Qualifying for SET

Students qualify for SET by scoring at least 700 on either the Math or Verbal (Critical Reading) SAT Reasoning Test before age 13. Students who take the SAT after their 13th birthday may qualify for SET by scoring an additional 10 points above 700 for each month or fraction of a month of age after their 13th birthday. Thus, a student who takes the SAT Reasoning Test two months and two weeks after his or her 13th birthday would qualify for SET with a score of at least 730 on either the SAT-Math or SAT-Verbal.

Students may qualify for SET by taking the SAT Reasoning Test through CTY, through another Talent Search (such as CTD, RMTS, or TIP), or on their own. We welcome international students and American students living abroad.

• Students who qualify for SET through CTY's Talent Search will automatically be invited to join SET in March of the school year in which they qualify.
• Students who qualify for SET through a Talent Search other than CTY or by taking the SAT on their own must send a copy (photocopy, fax, or pdf file) of their SAT Reasoning Test score report to SET to be invited to join. We encourage qualified students to send a copy of their SAT score report to:

Vicki Weyforth, SET
JHU Center for Talented Youth
5801 Smith Ave Suite 400
Baltimore MD 21209-3611

Fax: (410) 735-6200
Email: setcty@jhu.edu

Joining SET

To become a member of SET, a student must complete and return the SET registration materials sent with the invitation. (At this time, these registration materials are not available online.) Once we receive a student's completed registration materials, the student becomes a member of SET, with the privileges that entails:

• Guidance: SET members receive SET's publications, to help them find appropriately challenging academic opportunities, as well as individual educational counseling from the SET staff if they so desire.
• Networking: SET members can connect with other exceptionally gifted students across the country and around the world via Cogito.org's members-only forums.
• These services are free to qualified students who join SET.

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