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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To answer the OP's question...  (without debating AAP itself!) Yes, absolutely.  It definitely couldn't hurt, especially as it sounds like you are set on getting in.  If the scores are lower, you just don't submit them.  As another poster said, also retake the COGAT for free, which a lot of kids do.  Request from your AART now, so it's on the calendar.  It's a new application each year with a new appeal allowed each year, which is not clearly communicated.  My daughter's test scores were VERY high, and she only got in for 3rd grade on appeal with work samples, so search for the work sample recs here and spend some real time on those between now and Dec deadline. You can talk to the AART and teacher and have them send home copies of the LIII work, which you can always redo/ add at home with additional time.  If nothing else, you'll know what's being collected/ submitted and where your student might have gaps to fill.[/quote]

OP here - I don't think we need to retake the COGAT, the scores on both NNAT and COGAT match up with what other people have posted their children got into AAP with. I really think it was the HOPE and I truly didn't understand the HOPE ratings based on feedback we've received from teachers in the past. All I can imagine is my child was new to the school and the HOPE was submitted so early that the teacher just didn't know the children well at all yet, which also meant that the work samples submitted from the school were pretty awful (the ones we submitted from home were better, but your'e right, I need to do some research into what's considered more acceptable).[/quote]

Hi again.  [b]All of the HOPE scores are generated in Oct, for all kids, not just yours.  [/b]So, your teacher didn't really know any of the children super well.  My child had a low HOPE score in leadership, despite my telling the teacher at our conference that 4 of the girls in the class pulled her aside in a planned, collective attack to tell her that they didn't want to be her friend. The teacher didn't change the score, despite the documented bullying.  My un-prepped daughter had a 160 NNAT, 153 COGAT (no I'm not a troll) and was found NOT eligible by the AAP committee in the nominal application.  So, when I say it couldn't hurt to retest w/ some prep, I mean it.  You can't control the HOPE, but you can prep for the COGAT/ WISC and work samples. With our overwhelmed teacher, my daughter's original work samples weren't great. She was able to produce far superior work on her own at home and got in with those on appeal.[/quote]

You're wrong - our HOPE form was dated February. [/quote]

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