COGAT FCPS- Please let me know if he has a shot!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Anecdotally, last year there was a DCUM thread where several people said that their kid got a CogAT score of 99% and was not accepted. There is a chance your DC won’t be accepted, but most likely if they have good work samples and a good teacher recommendation, they will be in.

Thats what I'm worried about.

Why the worry with high scores? You can always see your application packet and appeal the decision.

Appealing is an additional step that probably everyone who is interested in their child getting into AAP wants to avoid.

I am not worried, DS will be fine at his base school. I know that not everyone can say that because there is no real equality in the schools. Some schools don't have advanced math until fifth grade, some schools send advanced math kids to the AAP class for math, some schools have a once a week pull out for advanced math and worksheets.

If you have a smart kid or a hard working kid who is not being challenged and you are at a school without advanced math until later or more limited advanced math, it is likely that you want your kid in AAP and you worry more.

Our base school is a very good school and we will supplement if we think that we need to. I would prefer for DS to be in AAP and have that as an option then to have to hope that the advanced math pull outs happen and that he is far more challenged then he currently is.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Anecdotally, last year there was a DCUM thread where several people said that their kid got a CogAT score of 99% and was not accepted. There is a chance your DC won’t be accepted, but most likely if they have good work samples and a good teacher recommendation, they will be in.

Thats what I'm worried about.

Why the worry with high scores? You can always see your application packet and appeal the decision.

Appealing is an additional step that probably everyone who is interested in their child getting into AAP wants to avoid.

I am not worried, DS will be fine at his base school. I know that not everyone can say that because there is no real equality in the schools. Some schools don't have advanced math until fifth grade, some schools send advanced math kids to the AAP class for math, some schools have a once a week pull out for advanced math and worksheets.

If you have a smart kid or a hard working kid who is not being challenged and you are at a school without advanced math until later or more limited advanced math, it is likely that you want your kid in AAP and you worry more.

Our base school is a very good school and we will supplement if we think that we need to. I would prefer for DS to be in AAP and have that as an option then to have to hope that the advanced math pull outs happen and that he is far more challenged then he currently is.

Our base school is good too, but they cluster the special ed kids in 1-2 gen ed classes and unfortunately, there were several major behavior problems in that class. I was so grateful to get my child out of that environment.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Anecdotally, last year there was a DCUM thread where several people said that their kid got a CogAT score of 99% and was not accepted. There is a chance your DC won’t be accepted, but most likely if they have good work samples and a good teacher recommendation, they will be in.

Thats what I'm worried about.

Why the worry with high scores? You can always see your application packet and appeal the decision.

Appealing is an additional step that probably everyone who is interested in their child getting into AAP wants to avoid.

I am not worried, DS will be fine at his base school. I know that not everyone can say that because there is no real equality in the schools. Some schools don't have advanced math until fifth grade, some schools send advanced math kids to the AAP class for math, some schools have a once a week pull out for advanced math and worksheets.

If you have a smart kid or a hard working kid who is not being challenged and you are at a school without advanced math until later or more limited advanced math, it is likely that you want your kid in AAP and you worry more.

Our base school is a very good school and we will supplement if we think that we need to. I would prefer for DS to be in AAP and have that as an option then to have to hope that the advanced math pull outs happen and that he is far more challenged then he currently is.

I am happy with our base but I have not been happy to hear about some of the issues in other grades. My son has friends with older siblings and some of what I am hearing coming out of those classes is worrisome. Then again, listening to the kid that I know in the same grade at the center his its troubling moments as well. Kid fighting at recess (strikes me as inappropriate but normal) vs kids sharing how to hack classroom computers....

Our base school is good too, but they cluster the special ed kids in 1-2 gen ed classes and unfortunately, there were several major behavior problems in that class. I was so grateful to get my child out of that environment.