2016 AAP admissions Thread

[Anonymous]

I have heard anecdotally that high percentage of kids getting level 2 services in second grade get in to AAP level-4. I know this info is provided by school to central committee. Any experiences to confirm this? It's true with my child.

[Anonymous]

Will FCPS send a letter either way? Just curious as we have not heard yet. 22003.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Cogat 128
NNAT 118
GBRS 11

IN!!!!!!!

No sour grapes here and not trying to blunt someone else's celebration, but how was this child accepted?

- Borderline Cogat (not even in the pool, right?)
- Low NNAT
- Borderline GBRS (<12)

Really makes me wonder about FCPS's admission criteria.

Maybe he/she had a strong packet. Excellent work samples, strong recommendations and certificates, strong parent referral. You have no idea. NNAT, CogAT and GBRS are only a part of the packet.

Recommendations are subjective (as is the GBRS - though in this case the GBRS was not high)
Certificates at this age are pretty bogus
Work samples could be altered - unless submitted by the teacher
(Just playing the devils advocate ..... )

Wow y'all are mean. You know nothing about this child or parents, yet are accusing someone of ALTERING work samples? And what difference does it make to you who is admitted?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Cogat 128
NNAT 118
GBRS 11

IN!!!!!!!

No sour grapes here and not trying to blunt someone else's celebration, but how was this child accepted?

- Borderline Cogat (not even in the pool, right?)
- Low NNAT
- Borderline GBRS (<12)

Really makes me wonder about FCPS's admission criteria.

Maybe he/she had a strong packet. Excellent work samples, strong recommendations and certificates, strong parent referral. You have no idea. NNAT, CogAT and GBRS are only a part of the packet.

Recommendations are subjective (as is the GBRS - though in this case the GBRS was not high)
Certificates at this age are pretty bogus
Work samples could be altered - unless submitted by the teacher
(Just playing the devils advocate ..... )

Clearly the committee disagrees with you. Good thing you're not on it!

[Anonymous]

[quote=Anonymous]Will FCPS send a letter either way? Just curious as we have not heard yet. 22003.[/quote]

Yes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Cogat 128
NNAT 118
GBRS 11

IN!!!!!!!

No sour grapes here and not trying to blunt someone else's celebration, but how was this child accepted?

- Borderline Cogat (not even in the pool, right?)
- Low NNAT
- Borderline GBRS (<12)

Really makes me wonder about FCPS's admission criteria.

Maybe he/she had a strong packet. Excellent work samples, strong recommendations and certificates, strong parent referral. You have no idea. NNAT, CogAT and GBRS are only a part of the packet.

Recommendations are subjective (as is the GBRS - though in this case the GBRS was not high)
Certificates at this age are pretty bogus
Work samples could be altered - unless submitted by the teacher
(Just playing the devils advocate ..... )

How do you alter art work? Writings? How do you alter work samples?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Cogat 128
NNAT 118
GBRS 11

IN!!!!!!!

No sour grapes here and not trying to blunt someone else's celebration, but how was this child accepted?

- Borderline Cogat (not even in the pool, right?)
- Low NNAT
- Borderline GBRS (<12)

Really makes me wonder about FCPS's admission criteria.

Maybe he/she had a strong packet. Excellent work samples, strong recommendations and certificates, strong parent referral. You have no idea. NNAT, CogAT and GBRS are only a part of the packet.

Recommendations are subjective (as is the GBRS - though in this case the GBRS was not high)
Certificates at this age are pretty bogus
Work samples could be altered - unless submitted by the teacher
(Just playing the devils advocate ..... )

How do you alter art work? Writings? How do you alter work samples?

How many people submit the originals - don't they submit copies?
Not to mention, who knows how much help the child got with the work samples - again, unless done in class...

[Anonymous]

DS submitted 2 originals. We kept the copies. The copies weren't as beautiful. Not sure why you can't "alter" school work samples. Kids could copy other kids. I think it's an off argument. Regardless, the child got in so . . . *shrug*

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Cogat 128
NNAT 118
GBRS 11

IN!!!!!!!

No sour grapes here and not trying to blunt someone else's celebration, but how was this child accepted?

- Borderline Cogat (not even in the pool, right?)
- Low NNAT
- Borderline GBRS (<12)

Really makes me wonder about FCPS's admission criteria.

Welcome to the totally subjective world of AAP.

[Anonymous]

It's impossible to have an answer if you do not see the whole package. Works samples matter too! They are looking at DRA and also whether kids is already getting level I I.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:NNAT - 129
Cogat - 119
GBRS - 15

IN!!!!

Congrats! It only demonstrates that FCPS is not really geared to the gifted.

Yep. I don't really care what it demonstrates. I don't care if my kid is labeled "gifted" or not. I only know that my child has been bored out of her mind in school. The teachers recognized that and wrote up an amazing GBRS and helped me to select work samples that demonstrated her true ability. Because guess what?? 3 years of a academic performance outweighs 1 day of performance on a standardized test. Thank God the committee is smart enough to realize that!

I'm not any of the prior posters, but I have to guess you are also very relieved your child got in because no one could say that this was anything but a very borderline file the committee reviewed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have heard anecdotally that high percentage of kids getting level 2 services in second grade get in to AAP level-4. I know this info is provided by school to central committee. Any experiences to confirm this? It's true with my child.

This is my child. Received level 2 services in 1st and 2 and grade. Just accepted into level 4. No clue about %.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Cogat 128
NNAT 118
GBRS 11

IN!!!!!!!

No sour grapes here and not trying to blunt someone else's celebration, but how was this child accepted?

- Borderline Cogat (not even in the pool, right?)
- Low NNAT
- Borderline GBRS (<12)

Really makes me wonder about FCPS's admission criteria.

Maybe he/she had a strong packet. Excellent work samples, strong recommendations and certificates, strong parent referral. You have no idea. NNAT, CogAT and GBRS are only a part of the packet.

Maybe it's the school they are coming from - borderline at a bad school gets you in?

The sour grapes - and I love grape drank - is not because your borderline kid got in and mine didn't. It is because your borderline kid is in the same class as my advanced kid and will drag the class speed down.

It only seems like high SES parents think their kids are brilliant but just poor test takers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Cogat 128
NNAT 118
GBRS 11

IN!!!!!!!

No sour grapes here and not trying to blunt someone else's celebration, but how was this child accepted?

- Borderline Cogat (not even in the pool, right?)
- Low NNAT
- Borderline GBRS (<12)

Really makes me wonder about FCPS's admission criteria.

Maybe he/she had a strong packet. Excellent work samples, strong recommendations and certificates, strong parent referral. You have no idea. NNAT, CogAT and GBRS are only a part of the packet.

Maybe it's the school they are coming from - borderline at a bad school gets you in?

The sour grapes - and I love grape drank - is not because your borderline kid got in and mine didn't. It is because your borderline kid is in the same class as my advanced kid and will drag the class speed down.

It only seems like high SES parents think their kids are brilliant but just poor test takers.

Oh please, sour grapes has nothing to do with the borderline kid dragging the kid down. It's all about I hate anything that I can't take advantage of - let's keep it real, we are anonymous here.

[Anonymous]

So this well intentioned thread will now lose any value. If I was a parent who's kid got in and wasn't in-pool, I wouldn't post here. The comments are just mean and nasty for no reason. Jealousy is ugly, especially when directed at children. Worry about your own kid.