AAP Results: In or Not?

[Anonymous]

Got result for 22043 zip

In!

108 nnat
115 cogat

Did Wisc-V and submitted with application. Most results were in the low 120 range except VCI which was at the 99.99% range.

Surprised we got in to put in mildly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Got result for 22043 zip

In!

108 nnat
115 cogat

Did Wisc-V and submitted with application. Most results were in the low 120 range except VCI which was at the 99.99% range.

Surprised we got in to put in mildly.

Congrats! We had similar scores but didn’t get in. We are doing a WISC soon. Will see what it brings...

[Anonymous]

Boy test scores have really come way down. Hope he's going not to our center.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Boy test scores have really come way down. Hope he's going not to our center.

NP. Wow you are nasty. Hope you’re dc is a better person tha you are.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Boy test scores have really come way down. Hope he's going not to our center.

wow - this attitude is why no sane parent that had their child admitted with sub 130 scores would post them on this forum. As a result everyone is under the impression that scores trump all.

I am sure you have a high opinion of yourself - it seems pretty clear you are educated well beyond your intellect though.

I wonder if parents are less arrogant in the LLIV schools?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Boy test scores have really come way down. Hope he's going not to our center.

wow - this attitude is why no sane parent that had their child admitted with sub 130 scores would post them on this forum. As a result everyone is under the impression that scores trump all.

I am sure you have a high opinion of yourself - it seems pretty clear you are educated well beyond your intellect though.

I wonder if parents are less arrogant in the LLIV schools?

I agree with you. I posted on the other thread that my child got in with a NNAT of 127 and CogAT of 111 at my own peril. Initially I had thought her CogAT score was 127 (I got confused apparently ) and after getting the package and looking at the scores again, I thought hard about not posting here because I knew some people would be nasty. Ultimately, I decided to post and her DRA and CBRS as well because who knows, it might help someone else.

I am just glad I hadn't received the CogAT before applying because looking at these boards, I would not have.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Boy test scores have really come way down. Hope he's going not to our center.

wow - this attitude is why no sane parent that had their child admitted with sub 130 scores would post them on this forum. As a result everyone is under the impression that scores trump all.

I am sure you have a high opinion of yourself - it seems pretty clear you are educated well beyond your intellect though.

I wonder if parents are less arrogant in the LLIV schools?

I agree with this being the reason many parents might not share scores here. I’m the one who said I didn’t post my kid’s scores in the “Harder to get in AAP this year?” thread. And my kid had an in pool Cogat!

And for what it’s worth I learned that more kids were accepted this year, than last year, from our base school. Not sure what that means - if more kids happened to have higher test scores or what.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Boy test scores have really come way down. Hope he's going not to our center.

wow - this attitude is why no sane parent that had their child admitted with sub 130 scores would post them on this forum. As a result everyone is under the impression that scores trump all.

I am sure you have a high opinion of yourself - it seems pretty clear you are educated well beyond your intellect though.

I wonder if parents are less arrogant in the LLIV schools?

I agree with you. I posted on the other thread that my child got in with a NNAT of 127 and CogAT of 111 at my own peril. Initially I had thought her CogAT score was 127 (I got confused apparently ) and after getting the package and looking at the scores again, I thought hard about not posting here because I knew some people would be nasty. Ultimately, I decided to post and her DRA and CBRS as well because who knows, it might help someone else.

I am just glad I hadn't received the CogAT before applying because looking at these boards, I would not have.

Every time I see the nasty, elitist comments, I thank my lucky stars that my merely above average intelligence has at least given me the gift of humility. Going around thinking that you're above everyone else just seems like a terrible approach to finding the joy in life.

[Anonymous]

I think a lot of the people aren't intending to be nasty. They're just confused by the system. You have to admit that your children have low test scores for AAP admission. So, there must have been some other "It" factor in the application that convinced the committee to accept them. People are trying to figure out what that is. Likewise, people with very high stats who get rejected are frustrated and trying to understand what their kid seems to be lacking.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think a lot of the people aren't intending to be nasty. They're just confused by the system. You have to admit that your children have low test scores for AAP admission. So, there must have been some other "It" factor in the application that convinced the committee to accept them. People are trying to figure out what that is. Likewise, people with very high stats who get rejected are frustrated and trying to understand what their kid seems to be lacking.

Comments like "I hope your kid isn't going to my kid's school" are nasty, confusion or not. That is what I was referring to. I'm not even the poster whose child's scores are being debated here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think a lot of the people aren't intending to be nasty. They're just confused by the system. You have to admit that your children have low test scores for AAP admission. So, there must have been some other "It" factor in the application that convinced the committee to accept them. People are trying to figure out what that is. Likewise, people with very high stats who get rejected are frustrated and trying to understand what their kid seems to be lacking.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think a lot of the people aren't intending to be nasty. They're just confused by the system. You have to admit that your children have low test scores for AAP admission. So, there must have been some other "It" factor in the application that convinced the committee to accept them. People are trying to figure out what that is. Likewise, people with very high stats who get rejected are frustrated and trying to understand what their kid seems to be lacking.

