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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't think my son is gifted, but he has incredible executive function skills and loves to work hard. He is a rising second grader and said school was too boring last year and he hopes it is harder next year. Over the summer, he wanted to learn 2nd and 3rd grade math, so we're currently on multiplication and division. 
I really feel like he would benefit from being in the AAP program, though his NNAT score was just around 120. What are the chances that a child that is not actually gifted, but interested in working hard and learning, can be placed in the AAP program? My older daughter has learning disabilities, so this is all new to me. 
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My two older children are merely "bright" certainly not gifted (IQs both below 120) and they are enjoying full time AAP. I can't compare with the regular 3rd grade and up but our experience is that any above average child will do fine in AAP. If you have a great base school with lots of learning opportunities and a high achieving peer group, that will probably be fine too. We didn't have that hence the push to move to the AAP center. [/quote]

Forgot to mention, they both worked through this book and scored well on the Cogat. Even getting a few more questions right is a huge increase on the test score and "prepping" absolutely inflates the scores. $15 well spent. Sorry haters.

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