2016 AAP admissions Thread

[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 yes, I'm sure your kid will have no chance now of getting a good education because a "borderline kid" got in. It's all over now. Better start looking at private schools!

To everyone else receiving letters today....good luck.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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.

+10000

[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.

What a bunch of crap! My now 4th grader got "borderline" scores on NNAT and CogAT and wasn't in pool. She also got a 9 GBRS. She wasn't borderline and she doesn't bring anyone down in AAP. In fact her IQ tested at 139. You people need a life.

[Anonymous]

Did anyone receive letters from zip code 20120?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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.

I'm not one of the mean spirited posters. I don't believe a kid with a borderline file will bring the AAP class down. I also don't believe most kids need AAP (and my own kid has a 145 IQ, so I think I feel pretty confident I'm entitled to state that opinion.) That said, there is no question the file we're talking about WAS borderline and I could understand parents of kids with seemingly stronger non-borderline files being upset their children weren't admitted.

[Anonymous]

Could people offline any discussion of the merits of particular decisions to a different thread? It would be helpful if this thread was kept as a statistical thread of acceptances and denials. Thanks.

[Anonymous]

No letter yet at 22043...
Good luck to all and...if your child did not get in and you know he/she would be happiest in an AAP class, do appeal or try again next year--you know your child better than anyone. BTW, how does everyone seem to know the GBRS score...our schools don't share that info with us (I don't think).
I just wish Fairfax would fix the FCPS funding so all the great teachers would stop leaving to work elsewhere; this teacher attrition is slowly hurting our gifted programs. (sorry, off-topic)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No letter yet at 22043...
Good luck to all and...if your child did not get in and you know he/she would be happiest in an AAP class, do appeal or try again next year--you know your child better than anyone. BTW, how does everyone seem to know the GBRS score...our schools don't share that info with us (I don't think).
I just wish Fairfax would fix the FCPS funding so all the great teachers would stop leaving to work elsewhere; this teacher attrition is slowly hurting our gifted programs. (sorry, off-topic)

You have to ask your AART for the GBRS. It is your right as a parent to know. Schools can't withhold that information.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No letter yet at 22043...
Good luck to all and...if your child did not get in and you know he/she would be happiest in an AAP class, do appeal or try again next year--you know your child better than anyone. BTW, how does everyone seem to know the GBRS score...our schools don't share that info with us (I don't think).
I just wish Fairfax would fix the FCPS funding so all the great teachers would stop leaving to work elsewhere; this teacher attrition is slowly hurting our gifted programs. (sorry, off-topic)

You have to ask your AART for the GBRS. It is your right as a parent to know. Schools can't withhold that information.

Another one in 22043 without a letter. Yes, ask the AART for the package submitted to the selection committee. We asked ours and she sent the package home with our child the next day. (it was in a sealed envelope - our child has no idea about the AAP process). We are at Shrevewood.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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.

+100
Please leave the comments out.

[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.

Or perhaps this is a made up post designed to stir things up.

Or maybe this poster is from one of the pyramids that qualifies very few kids for AAP.

Who knows?

[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.

Or perhaps this is a made up post designed to stir things up.

Or maybe this poster is from one of the pyramids that qualifies very few kids for AAP.

Who knows?

Oh please! Can you all stop? Nobody will post their kids scores unless the scores are in the high ends. We simply want to know the statistics of those INs and Nots in this thread, right?

[Anonymous]

NNAT 125
CoGAT 125
GBRS 16

In

[Anonymous]

People need to understand that these numbers are only a piece of the file, whether in or not. There is a whole lot we can't share on here so you can't really make much out of these score postings. It's not apples to apples. You can get an idea but if someone has scores higher who doesn't get in or scores lower who does, you have no idea what the rest of the file looked like to get your panties all in a bunch.

[Anonymous]

Finally got a mail in 22033.
In. Good luck to others too.