TIP Final Results
Duke University’s Talent Identification Program (TIP) Seventh Grade Talent Search is the largest program of its kind in the nation. More than 64,000 seventh grade students took college entrance exams through the Duke Talent Identification Program (Duke TIP) in late 2012 and early 2013. The Seventh Grade Talent Search identifies academically talented seventh graders based on standardized test scores achieved while attending elementary or middle school. Candidates are invited to take the ACT or the SAT college entrance exam. This allows them greater insight into their academic abilities. Participants also gain valuable benefits and have access to unique resources for gifted students.
In the fall of 2012, 33 Harding students qualified for the TIP and in the spring were given the option of taking either the SAT or the ACT. Of those who chose to participate in the testing, 21 qualified for state recognition putting them in the 36 percent of all talent search participants invited to attend a state recognition ceremony. Tennessee winners will attend a ceremony at Vanderbilt University. Twenty-one of these Harding students met the admission score criteria for Duke’s Summer Studies camps. Only three percent of all talent search students qualify for the Grand/National recognition ceremony. Four Harding students qualified for this honor and they will be honored at the ceremony on the campus of Duke University.
Ben Ambrose – state
Betsy Beuter – state
Shayna Beyer – state
Mia Boero – state and national
Mimi Bond – state
William Bradshaw – state
David Brooks – state
Owen Burns – state
Jake Ferri – state
Jackson Long – state and national
Kate Mabry –state
Michael McGuire – state
John McKee – state
Meredith Miller – state and national
Clay Mudter – state
Eliza Ossolinski – state
Scott Portis – state
William Sell – state
Carter Smith – state
Denee Stewart Freeman – state and national
Emily Trichel – state
To put the Harding student achievements in perspective with regard to national percentile rankings of juniors and seniors in high school taking the ACT and SAT, a state recognition puts a qualifier at approximately the 50 percent national percentile ranking, and a grand/national qualifier at approximately the 90 percent national percentile ranking.
In Tennessee, the average ACT score of high school graduates in 2012 was 19.7. The average score for those seventh grade Harding students taking the ACT in 2012/13 was 20.4.
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