<p>For those of you who have heard of Johns Hopkins University's SET program, how prestigious is it to qualify? I've been part of the program ever since seventh grade... but I just recently wondered about the qualification rate.</p>
<p>Hey! I went to CTY this year. :)</p>
<p>I actually don’t know the answer to that. I was in the age group of 13-14 year olds, and pretty much everybody I spoke to said that his/her SAT score was in the 1700-1800 range - this is about the 80th-85th percentile for SAT scores. But considering that these are 13/14 year olds, this is probably much higher… By the time we’re all juniors, we’ll probably be scoring 2100/2200+, so I’d say 95th-99th percentile… This may or may not be accurate; I don’t really know.</p>
<p>If I remember correctly, there have been about 4000 or so SET members since its inception in 1971. It is about 100 every year. SET will provide letter of recommendation for college admission upon request. I am not sure how much it helps.</p>
<p>SET is incredibly difficult to get into. If you qualify you are profoundly gifted and in the 99+%ile of the top 5% of the country. </p>
<p>Despite it being quite an honor, I don’t think it will help much with college admissions only because the LOR is generic and such. SET proves you have high ability on the SATs which would already be evident in the SAT scores you send to colleges.</p>
<p>Most kids (under 13) are qualified for SET with a math socre over 700 which is not that hard to do. Their SAT scores may be far below 99%.</p>
<p>I beg to differ, qualifying for SET is very challening. It is the top 1% of the top 5% in the country (.01)(.05)= .0005 meaning people who qualify for SET are in the top .05% in the country. That’s pretty impressive. If you don’t believe it, check out the link below.
<a href=“http://www.tip.duke.edu/talent_searches/grade_7/7GTSResultsSummary.pdf[/url]”>http://www.tip.duke.edu/talent_searches/grade_7/7GTSResultsSummary.pdf</a></p>
<p>Can anybody find any definitive stats on the SET program itself?</p>