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It's a long standing pattern. There are always the outlier kids who are clearly gifted and not admitted. Why? Because those kids are great kids who will be successful anywhere and everywhere. Other gifted kids might not be. This is my theory, you may have a different one.[/quote]
It actually isn't a longstanding pattern.  If you look at previous admission threads, the scores seemed to carry much more weight than they do now.  Also, in the past, quite a lot of people got in without submitting anything at all.  Nowadays, you need a full packet, because the committee wants all of the extra 'holistic' stuff.  In the past, a 130+ WISC was almost a guaranteed IN on appeals.  Now, it's really dodgy.

My theory is that FCPS has become hyper aware of prepping, privilege, and the racial/economic gaps in the program, and they're doing a lot of weird social engineering when they make their AAP decisions.  I think they make weird guesses from their 10 minute glance at the packet as to whether they think the kid was prepped or is just the product of hyper-involved parents + tons of enrichment.  I also think that any parent who is clever can carefully craft an appeals letter to present any bright, somewhat advanced kid as "needing AAP."[/quote]

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