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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We have a below-cut off kid is articulate, ambitious, a hard-charger, and has a healthy self-esteem. We didn't think it was easy at all to refer him for 4th grade. We had to provide a lot of outside information like other tests and performance in other academic activities. I think what was key was that we had other sources of input outside the school.  We had a math tutor that saw great talent while the school only saw a very average kid with an attitude problem and lack of motivation to do class work. What was really important was that we got to know our kid and really examined our intent for putting him into AAP. It was never about bragging rights for us. We would have been completely happy in our base school but our kid plainly was not. All the data we submitted supports his ability to perform at an AAP level.

We have an older kid who did just find in gen ed. Now that I see the offerings for middle school, I do see that there are other opportunities for kids to excel so while it would not have been the end of the world if our rising 4th grader did not get in, our biggest worry was that the lack of challenge could really damage his morale. We did have a plan B already set up for him. [b]We planned to do all sorts of supplements and looked into other advanced academic programs like Johns Hopkins and Stanford. [/b]

DH and I have advanced degrees with successful careers but are not ivy-league people. Our  9-year old talks to us about Yale and Harvard. His goals make us a bit nervous since we are diligent but [b]not tiger parents[/b]. The best we can do right now is to at least set up a good environment for him at every stage of his development. Just remember that it's about the kid, not you. [/quote]

[b]Not tiger parents?[/b]   :roll:[/quote]

Yep we are not tiger parents. Save your  :roll:  Tiger parents are ones who will push their kids beyond limits so that they can live vicariously through their kids. It's about the parents, not the kid. Huge difference, right? We were completely fine with having a totally average child in gen ed. That's what we planned for. That's the first kid we got, but it wasn't the second kid that we have. Johns Hopkins and Stanford are one of the few schools that have advanced academic programs for kids.  We were referred to them by our kid's math tutor because the tutor was very confident that our kid would accepted. We were hopeful but skeptical.  Going through the Johns Hopkins testing was part of the data we needed to truly see if our kid was capable of an advanced program.  Our then 3rd grader scored in the 99th percentile of 5th graders in Verbal on the SCAT and also scored high enough in Math to meet their cut off. How does that make us tiger parents?  If our child wasn't capable and we pushed him and we hired a lawyer to get into AAP, then yes, that would make us tiger parents. If you define a Tiger Parent as one who diligently looks into the best interest of their kid based on substantial data, then yes, call me a tiger parent.  Johns Hopkins was a plan B in case he didn't get into AAP.  It would give us a way to supplement his learning.  The classes are online and self-paced. For the Stanford program, they have classes online that are led by an instructor. We didn't apply to the Stanford program but they do use the same admissions test that Johns Hopkins uses.  Bottom line is knowing that AAP isn't everything and there are many other opportunities to explore.

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