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[quote=Anonymous]We waited beacuse we wanted to get DC evaluated for a WISC to see if we should put in the referral.  We had no pre-conceived notion that DC should be referred because he was brilliant.  The Cogat scores (he missed 2 of 3 by 2 points and one by 4) pointed us to evaluate our own assessment of DC (maybe he does not need to go to GT?).  Unfortunately the WISC was scheduled in early Feb (separately documented here that appointments are hard to come by).  Only once the DC did well in the WISC did we choose to refer.  The WISC is not just evidence for the FCPS - it told us whether we should apply for DC as well.  Agreed that "late applications" should not be accepted.  But it is FCPS that determines what is late not other parents who are better off by having a smaller pool.  Also documented here - approximately 66% of the automatic pool gets selected for GT eventually and about 50% of the parent referred pool gets selected eventually.  Cannot comprehend the self-righteous anger of the posters here - tell me it is not anything but selfish! Your kids are in grade 2 - if you belive that the only way to go up is by denying fair opportunity to others than you have greater parenting challenges ahead.  All the best![/quote]

As one of the posters who disagrees with the many excuses advanced, I don't think FCPS should allow a parent to hire a private pyschologist to generate a report that supports a child's application.  I'd love to know the stats on the range of scores for these "experts."  My hunch is their scores are significantly higher than what would be expected from a pool of children who performed "below expectations" where the test conditions were fair and equal for everybody.  Allowing these students in weakens the GT program.  The admission stats cited above are from FCPS AAP, but go to fcag.org and they tell you the reall story: almost 15% of FC children are now in GT up from 5-6% in the 90's.  Are children getting smarter or are parent just deciding that they need to go all out earlier and earlier to hopefully increase the child's chances of admission to an elite university?[/quote]

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