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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To capture the greatest number of kids, the top 10% is defined as an "either/or", not as an "and".  So if your kid was 10% on NNAT but not on COGAT, your kid will be in pool.  Or if your kid was top 10% in COGAT but not NNAT, kid is still referred.  Kids that are 10% in both are also captured in this manner.  [/quote]

I don't think this is correct.  I think the pool is 10% of the 2nd grade class for each school.

The central committee is the same, though.  They are supposedly comparing all student packets, in pool and referred, to each other.  It has always been debate whether or not the central committee keeps the school in mind when making their decision.  [/quote]

My kids are older and were admitted under the old system. My oldest child got into AAP from a high FARMs school with no effort from me. We moved to McLean and my second child who was stronger in every way was rejected with better scores and strong GBRS. My kids are Asian boys. I do think school matters. Race may also matter.[/quote]

School matters in that kids are explicitly compared against kids from their same school (and a nebulous "background," you decide what that means). It's in the official presentation AARTs give that they try to compare same with same. "Advanced" is determined as against similar peers.[/quote]

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