145 NNAt

[Anonymous]

132 is in the nationally normed top 2%. The national norms are from kids who’ve never seen the types of problems in the NNAT - meaning they’re very dissimilar from the heavily prepped FCPS kids.

[Anonymous]

Not all FCPSers prep for the test. That's not a thing where I live. My kid scored a 132 never having seen an NNAT sample problem, and got into the same program as prep-n-workbookers.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Your kid is probably the kind who can become a good surgeon one day.

Neighbor’s kid is probably the kid who creates the new surgical technique to be learned by millions and will change countless lives.

Out of the box thinker.

Agree. They both sound like great kids.

No question. I’m the one who gave the example. Op seems to think that because her child is more the typical work hard and seemingly gets results kind of kid, her kid is more deserving of the program. He is not. Aap admittance could be solely based on grades, dras, etc., but they aren’t.

I’m not op, but I didn’t read anywhere where she said her kid is more deserving because he works harder. She was just concerned that her kid makes it to ap.

132 is still the top 2% of the population. NNAT is a screener so to speak. A complete IQ test will give op the answer as to her child’s true intelligence. There are plenty studied that point out that for high IQ kids the nnat/CogAT correlation to IQ scores is not close to 1. So, kids IQ could be 150 and NNAT still be 132.

Op, good luck. I hope your child gets in. If he doesn’t, appeal.

She implied the neighbor’s kid was less deserving:

Neighbor’s kid always seems less then stellar but somehow got NNAT of 145, does bare minimum to get by and focuses more on sports etc. My kid loves school, works his butt off, does tons of extra science classes after school and I think aap would be good fit but he only got a 132. Will committee take this into effect or will slot go to someone like neighbors kid?

Then after the bolded part above, her son works his butt off and loves school. The word “somehow” alone shows she doesn’t think the other kid “deserved” a high score.

Well OP can clarify, but I personally just read the words of a stressed parent starting to feel insecure about her child’s standing in the whole process. She was probably certain that her kid was superior intelligence wise, then realized that hard work sometimes can’t compensate for the difference in intelligence (which by the way, her kid is also very intelligent, just not as much as the neighboir's kid according to NNAT.)

I think an anonymous forum gives some room for honesty. People being vulnerable doesn’t mean they’re snarky.

But, there is no reason for us to argue about it.

Even assuming this is true, it's not great that OP's response to this perceived "threat" is to start negatively commenting on another child and trying to get people to agree with her that her kid is more "worthy" of AAP. That's worthy of self-reflection so that it doesn't become something her learn by watching. It's the kind of thinking that drove the Texas cheerleader mom to order a hit.

[Anonymous]

My kid was your neighbors kid. Currently playing college ball at a T10 STEM university and rocking it. Guess what - he was in AAP and continually got "behavior" write ups/conferences. And no, he was not ADD/ADHD - just bored. You do your kid and let your neighbor handle theirs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Your kid is probably the kind who can become a good surgeon one day.

Neighbor’s kid is probably the kid who creates the new surgical technique to be learned by millions and will change countless lives.

Out of the box thinker.

Actually, neither outcome is remotely likely.