Thanks for posting, Midwest Dad! You always seem to have the scoop early! My dd10 didn't make the cutoff for this, but I did note that the older participants have a much higher percentage of awards, given that they need to meet fixed criteria. Something to aspire to in the future!
In fact, I am confused by the cutoff scores.
The following is quoted from NUMATS faq:
Who is invited to participate in the CTD Award Ceremony at Northwestern University?
After we analyze the test scores for all NUMATS participants who test before March, we establish the criteria for award ceremony eligibility. Invitations are mailed in late April to the highest-scoring students in grades 4 to 8, usually those who score in the top 1% for ACT and SAT and the top 2% for EXPLORE.
From
http://www.ctd.northwestern.edu/docs/ctd/StatSum2011.pdfThe numbers of test takers are:
4th Graders N=3227 3227*0.02=64 or 65
5th Graders N=4660 4660*0.02=92
6th Graders N=3477 3477*0.02=69
From
http://www.ctd.northwestern.edu/docs/ctd/acscorecriteria2011.pdfThe numbers of invited test takers for 2011 are
4th Graders 29
5th Graders 43
6th Graders 38
So I think that they only invite about top 1% for Explore test takers.
Do you think that I am right?