I am the parent of the child with scores that posted earlier. One snarky comment doesn't deter me from sharing - just took me a bit of time to find my bearing on how to best respond in a way that is helpful.

As the earlier person mentioned - if you only read this forum you would think that one would need one or both of the cogat/nnat scores to be 130+ to get in. That is not always the case based on our experience (and a couple of other posters.) And, as mentioned earlier by someone else - these boards may not give a true overall picture.

Our DC is a bright kid. Not a genius. Bilingual with very strong verbal reasoning and comprehension skills. DRE at the max for sure (reading Rick Riordian/Mullen type books non-stop since 1st grade.) When we parent-referred we did not yet have the cogat scores. We did put together a pretty extensive package with the help of someone that had done one a previous year.

We knew NNAT was low so we got WISC done to have an additional data point and submitted with the package (not having seen advice on here that suggested keeping that for an appeal.)

We attached letters of support/recommendation from coaches/instructors in extracurricular activities (to support that DC would be able to succeed with workloads in AAP), work sample in math/writing and a very honest 1 page letter explaining why we felt regular classes were not working and why AAP would be a better fit. All to give the committee as complete and true a picture of our DC and challenges in school as we could.

While waiting for the AAP determination letter we didn't have high hopes. We assumed that there would be an initial screening of parent-referrals and that applications with scores below a certain threshold would be put in a "no" pile and not really throughly scrutinized in this round (assumed they would do the in-dept review on the appeals.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think a lot of the people aren't intending to be nasty. They're just confused by the system. You have to admit that your children have low test scores for AAP admission. So, there must have been some other "It" factor in the application that convinced the committee to accept them. People are trying to figure out what that is. Likewise, people with very high stats who get rejected are frustrated and trying to understand what their kid seems to be lacking.

I am the parent of the child with scores that posted earlier. One snarky comment doesn't deter me from sharing - just took me a bit of time to find my bearing on how to best respond in a way that is helpful.

As the earlier person mentioned - if you only read this forum you would think that one would need one or both of the cogat/nnat scores to be 130+ to get in. That is not always the case based on our experience (and a couple of other posters.) And, as mentioned earlier by someone else - these boards may not give a true overall picture.

Our DC is a bright kid. Not a genius. Bilingual with very strong verbal reasoning and comprehension skills. DRE at the max for sure (reading Rick Riordian/Mullen type books non-stop since 1st grade.) When we parent-referred we did not yet have the cogat scores. We did put together a pretty extensive package with the help of someone that had done one a previous year.

We knew NNAT was low so we got WISC done to have an additional data point and submitted with the package (not having seen advice on here that suggested keeping that for an appeal.)

We attached letters of support/recommendation from coaches/instructors in extracurricular activities (to support that DC would be able to succeed with workloads in AAP), work sample in math/writing and a very honest 1 page letter explaining why we felt regular classes were not working and why AAP would be a better fit. All to give the committee as complete and true a picture of our DC and challenges in school as we could.

While waiting for the AAP determination letter we didn't have high hopes. We assumed that there would be an initial screening of parent-referrals and that applications with scores below a certain threshold would be put in a "no" pile and not really throughly scrutinized in this round (assumed they would do the in-dept review on the appeals.)

DP, Congrats that your child got in. He/she will thrive in aap.

Frankly speaking Cogat/NNAT scores posted are one of the lowest I have since for this year. So it is surprised many going by current trend. Some would be nasty - just ignore them and some wont and will move on.

You probably didn't help your post by not posting GBRS. Perhaps it is very high and coupled with WISC it lifted your DC chance. There must be additional factor that you have not shared or not aware of.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Got result for 22043 zip

In!

108 nnat
115 cogat

Did Wisc-V and submitted with application. Most results were in the low 120 range except VCI which was at the 99.99% range.

Surprised we got in to put in mildly.

Congrats! Do you know the GBRS? We had a 127 CogAT and 133 WISC (Verbal 99%) but didn't get in. School submitted horrible work sample - worksheet with one sentence on it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Got result for 22043 zip

In!

108 nnat
115 cogat

Did Wisc-V and submitted with application. Most results were in the low 120 range except VCI which was at the 99.99% range.

Surprised we got in to put in mildly.

Congrats! Do you know the GBRS? We had a 127 CogAT and 133 WISC (Verbal 99%) but didn't get in. School submitted horrible work sample - worksheet with one sentence on it.

Ours too! I was shocked. I’m glad I did the parent packet bc what the school submitted was terrible. And we are in a Center school.