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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Do you think you groomed your child for their eventual AAP admission?

-Prepping
-Creating work samples with them at home with the intent to submit them OR saving work samples for years
-Looking for potential people to write letters of recommendation well before the deadlines

Do you also think that you can help ensure your child is admitted by doing any of these things?

I have two in AAP already...but I've wondered if parents are in the know, do you think it is easier to get admission that way?[/quote]

Short answer is No.  A key component of the admission process is the child's teacher recommendation (Forget what it's called).  No amount of prep can work around this.

- Test Prep. will only help familiarize the kid with the test.  I don't think it improves results.

- Work samples - Begin gathering work samples as early as you can.  Keep an eye out for good samples of the child's work at school or home. preserve it with some notes so you can write about it.  It could be a story, ability to solve problems in pre-K, creating their own game with stuff lying around the house, etc.  Whatever you think shows extra ability.  Provide these to the teacher or include in your packet.  Don't expect the teacher to do this on your behalf.  Though most teachers are very conscientious, they have a lot of kids to think about.

- Recommendation letters - This is important.  Identify people who interact with your child on a consistent basis.  Your parents, His pre-K teacher, his coach in Robotics, Odyssey of the mind team, etc (yes, you have to have the kid be involved in one of these).

All of the above falls under "Prepping" in my opinion.    It's up to you to decide if you want to increase the level of certainty that your child will get into AAP.

AAP as it is now is not really for the smartest kids but for the most hard working. So all kids deserve a chance to be in it and it's up to the parents to make it happen..

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