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[quote=Anonymous]Our daughter was in the pool two years ago, and we hadn't even HEARD of the pool or how the the whole GT system worked.  I couldn't have told you what AAP was before we got that letter.  Anyway, I asked our school AART (I think that is right?) what sort of things we should submit for work, because her daughter was in my daughter's class, and she said that she wasn't bothering to submit anything other than the parent form, because the teachers would submit work samples.  We decided to do the same thing.

Well, the blizzard of 2010 hit, and that was right around the deadline for Parent submissions.  It was such a crazy time that we actually FORGOT to send in our parent form.  They got nothing from us at all.  April rolled around and she was accepted with no issues.  So basically, our daughter got in with exactly zero help from us.

Now, I am not sure that I recommend our absentmindedness as a good plan.  As it got closer to when the letters would be mailed, I started thinking that if she didn't get in, it could be OUR fault for not submitting that form, and I think I might have felt pretty guilty if she hadn't.

Either way, I wouldn't put too much effort into work samples, because I just can't imagine that the committee puts that much trust in them.  If they come from the school, they know the work is completely that of the student.  When they come from a parent, who knows what other involvement there has been.  Just my opinion, though.

BTW.....My daughter is doing just fine in the program two years later.  She can hang with the rest of her peers academically, and she loves her class.  We also happened to attend a school with an AAP program, so she didn't even have to switch schools. [/quote]

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