Does anyone know when COGAT results come out?

[Anonymous]

Thanks! I am hoping to get this info soon so I can decide if doing a packet is worth it...

[Anonymous]

Anytime in the next 1-5 weeks.

[Anonymous]

I really wish that they would create and pin a topic for these things because people just don't search the topic.

Last year the results were early, at the beginning of Winter Break. Many years they are sent home only a week or so before the deadline. The AART at our school encouraged any interested parent to prepare a packet for their child.

[Anonymous]

If we are lucky, right before winter break.
If not, right after.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If we are lucky, right before winter break.
If not, right after.

This. I mean, 2 years ago it was just a few days before the parent referral deadline. If you would like for your child to be considered, prepare a packet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If we are lucky, right before winter break.
If not, right after.

This. I mean, 2 years ago it was just a few days before the parent referral deadline. If you would like for your child to be considered, prepare a packet.

What she said ^^. It really doesn't take too long to put together the packet. Last year we got the CogAT scores before winter break so I knew he was in the pool (barely!) and didn't worry about the referral form itself. But I did fill out the parent questionnaire and pull together some work samples to add to the packet that the school would be submitting.

I'd say if they're in the pool based on NNAT and you're feeling confident, don't worry about it. But if you think your kid is borderline, there's no harm in adding to the school packet.

FWIW DS did get in to AAP.

[Anonymous]

I wonder what the cutoff for the pool will be this year. Let me know if you hear it announced.

I have a 5th grader in AAP. When he was in 2nd grade the cutoff was 132 on NNAT or 132 Composite on the Cogat. Other years I had heard it was 132 on any Cogat section.

I have a 2nd grader now.

[Anonymous]

The AART at our school said that the cut off isn't announced but it has historically been 132.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I wonder what the cutoff for the pool will be this year. Let me know if you hear it announced.

I have a 5th grader in AAP. When he was in 2nd grade the cutoff was 132 on NNAT or 132 Composite on the Cogat. Other years I had heard it was 132 on any Cogat section.

I have a 2nd grader now.

2019 admission was 132 in NNAT or 132 in any section of CogAT, if that is helpful.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Thanks! I am hoping to get this info soon so I can decide if doing a packet is worth it...

If you think your kid is above average and/or want your kid in AAP, it's always worth doing the packet. There have been numerous posters on this forum who said that they wouldn't have applied if they had seen the CogAT scores beforehand - and their kids got accepted into AAP. The process is holistic, and kids can get in with relatively low scores if the rest of the packet is strong. Even if your kid is in-pool, it's better to give the committee more info and a more complete picture of your kid.

It only takes about 30 minutes to fill out the parent referral and questionnaire forms. I don't understand why there's so much hand wringing over whether to do them or not.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Thanks! I am hoping to get this info soon so I can decide if doing a packet is worth it...

If you think your kid is above average and/or want your kid in AAP, it's always worth doing the packet. There have been numerous posters on this forum who said that they wouldn't have applied if they had seen the CogAT scores beforehand - and their kids got accepted into AAP. The process is holistic, and kids can get in with relatively low scores if the rest of the packet is strong. Even if your kid is in-pool, it's better to give the committee more info and a more complete picture of your kid.

It only takes about 30 minutes to fill out the parent referral and questionnaire forms. I don't understand why there's so much hand wringing over whether to do them or not.

That's because some parents make it out to seem like it's a college application. Requesting multiple letters of commendation from outsiders, creating special at-home work samples, gathering "awards" their child has received. For 7 year olds...

[Anonymous]

Says here by mid-Jan., ugh.

https://www.fcps.edu/node/35370

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Says here by mid-Jan., ugh.

https://www.fcps.edu/node/35370

I wonder if it said that last year when results were mailed in December.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Says here by mid-Jan., ugh.

https://www.fcps.edu/node/35370

I wonder if it said that last year when results were mailed in December.

Yeah I wondered that, too !!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Thanks! I am hoping to get this info soon so I can decide if doing a packet is worth it...

If you think your kid is above average and/or want your kid in AAP, it's always worth doing the packet. There have been numerous posters on this forum who said that they wouldn't have applied if they had seen the CogAT scores beforehand - and their kids got accepted into AAP. The process is holistic, and kids can get in with relatively low scores if the rest of the packet is strong. Even if your kid is in-pool, it's better to give the committee more info and a more complete picture of your kid.

It only takes about 30 minutes to fill out the parent referral and questionnaire forms. I don't understand why there's so much hand wringing over whether to do them or not.

Even if the CogAT scores are in-pool, it's worth completing the parent forms and sending in any really good work samples that you have. They say that something like 30% of in-pool students are NOT accepted so it's good to have some extra info in the package.