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I agree I can't speak for last year  but it was surely harder to get in this year than when my middle child got in in 2016 with Ms. Horn at the relm. She allowed for WISC's 130 and above. Now I'm seeing people with WISC 130 - 135 getting rejected. It doesn't make sense because a WISC should trump a CogAT and NNAT but this is their show so it is what it is. Looks like unless you had a 132+ in subtests you don't get in, even if your FSIQ on a WISC was 135. [/quote]

This should be good news for everyone, the kids who get in, the kids who don't get in, the parents who complain that AAP is too bloated or dumbed down. Everyone.[/quote]

Except it's not. A 135 WISC SHOULD trump a 135 Cogat. A WISC is an IQ test. CogAt is not. So this method is leaving gifted  kids out. My kid is in so I don't have a dog in the fight but it is sad that it seems this [b]adminsitration is rejecting kids with WISC 130+ who are gifted and allowing kids in with 130 CogAT who may or may not be gifted, but are clearly academically advanced (which is not the same thing)[/b] . You should not leave [b]gifted kids[/b] out of an[b] academically advanced program.[/b] As a parent with a child who is in, I want him in for the peer group. Leaving gifted kids out and filling it deprives him of those gifted peers. (I have 4 kids in the program by the way, I'm just speaking of the one who got in this year).[/quote]

Did you read your own post?
Academically Advanced and gifted are not the same thing. (agree)
The program is titled the ADVANCED ACADEMICS PROGRAM. (it's literally in the title...and was changed several years back to reflect this)

So what is your argument again???

Also, just an observation: I have a child who has been in AAP for a few years and I can tell you that she is far and above the "top performer" in her class. But she is and has always been a high achiever, intrinsically motivated, and her personality is tailor made for school success (e.g., follows the rules, does what she's asked to do and then some, and gets all excited when she is learning more about something or when a teacher is impressed by her effort.)  I'm sure there are kids who were admitted as "gifted" who are maybe outside-the-box thinkers, and some who have behavior issues because you have to find that one thing that really sparks their interest or they're not having it. Well, this program just isn't designed for that. It's just faster paced learning that requires students to do more work, dig deeper into a subject, and rewards that. At least that's what we are seeing.[/quote]

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