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[quote=Anonymous]Remember that the kids your asking about would have been judged by a different standard for AAP b/c 10-15 years ago it was a much smaller segment of the student population.  But just for fun, I'll repeat a story I've told on here before....

Child of smart parents (my coworker) did not get selected (must have been around 2000-2002).  The mother (my co-worker) did not push it.  He was at a school that typically scores a "2" on Greatschools.org if that tells you anything.  Went on to MS at a school in Alexandria that is not well-regarded on this forum (but totally a "5" on Great schools).  Kid loved this MS, however, he got into TJ!!!  Went on to Cornell.  His younger sister I believe DID get into AAP and then followed the same path.

My child is only in 3rd grade, just missed the cutoff last year b/c of a change in which kids were "in pool."  She lost a lot of friends to AAP, but is fine.  Takes Adv. Math at base school.  Don't know if she'll grow up to be successful, but I really think success is more about internal characteristics than pedigrees.  That's just what I've seen.[/quote]

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