2017 AAP Admission Thread

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

PP. Ok, thank you. Do you recommend sending just the WISC alone or also sending work samples and letters of recommendation and all of that, as well? The psychologist did offer to write a letter of recommendation, which was very kind. What did you do on the appeal?

I'm not the PP but I would send as much in as you can. Prove your point as strongly as possible.

[Anonymous]

I posted much earlier in the thread my admitted child's relatively low test scores. Found out the GBRS was a 14. So a highish GBRS does seem to weigh more than lowish test scores.

[Anonymous]

Just now seeing that there is a forum for AAP. We received a letter that our daughter was admitted to Level IV at Stratford Landing. 22308. We just got home from the orientation. Our school is a center, so she won't have to switch.

I have no idea what her scores were, and frankly, was clueless about AAP. She did receive all 4s, two 3s on the report card we just received. Now I realize what a big deal it is.

I suck as a parent. I seriously had no idea about AAP or how it worked.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just now seeing that there is a forum for AAP. We received a letter that our daughter was admitted to Level IV at Stratford Landing. 22308. We just got home from the orientation. Our school is a center, so she won't have to switch.

I have no idea what her scores were, and frankly, was clueless about AAP. She did receive all 4s, two 3s on the report card we just received. Now I realize what a big deal it is.

I suck as a parent. I seriously had no idea about AAP or how it worked.

But I didn't make a difference, right? Go easy on yourself

[Anonymous]

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just now seeing that there is a forum for AAP. We received a letter that our daughter was admitted to Level IV at Stratford Landing. 22308. We just got home from the orientation. Our school is a center, so she won't have to switch.

I have no idea what her scores were, and frankly, was clueless about AAP. She did receive all 4s, two 3s on the report card we just received. Now I realize what a big deal it is.

I suck as a parent. I seriously had no idea about AAP or how it worked.

But I didn't make a difference, right? Go easy on yourself

This seems kind of suspect. First, you had to know your child received first and second grade testing. You never thought to find out what it was about? Second, there are announcements EVERYWHERE (school's PTA weekly newsletter, principal's newsletter, etc.) re: the AAP spiel from the AART. Third, if your child had high scores, you had to receive a letter saying your child was in the pool. I don't buy this at all...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just now seeing that there is a forum for AAP. We received a letter that our daughter was admitted to Level IV at Stratford Landing. 22308. We just got home from the orientation. Our school is a center, so she won't have to switch.

I have no idea what her scores were, and frankly, was clueless about AAP. She did receive all 4s, two 3s on the report card we just received. Now I realize what a big deal it is.

I suck as a parent. I seriously had no idea about AAP or how it worked.

But I didn't make a difference, right? Go easy on yourself

This seems kind of suspect. First, you had to know your child received first and second grade testing. You never thought to find out what it was about? Second, there are announcements EVERYWHERE (school's PTA weekly newsletter, principal's newsletter, etc.) re: the AAP spiel from the AART. Third, if your child had high scores, you had to receive a letter saying your child was in the pool. I don't buy this at all...

NP here. But, ^^ and that kids, is how I became addicted to DCUM.

[Anonymous]

DC had NNAT 95% age Rank
and Cogat 95% age rank 127 composite
GBRS 9

what are the chances that my kid might selected to AAP program if I appeal with WISC score which he is about to take one very soon. He was not in pool with that scores. His teacher always told me that he raises his hand and answer the questions and his answers are always "correct" and she gave a GBRS of 9 is really surprising.I dint include work samples and I included one recommendation letter and certificates during parents referral.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: DC had NNAT 95% age Rank
and Cogat 95% age rank 127 composite
GBRS 9

what are the chances that my kid might selected to AAP program if I appeal with WISC score which he is about to take one very soon. He was not in pool with that scores. His teacher always told me that he raises his hand and answer the questions and his answers are always "correct" and she gave a GBRS of 9 is really surprising.I dint include work samples and I included one recommendation letter and certificates during parents referral.

If he always answers correctly, that doesn't show higher level thinking. That's what they are looking for.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just now seeing that there is a forum for AAP. We received a letter that our daughter was admitted to Level IV at Stratford Landing. 22308. We just got home from the orientation. Our school is a center, so she won't have to switch.

I have no idea what her scores were, and frankly, was clueless about AAP. She did receive all 4s, two 3s on the report card we just received. Now I realize what a big deal it is.

I suck as a parent. I seriously had no idea about AAP or how it worked.

