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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]^ PP here..I am now debating whether or not she should even attend Kilmer.  I rather have her taking Honors at Cooper to avoid the overcrowding issue at Kilmer.  AAP isn't worth it to me if it means her going unnoticed. [/quote]

Well how nice that you have a choice.  My kid is  in honors classes, not AAP, at Kilmer because it is our base school.   DC is hardly unnoticed though despite overcrowding caused by too many kids from outside the area.  Seems an odd worry.  One would think being in AAP would be enough?[/quote]

What does PP mean, "going unnoticed"?  Does this mean socially, academically, what?  [/quote]

I meant both, socially and academically.  For a child who is reserved and quite an overcrowded school would be terrible. They would get lost in the cracks[/quote]

Kilmer will have a lot of kids under any circumstances.  The only issue is how overcrowded it becomes relative to the current building capacity.  If this is a serious concern, and she's not aiming for TJ, you really might want to send her to Cooper instead.  [b] If she's aiming for TJ, Kilmer sends a lot more kids there than Cooper. [/b] [/quote]

Thank you for your reply[/quote]

Which means absolutely NOTHING in terms of your daughter's chances.  I always think this reasoning is so silly. If she's that smart she will get in from Thoreau which also offers Algebra and Geometry -- the two main classes TJ looks at.   She might even have a better chance of standing out at the school that sends less kids to TJ.   [/quote]

I think you've had this argument with another poster before, but the admissions statistics largely speak for themselves.   The vast majority of kids admitted to TJ from FCPS public schools come from the middle schools with AAP Centers, with the largest number coming from four Center schools.  Those schools also offer extra-curriculars that are not always offered at other middle schools and can help the students stand out when applying to TJ.

I'm not sure there's any evidence to suggest TJ reaches out to make sure it's admitting students from schools like Cooper and Thoreau, when all FCPS reveals year after year is that fewer than 10 students (the exact number isn't disclosed, so it could be 0-9) are admitted from those schools.     [/quote]

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