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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Principal placement means nothing. It just means you donated money to the PTA. Or ran their fundraisers. [/quote]

This is really what I have observed.[/quote]

Nope; when the teacher recommends it and the committee overlooks it. The student has a path into AAP.

Both paths have merits - committee does not hold grudges and the teacher sees the student first hand. [/quote]

I think there's a little of both (the appeasing of the type-A parents who demand inclusion - sometimes backdoor through PTA involvement/influence), as well as the missed merit based inclusion due to the admissions variability (the bottom tier of AAP is truly indistinguishable from the top tier of Gen Ed).

The fact remains that it's not a consistently reliable path, depending on availability, center-school status, test scores, future enrollments, graduation to middle school, etc...  To the OP's original question, there is no difference if you were not going to transfer to the center school - you don't have that option.  It's the same curriculum either way, but center schools tend to have more students and a higher bar amongst the admitted students to allow for an even faster pace or more depth (as well sometimes a higher level of competition which can be good or bad).  
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