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[quote=Anonymous]I too am a GT/AP/Ivy League kid myself. I also trend towards anxious myself. I have 3 kids and my oldest is now in AAP.  When DC1 was younger, I purposely didn't go to any AAP info sessions or learn about the tests. I theoretically do want to let my kids be their own people - they are not me. Due to my anxiety, I just didn't want to go down the learning about AAP path and feel like I "wanted" my kids to get in and that I was going to stress about it.

DC1 did not do particularly well on the NNAT and I thought, ok it looks like AAP is not happening. Our base school does not have Level IV and DH really liked the base school being so close with kids in the neighborhood, etc. and we came to an agreement that we were not going to parent refer and I really made my peace with that decision. Lo and behold DC1 did test in to the pool on the COGAT and get in. After all the good I did to temper my anxiousness before then, I really stressed until getting the decision back. And after that, I stressed about the school change.

I now see a therapist every other week for the anxiety. I decided if I'm this stressed about second grade AAP applications for my oldest, it's going to be a long road with 3 kids in school for the next 18+ years!

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