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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Np here. Doesn’t that seem crazy though? How can a 99th percentile kid not get into an advanced program?   Sorry, not trying to stir the pot at all.  I have my kids in catholic elementary. Part of our decision process was that I didn’t really care for how early the AAP program starts in FCPS.  It just seems like a very young age to parse these things out. [/quote]

[b]Why? It is because 99% kids in this area are a dime a dozen.[/b] It's the same reason the top colleges reject plenty of students with perfect test scores and stellar grades. They want to give everyone a chance and so they reject some perfect students to make room for more diversity.[/quote]

They're really not, though.  99th percentile kids are still at least the 96th percentile locally for a program that takes over 20%.  There's no need to reject 99th percentile kids to make more room for diversity.  The most plausible explanation is that the selection committee is highly aware of the test prepping and are rejecting kids with 99th percentile scores that they don't think are valid.  [/quote]

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