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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Don't listen to these naysayers. My kid had a 118 CoGat and got in because she's a lover of learning, creative, and a very hard worker. Prep for the CoGat and he'll get a good score and a good GBRS if he loves learning and works hard. He totally belongs in AAP. [b]Very few kids are actually gifted in AAP.[/b] They are just smart, and so is your kid. [/quote]

This is inaccurate.  The scores tend to be clustered with the mean score a few points above the cutoff point of 132.  Yes some kids do get admitted with lower scores but it's not accurate to say that very few kids are 'actually gifted.'[/quote]

CogAT and NNAT aren't IQ tests, so a 132 score doesn't imply that the IQ would be in the gifted range.  Also, the tests are normed assuming no prep, but many people in this area are earning inflated scores from prepping.  About 10% of FCPS kids score 132 or higher per local percentile rankings.  After you account for prepping, a smaller percentage of the kids have a true score of over 132, which still doesn't mean IQ over 132.

Even if we assume this area has twice as many gifted kids as the national average, then 4-5% of the kids would be gifted.  AAP accepts 20%.  I think it's absolutely fair to say that only about  20-25% of the kids IN AAP are gifted, and the rest are bright, high achievers.  [/quote]

Lol

I could have told PP that she'd get pushback.  Throughout DCUM and even or especially on the AAP forum, mentioning giftedness is unacceptable.[/quote]

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