2021 AAP Admissions Thread
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Anonymous
It's ridiculous this kid with 138, 140, and WISC 99 percentile got rejected twice. It basically means the GBRS tanked it. GBRS is so subjective it pains me. The opinion of a teacher, an ARRT and whoever else on the committee first rejected this child twice, then the child got another teacher who wrote a better phrased more persuasive GBRS with higher ratings and he or she is in. The child's pure intellect (NNAT 138 is also 99 percentile) stayed the same from first grade onwards, but he only got into Level 4 in fourth grade. They really should put less weight on the subjective GBRS. |
Anonymous
+1 I'm in the group silently and patiently waiting. I have not emailed the school or freaked out here. I bet there's more of us than the ones freaking out. |
Anonymous
I am adding to my earlier post... As parents, we submitted a request for an assessment. We have one child, so we've not previously been through this process -- I came looking for dialogue on all of the possible considerations, and was a bit surprised in my read of the room. I agree that these are extraordinary times. I'd previously made peace with the possibility of not being accepted, knowing that we'd guided our child through a very scary and possibly generation-defining year -- COVID, constant news of death (and some in the hands of authorities), Capitol riots... She nearly lost her grandparents to this illness; she saw us love them into recovery. We all made it through a summer without camps -- thank goodness for blow-up pools, parks and puppies. Somehow, we navigated virtual school and changing learning platforms -- thank goodness for our teachers. We prayed that we were demonstrating resilience and resolve, but the whole time, secretly wondering if we were ruining our child. And now we're rounding a corner. And vaccinated. Light at the end of the long, dark tunnel. In all of that, I was prepared to be satisfied if she'd not been accepted. We all arrived in 2021 together. So many did not. |
Anonymous
Thank you for sharing all of that. Your kids are fortunate to have a mom with such a balanced and healthy perspective! ❤️ |
Anonymous
Would you mind sharing which school this is from? |
Anonymous
Would you mind sharing which school this is from? |
Anonymous
The majority are probably somewhere in the middle. Not “freaking out”, and yet disappointed that the Central office has handled the notification process rather poorly. We are all adults, FCPS doesn’t need someone to rationalize its poor showing here, it’s their job that they get paid for. |
Anonymous
+1 it’s also very irritating that they are so inflexible with their own deadlines for parent referrals. They expect us to be on time. And this year was a month early! And yet they can’t get their own act together to simply notify us of acceptance via email, when the committee has already met and decided in March! What is the deal?? |
Anonymous
For me, this issue is that they didn’t communicate the delay. Instead they remained silent resulting in frustration and speculation about what / when it was happening. They could have put on sentence in the newsletter that came out this week stating when results would come. That would be the professional thing to do,. |
Anonymous
I agree with you but I've read most comments here and majority of the folks just want an update or some communication as to when we can expect. The mixed responses from AARTs isn't helping. |
Anonymous
Does iready scores count? Today I received iready score of my second grader. And my DC did exceptionally well. Why GBRS is the deciding factor? |
Anonymous
No, i ready scores don’t count. Especially as they are taken virtually in your home this year where parents can assist. |
Anonymous
Unlike the GBRS score, which is largely based on work that the parent can also assist with? Oh wait I forgot the teacher can assess from 5 minutes a day of breakout groups |
Anonymous
| Good morning! I think today is the day. I hope!!!! |
Anonymous
I love you positive attitude! Fingers crossed since it is obvious they have the results and the hold up is only on the communication end! |