GT/AAP Appeals

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Has anyone ever heard of anyone who fails to "thrive" in AAP?

especially after shelling out the $450, you bet they damn well better thrive.

[Anonymous]

13:12 you are sick. That seems to be your mantra through out this forum. either you are a bitter mom without $450 to pay or an entitled mom who thinks only her kids are smart.

[Anonymous]

11:32: I will add that intelligence he helps the athlete, particularly fast processing speed, enabling them to make quick decisions. I have coached girls softball at the 8U level, and am able to predict who will get into AAP. I have been surprised once: one girl I expected to make it did not. This is out of 40 girls coached (25 now in AAP, or will be in AAP next fall).

[Anonymous]

25 out of 40. Them sounds like Fairfax County odds.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:11:32: I will add that intelligence he helps the athlete, particularly fast processing speed, enabling them to make quick decisions. I have coached girls softball at the 8U level, and am able to predict who will get into AAP. I have been surprised once: one girl I expected to make it did not. This is out of 40 girls coached (25 now in AAP, or will be in AAP next fall).

baseball is a fairly cerebral sport. the other ones for girls trying to get into colleges are soccer and crew. Well known ticket punches. You don't think they out there because they just love playing softball do you?

[Anonymous]

on my teams, they are just kids having fun, and learning to function as a team. I hope none of the 2nd graders are thinking of college.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote: research and experience shows kids reveal their smartness at different ages. why dont you let the system sort out who is smarter as they are growing in the system.

Good thing that you can try agin in 3rd 4th 5th grades for that.

the problem is they don't boot the ones out who were given the benefit of the doubt but relly haven't panned out.
You never know I guess who will do well and who won't. But the 147 WISC thing proves absolutely nothing about performance. Lot's of intelligent underachievers.

Good thing they can always go back to regular. If my kid get accepted to AAP but don't perform there, I would send them out.

I don't know why you think so, but I believe WISC means something. At least the AAP Committe believe so and that's what matters. Intelligent underachievers would get low grades on report cards, but get high scores on NNAT, CogAT, or WISC.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Has anyone ever heard of anyone who fails to "thrive" in AAP?

especially after shelling out the $450, you bet they damn well better thrive.

Uh.... any evidence those who failed to thrive are kids got in from appeal??

I think those who got in with appeal have less chance to fail because they got selected with more evidences.
More the evidence, more the chance that the evluation decision was right.

Also $450 is very small price to pay for a kid's education. Some people even send them to private schools paying thousands and thousands of dollars. You got some weird baseless opinons.

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Anonymous wrote:11:32: I will add that intelligence he helps the athlete, particularly fast processing speed, enabling them to make quick decisions. I have coached girls softball at the 8U level, and am able to predict who will get into AAP. I have been surprised once: one girl I expected to make it did not. This is out of 40 girls coached (25 now in AAP, or will be in AAP next fall).

baseball is a fairly cerebral sport. the other ones for girls trying to get into colleges are soccer and crew. Well known ticket punches. You don't think they out there because they just love playing softball do you?

Uh... with all those girls and boys playing soccer, it must be very competitivbe to get into colleges with soccer.
They better off going with volleyball handball hockey lacrosse softball something like thsoe.

[Anonymous]

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Also $450 is very small price to pay for a kid's education. Some people even send them to private schools paying thousands and thousands of dollars. You got some weird baseless opinons.

This is so true. For me, when looking at offers in other parts of the country with weak school systems, the difference in housing costs are quickly mitigated by the price of private schools.

[Anonymous]

Does anyone know when the results get mailed back to us. Is it the very end of June or earllier? Thanks

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:To the parents whose children weren't picked for G/T:

Get over it. That's life. Your child didn't make the cut. Stop reliving grade school through your children. Support them and teach them how to deal with adversity. When things don't go your way, whining and crying about it gets you nowhere.

My DD doesn't even konw if she made it or not. I haven't tell her much about it, and she doesn't even care and seems not interested. She's smart and cool.

I'm wainting [sic] for the appeal decision, then will go from there. My DD has big chance to make the cut IMO.

LOL. The statement above is what keeps the people on this thread going. What happens when your child gets a college rejection letter? Are you going to submit an appeal, too, as well as handicap your chances?

[Anonymous]

So what's wrong with it. Leave us alone, so we can keep the thread going. Don't you realize that everyone is sick of you? You only have one single opinion without any supporting fact. Did anyone lost a license because of $450? Did any kid got in with appeal cause an issue in the class? As many people suggested, get some medical help. It's better for you and your kid's life.

[Anonymous]

6:53 The decision letter will be mailed between 6/14 - 6/28. Last year, it was delivered around 6/21.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:To the parents whose children weren't picked for G/T:

Get over it. That's life. Your child didn't make the cut. Stop reliving grade school through your children. Support them and teach them how to deal with adversity. When things don't go your way, whining and crying about it gets you nowhere.

My DD doesn't even konw if she made it or not. I haven't tell her much about it, and she doesn't even care and seems not interested. She's smart and cool.

I'm wainting [sic] for the appeal decision, then will go from there. My DD has big chance to make the cut IMO.

LOL. The statement above is what keeps the people on this thread going. What happens when your child gets a college rejection letter? Are you going to submit an appeal, too, as well as handicap your chances?

WTF? Appeal process is standard procedures by the AAP Central Committee of FCPS.
I believe each college has difference regulations and policies in admissions application.
Just follow the rules of the chosen college. If the college has appeal policy, why not. You sound very dumb.