2017 AAP Admission Thread

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Not PP but it is very center specific. Our school has a "robust" local level IV but we sent our 3 kids to the center- best decision ever. Go to the open house, ask questions, keep an open mind. Frankly- that whole "keep your kid next to the neighborhood" is just not applicable in many cases. First of all, our local level IV is clicky - so was glad to get away and relieved that the center was NOT clicky. I can brush it off, but it transcended to the kids and it was just a mini high school in the making. We live in a neighborhood zoned to local level IV base and friendship-wise it made NO difference. They play and are friends with everyone. I am sure someone will pipe in on the cons of going to a center but this has been our very consistent positive experience (parents and kids).

Thanks a lot. Did you visit both open houses? How did you find out about the clicks in the base school. We are also moving, so our school will be new.

My older son attends a Level IV center. It happens to be our base school. I can say that it has more academic type extracurricular activities than other neighborhood schools. I cannot imagine picking a base school over the center as the kids have more peers. Doing things like Odyssey of the Mind, Math Olympiad, computer programming, and musical theater has added to the school experience.

[Anonymous]

I haven't gotten the results yet but I'm def choosing the base. Our school has a local level 4 and child is happy at base. Yes, the added extracurriuclars sound nice but who knows if they fit in the schedule with the delayed school start and the sports schedule we currently have.

[Anonymous]

Another 20171 resident, got the letter for our 2nd grader over the weekend. We'll go to the open houses but we are leaning toward staying at the base school. We like the current school (and we have a kindergartner there as well) so a move to the center would mean either moving both of them or splitting them up.

[Anonymous]

Do they also send letter if you did not get in? DS is not in pool and did a parent referral, so we were wondering..

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do they also send letter if you did not get in? DS is not in pool and did a parent referral, so we were wondering..

Yes. And if your child isn't found eligible you'll get information on how to appeal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do they also send letter if you did not get in? DS is not in pool and did a parent referral, so we were wondering..

Yes. And if your child isn't found eligible you'll get informationn on how to appeal.

Thank you PP

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am starting this thread in advance of the AAP acceptance letters that are going out this week. (In another thread, one family already received their letter.)

When you receive your notifications, please provide the following below. Good luck!

NNAT
Cogat
GBRS
In or Not ?

NNAT 126
Cogat 140
GBRS 12 (ability to learn 4 but motivation a 2)
IN
22153

[Anonymous]

NNAT 105
CoGat 136
GBRS 13
IN

[Anonymous]

NNAT - 132
CoGat - 128
GBRS - No clue, didn't ask
22181
IN

[Anonymous]

What? It's not like anyone is betting on their kids acceptance (at least I hope not!). I don't think a set of numbers quantifies anything about my kid except whether or not they were AAP eligible this year.

I found the reporting of scores from last year's thread to be helpful to us in deciding how we proceeded with our kid's application. I'd imagine they're also helpful to people considering an appeal. (Our approach was that if DC got in, they got in, but we did not plan to appeal. If this helps someone who feels differently, I'm happy to throw in some data.)

If you don't like the information, stay out of the thread. It's pretty clear from the title what it's about.

[Anonymous]

Would it be too to arrange WISC IV for appeal now?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Would it be too to arrange WISC IV for appeal now?

No-did your child not get in?

[Anonymous]

NNAT-98
Ffx Cogat-120
GBRS-no idea
Admitted

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Would it be too to arrange WISC IV for appeal now?

It's not too late, the testing places expect there to be a huge demand during this period and will work to get the results to you before the deadline (I expect all this, I don't have any personal experience, I do know that at GMU, the graduate students seem to be the ones performing the tests, and so there are plenty of slots available)

[Anonymous]

My child received her acceptance today as well. We just moved here this year, so no Naglieri. Cogat was 128 (I think). Her teachers recommended her. Since we moved here, I've met a lot of children whose parents pushed so hard for their hold to get into this program. Many of these kids are so full of themselves (probably from well-intentioned parents who have told their precious ones how smart they are). Honestly, I don't know if I want my child surrounded by this. We may opt out. Please consider teaching your children humility along with math and reading skills.