<p>I landed yesterday from Chicago. I LOVED the city. While i was there i visited The Latin School and the Lab School. I was wondering if anybody knows how selective the schools are. The interview was weird. Mine lasted 5 minutes and i sat outside on the carpet. My ISEE was 97 verbal, 97 reading, 87 quantitative reasoning, and 98 mathematics ability. Is that good enough to get in there? The process is very different from BS. Also, i took a test for the Fenwick School in Oak Park. Does anybody know how the HSPT is graded. Has anybody ever applied to a Catholic Private Day School? The packet that i received said that i would hear the admissions decision on Feb. 15. Will i receive the score earlier? Will i ever know my score? </p>
<p>Sorry for bombarding you with questions but i need answers. </p>
<p>I'm sorry I can't help you, but I just wanted to say that I love Chicago too. It is a wonderful city with great (and safe) public transportation. I'm glad you liked it and it sounds like it will be a nice option for you if the boarding schools don't work out.</p>
<p>My son's scores on the HSPT were higher than the ISEE. Although he did prep a little for the HSPT, but not the ISEE. Looking at your ISEE scores, I would anticipate that your HSPT will be at or near the top of the range. </p>
<p>To my knowledge, the HSPT will not send the scores directly to you. In my son's case, he applied to two Catholic day schools. Both schools sent him a report of the HSPT scores along with a letter offering a merit scholarship. It was a boost for his confidence and also for my wallet! Funny thing though... The format of the HSPT test result reports from each school was quite different.</p>
<p>Yeah, Chicago is a great city. Sort of like a cleaner safer Manhattan. Thanks for the advice and welcome to CC Old School. The test (HSPT) is very different from the SSAT and ISEE so it is no surprise that the score card was different.</p>
<p>My previous post wasn't very clear. What I intended to say is that a single HSPT test was taken and the results were sent to two schools. HSPT did not send the results directly to my son, but each school did. The reports that he received were not in the same format. One report was much more detailed and included sub-scales. However, the bottom line was exactly the same on both reports.</p>
<p>Hey, I applied to Catholic day school and took the HSPT. I'm happy at the school now. Don't worry they're easy. They were kind of fun-well not really but, you know.</p>
<p>As someone who used to go to Lab and had lots of friends at Latin and Francis Parker, I can say that none of those schools were too hard to get in to. That said, the fact that they're all K-12 would make admission for someone your age harder than it was when I applied as a first grader. =D</p>
<p>I'd presume that you know this, but Lab is known as the hardcore math/science place, Parker is known as the humanities school, and most Latin students just hate their school. Of course, these are stereotypes, but they certainly point to some subtle differences which are very real. While Fenwick is a good school, I think many people would certainly consider it to be a tier lower than Lab, Latin, Parker, the best city magnets, and a few of the best suburban schools (including New Trier, my own current school).</p>