Yeah, I know that dd's scores were higher within the national pool than within the seven state region that makes up RMATS last year. I don't know about this year. The # of kids taking tests through the other talent searches sounds much larger, too. In 6th grade, there were fewer than 80 kids who took the SAT through RMATS according to the into they sent us. That made for fewer than 20 kids who made the awards cut-off for RMATS in 6th grade through the SAT. Since this was the first year following a grade skip for dd, we weren't too surprised that she didn't make it this year.
