Cafe
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<p>My kids did take the SATs in middle school but still had to rush about looking for the admissions ticket & ID & calculator. Both kids assured me the night before they had all their things together & were ready–still needed to stop at the store & buy a calculator en route to the exam–ARGH!</p>

<p>They finally gave up looking for the ID & said the HS faculty should know them; did bring their admission tickets. S entered the NAME in the wrong order on his test form & later had to have counselor help consolidate his records (thankfully he used right SS # on all his records). [When I called College Board, they said nothing could be done to combine the records, he’d just have 2 records forever & have to pay fees for each to get them to the schools he was interested in! That was the last time I asked the to help with a problem & decided thereafter to let the HS college counselor earn his salary instead.]</p>

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<p>You’ve got to be kidding, right??</p>

<p>…only on CC…</p>

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<p>Nope, in our area it is through the Duke Talented Program (TIP). 7th graders who score a certain percentage, over 95% on school standardized test (pre-AYP days here) are invited to take the ACT or SAT in 7th grade. Both my kids did it. Really stress-free testing experience. Based on ACT and SAT scores, Duke TIP program has national and state awards programs and then tries to get you to go their overpriced summer programs for gifted kids.</p>

<p>LOTS of 7th graders take SAT and ACT that way.</p>