How hard is it to get into AAP? I know nothing...

[Anonymous]

Gonna depend on your school.

[Anonymous]

It very much depends on the school. At a school with a large Asian and Indian population, it’s near impossible to get a child in unless you spend money to prep them and have them do enrichment. My child had high scores and didn’t get in.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We just purchased a house zoned for Lane Elementary. We have a one year old but are hoping that this is our "forever home" and so have no plans to move. I have heard that Lane is good from the neighbors, but the information from the FCPS Profile and Great Schools makes me nervous. I'm just wondering, how difficult is it to get into the AAP program? (We are zoned for the one at Springfield Estates). I have heard AMAZING things about it and believe that would be a very solid option for us if my daughter was ultimately admitted. Of course, I have no idea if she is gifted or not because she's one, but are we talking next to impossible, like TJ, or is it not too difficult for your average bright kid?

Any thoughts would be appreciated. Part of why I'm thinking about this now is because I'd like to know if we need to/will want to budget for private school or not.

Hi OP, Is your kid currently in AAP love a follow-up post if you are still on here!

lol! kid in college now how funny

[Anonymous]

We went to the info sessions, asked some questions, and that was it. Both kids got in with no real input from us. I wasn't sure why the schools would bother considering our opinion, of course we would have advocated for our kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We just purchased a house zoned for Lane Elementary. We have a one year old but are hoping that this is our "forever home" and so have no plans to move. I have heard that Lane is good from the neighbors, but the information from the FCPS Profile and Great Schools makes me nervous. I'm just wondering, how difficult is it to get into the AAP program? (We are zoned for the one at Springfield Estates). I have heard AMAZING things about it and believe that would be a very solid option for us if my daughter was ultimately admitted. Of course, I have no idea if she is gifted or not because she's one, but are we talking next to impossible, like TJ, or is it not too difficult for your average bright kid?

Any thoughts would be appreciated. Part of why I'm thinking about this now is because I'd like to know if we need to/will want to budget for private school or not.

Hi OP, Is your kid currently in AAP love a follow-up post if you are still on here!

lol! kid in college now how funny

Op had a 1 yr old in 2013. Kid is in middle school now.

[Anonymous]

AAP is not all that and a bag of chips. You can do better.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Gonna depend on your school.

This is also true IMO. We were at a Title 1 school with lots of English as a second language students (70%???). Our kid got in with a decent COGAT score.

Where, I am told, if we were at a non-Title 1 School, we probably would not have got in due to more competitive families.

[Anonymous]

It's not that hard. Especially from lower SES schools. You have lots of time to decide if it's a good fit for your kid!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It very much depends on the school. At a school with a large Asian and Indian population, it’s near impossible to get a child in unless you spend money to prep them and have them do enrichment. My child had high scores and didn’t get in.

100%.

[Anonymous]

My 143 Cogat kid got in. 140 Cogat sibling didn't just a couple years later. No Kumon or other enrichment for either child. Just a shift in emphasis from test scores to GBRS.
Second child was happy to stay at base school with her friends. First had most friends go on to the center, so it worked out okay for us. Still no clue why one got in and one didn't. They are both 99th percentile on all SOLs and other standardized tests (like the IAAT) so far.

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Anonymous wrote:Very difficult if you are white. They want minorities and 2E kids.

+1

They replaced the GBRS score with the DEI-slanted “HOPE” scale, to the disadvantage of white students.

From what I've seen, it's really to replace some of the minorities they feel are over-represented to minorities are under-represented. The makeup of white students is largely unchanged. At least from my anecdotal local area of sight...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Very difficult if you are white. They want minorities and 2E kids.

+1

They replaced the GBRS score with the DEI-slanted “HOPE” scale, to the disadvantage of white students.

From what I've seen, it's really to replace some of the minorities they feel are over-represented to minorities are under-represented. The makeup of white students is largely unchanged. At least from my anecdotal local area of sight...

I guess that was the intention, but I don't think there is any way to verify this. All the hard data appears to be from 2020, before they changed the process.