But I didn't make a difference, right? Go easy on yourself

This seems kind of suspect. First, you had to know your child received first and second grade testing. You never thought to find out what it was about? Second, there are announcements EVERYWHERE (school's PTA weekly newsletter, principal's newsletter, etc.) re: the AAP spiel from the AART. Third, if your child had high scores, you had to receive a letter saying your child was in the pool. I don't buy this at all...

I'm not PP, but I get it. We were honestly kind of in the same boat before we got our kids NNAT scores and they were in the "very superior" (such a stupid label) range. Our older child is SPED and in general education, and I'm not sure we ever got a CogAt score for them (wasn't in 1st in public to take the NNAT). It wasn't until I was chatting with one of the older kid's SPED teachers that I made a joke about the younger one's NNAT score and she told me we needed to look at AAP. Had that not happened, we'd have gotten an in-pool letter, at which point I probably would've have looked into it, of course -- but we're a center, and it's easy to not notice the AAP stuff if you're not looking for it specifically or not at school a lot. They also do a lot of info sessions/PTA meetings at our school during the day, so I mostly ignore those announcements since they insist on having them during work hours (and I'm the primary support for our family and DH is not in tune with school stuff unless he has to be).

For us, and I know this can be unfair to the younger one, we have SO much to keep up with for the SPED kid between IEPs, additional home support for education and organization, therapy, etc. that I can't obsess over every detail of DC's education. DH and I did not grow up here, and the FCPS culture around AAP is very new and weird to us. We're happy our DC was accepted, and it sounds great for them from orientation and other resources, but we weren't obsessed with getting them in.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just now seeing that there is a forum for AAP. We received a letter that our daughter was admitted to Level IV at Stratford Landing. 22308. We just got home from the orientation. Our school is a center, so she won't have to switch.

I have no idea what her scores were, and frankly, was clueless about AAP. She did receive all 4s, two 3s on the report card we just received. Now I realize what a big deal it is.

I suck as a parent. I seriously had no idea about AAP or how it worked.

But I didn't make a difference, right? Go easy on yourself

This seems kind of suspect. First, you had to know your child received first and second grade testing. You never thought to find out what it was about? Second, there are announcements EVERYWHERE (school's PTA weekly newsletter, principal's newsletter, etc.) re: the AAP spiel from the AART. Third, if your child had high scores, you had to receive a letter saying your child was in the pool. I don't buy this at all...

I'm not PP, but I get it. We were honestly kind of in the same boat before we got our kids NNAT scores and they were in the "very superior" (such a stupid label) range. Our older child is SPED and in general education, and I'm not sure we ever got a CogAt score for them (wasn't in 1st in public to take the NNAT). It wasn't until I was chatting with one of the older kid's SPED teachers that I made a joke about the younger one's NNAT score and she told me we needed to look at AAP. Had that not happened, we'd have gotten an in-pool letter, at which point I probably would've have looked into it, of course -- but we're a center, and it's easy to not notice the AAP stuff if you're not looking for it specifically or not at school a lot. They also do a lot of info sessions/PTA meetings at our school during the day, so I mostly ignore those announcements since they insist on having them during work hours (and I'm the primary support for our family and DH is not in tune with school stuff unless he has to be).

For us, and I know this can be unfair to the younger one, we have SO much to keep up with for the SPED kid between IEPs, additional home support for education and organization, therapy, etc. that I can't obsess over every detail of DC's education. DH and I did not grow up here, and the FCPS culture around AAP is very new and weird to us. We're happy our DC was accepted, and it sounds great for them from orientation and other resources, but we weren't obsessed with getting them in.

Proves my point. You knew soon after the nnat score and you said if you hadn't know then, it would have been when in pool letters were sent. She's saying
She had no idea what the scores were and apparently no idea of in pool status. Bs

[Anonymous]

NNAT: 114

CogAT verbal: 127
CogAT quantitative: 139
CogAT nonverbal: 126

GBRS: 9

WISC-V: 136

Appeal or not?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:NNAT: 114

CogAT verbal: 127
CogAT quantitative: 139
CogAT nonverbal: 126

GBRS: 9

WISC-V: 136

Appeal or not?

I would. Especially if they did not see that WISC before.

[Anonymous]

Thanks would definitely appeal, too, if the WISC numbers are new info.

[Anonymous]

*I* would ^^. I don't even know how autocorrect picked thanks.