What IQ does your AAP-accepted child have?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:120. Never did get the Cogat score. Accepted, did fine -- all As for years.

See. Here is another one.

Mom of 120 --- completely true. Sorry if your genius at 140 did not make the cut off.

[Anonymous]

Let's keep in mind that AAP is called AAP now and not GT for a reason.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Let's keep in mind that AAP is called AAP now and not GT for a reason.

You are correct.

During the course of the GTAC discussions this year, the question was raised about the
name of the program itself. We know that the State of Virginia requires Fairfax County
Public Schools to provide gifted services, but it does not designate the name of those
services. Several choices were discussed and, while some members did not support a
change, the majority of the Committee membership approved of a name change from
Gifted and Talented Services to Advanced Academic Programs. It was felt by the
Committee that this name change emphasizes efforts to put a label on the service being
offered and recognizes the academic nature of the program.

http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/30/352472.page#4489964

http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/75/293944.page#3345104

http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/357696.page#4592969

[Anonymous]

NNAT 160, CogAT 154, IQ 157, also Davidson YS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:NNAT 160, CogAT 154, IQ 157, also Davidson YS.

Future TJ student.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:NNAT 160, CogAT 154, IQ 157, also Davidson YS.

Future TJ student.

Not necessarily. Mine has almost identical profile and did not get into TJ.

[Anonymous]

Can't remember all scores now but there was some variation in subtests so average was about 135, with highest scores in abstract reasoning. In AAP and TJ.

[Anonymous]

147

[Anonymous]

Child was 5 when tested, so not sure how accurate it could be - average was 150. Child in high school. Doing fine.

[Anonymous]

160 and 145

[Anonymous]

No idea what the child's IQ score is.
Do people typically get their kids tested?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:NP here- come 'on- the 119 poster is one of the many AAP haters trying to bash who gets in (or make "their" point) - it's not an legit AAP mom.

BS. I hear this kind of information IRL from parents with kids in the center school and those trying to get their kids in. You can dismiss it as much as you'd like, but it's very much a fact that kids admitted to AAP don't necessarily have above-average IQs. Why would they? It's not a gifted program.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No idea what the child's IQ score is.
Do people typically get their kids tested?

I didn't get my older two tested because they got in on a parent referral. My youngest was initially rejected, so i needed to get him tested. Otherwise I would not have spent the money. I thought about getting the other two tested afterwards, but i thought it was better not to know since they are so competitive. Also, I couldn't afford to test three.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:120. Never did get the Cogat score. Accepted, did fine -- all As for years.

See. Here is another one.

Mom of 120 --- completely true. Sorry if your genius at 140 did not make the cut off.

Dear Mom of 120 -- what was your DC's GBRS?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:NP here- come 'on- the 119 poster is one of the many AAP haters trying to bash who gets in (or make "their" point) - it's not an legit AAP mom.

BS. I hear this kind of information IRL from parents with kids in the center school and those trying to get their kids in. You can dismiss it as much as you'd like, but it's very much a fact that kids admitted to AAP don't necessarily have above-average IQs. Why would they? It's not a gifted program.

A 119 is well above average, that's about about 88th percentile. Not gifted, but definitely bright. IQ > 109 is considered above average. I don't why some are surprised that kids can have higher cogat scores than IQ. The Cogat tests developed abilities, which are affected both by IQ and environment. Some kids are going to do better on the WISC, others are going to do better on the Cogat/NNAT. None of these tests are perfect and measure different abilities. Using imperfect information to make admission decisions is better than having no information at all.