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[quote=Anonymous]You should still try to apply provided your kid has good test scores and WISC etc - nice if the scores are comfortably about the cut-off (which is usually around 132 for NNAT and COGAT).  Teacher recommendations from previous school, good grades and work samples and/or other stem activities would help (since your kid didn't have GT in elementary school).

However, I must stay it is little tricky to catchup if your kid hasn't already completed 6th grade level math in previous school as 6th grade AAP math is one full year ahead of PBL i.e., they will be covering full 7th grade math in 6th grade AAP and kids will even take 7th grade math SOL. I am not sure how advanced science and language arts are as compared to PBL class though, but AAP kids do have different teachers for all the core subjects. According to my DS, teachers in general expect more work from AAP kids and also classes are generally more competitive. The gap between PBL and AAP gradually widens from 3rd grade to MS and the later the kid enters the program, more difficult it will be to catch up.

Having said, if you think your kid has a good chance getting into 6th grade AAP, you might want to catch up on 6 grade material ahead of time in the summer. [/quote]

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