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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] Scoring a perfect on the SAT is not going to get you into Harvard.  So, why should a high CoGat score automatically qualify you for AAP?
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It's not quite an apples-to-apples comparison.  Harvard has a limited number of spots with a vast number of perfect candidates.  AAP theoretically has unlimited slots.     There isn't a good reason to exclude kids with high CogAT scores from a program serving over 20% of FCPS students with no strict upper limit on the numbers admitted.  [/quote]

I think that at some center schools, there may really be a maximum limit. At our center school, something like 30% of the 2nd grade goes on to AAP, plus they have to accommodate the kids from the local non-center schools. And I would guess that at least 50% of our 2nd grade was either in-pool or parent-referred (based on the large crowd at AAP information night).[/quote]

But when they review the files, they aren't told "be tougher on files for this zip code' or whatever. Aren't the files all jumbled up? Or is one committee reviewing all the files for one particular area/ [/quote]

Realistically speaking there are a limited number of seats and teachers for 3rd grade AAP. Not every school has a local Level IV program. They are no bussing kids from full centers to centers with fewer kids. So Oak Hill has a limited number of spots and has to take the kids from Oak Hill, Fox Mill, and Lee’s Corner. Fox Mill does not have a local level IV program but Lee’s Hill does. The county probably has a good fix on the number of kids who move to Oak Hill each year from Fox Mill and Lee’s Hill and how many stay at Lee’s Hill. Do we honestly think that they are going to accept all the applicants who meet the criteria if there are more candidates then there are seats? It is easier to add kids through appeal or Principal placement then it is to deal with too many kids.

I have no idea how they make the numbers work but I believe, and have no evidence to back this up, that there are going to end up being different requirements for differnt centers based on the number of qualified candidates at each center.[/quote]

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