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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]NNAT: 141
COGAT: (V / Q / NV / Composite) 132/133/115 Composite 130 
GBRS: (#Consistent / #Frequent / #Occasional) not known yet
In-Pool: (Y/N) : N
Parent Referral: (Y/N): Yes with several work samples 
WISC: NO 
Zip Code: 22043
AAP Decision: (IN / NOT IN) - NOT IN

Absolutely crushed here. Our older son got in with lower test scores. Our son is not challenged now and he has been going to Mathnasiumn for enrichment.

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I'm not usually one to yell "appeal!", but I would appeal this one.  And I would definitely want to see the GBRS.[/quote]

Additional information, this is his second year applying. Our AART teacher said that nothing in his packet was too different from others that did get in except his original CoGAT scores from applying in 2nd grade were a bit too low (118). Could have been a bad day, who knows! His NNAT-2 was 123 which was 92%. His GBRS was decent at 10 nothing stellar but nothing that should exclude him. He is a shy and a reserved kid at school. He had letters from music teachers and sports coaches. Submitted some self-driven science experiments he conducted. Nothing spectacular but definitely showed independent work and curiousity. We helped compile the projects in a format for submitting extra work samples but I wanted to be sure that it didn't look like the parents did the work...because we didn't! But I fear that work samples that other students submit may have been strongly guided by adults and we refused to do that.

So this time applying in 3rd grade for 4th grade AAP, we got him retested for both NNAT-3 and CoGAT and that is where his scores are now 141 (99%) and 130 (97%), respectively. I can't imagine his GBRS score being any worse than last year. He does very well in school with mostly 4 and very few 3s and he does level III enrichment. His teacher always says he is doing well and is a great student. But he is a first year teacher too so maybe he isn't familiar with this whole AAP process?  My son has been going to Mathnasium and Reading and Writing Tutors for enrichment and to prepare him for AAP curriculum. He has worked his butt off this past year with barely any complaints of all the extra work he does compared to his peers. We haven't told him the outcome yet because we don't know how to tell him that all that hard work didn't get him into AAP.

I know in the grand scheme of things, this is going to be a minor blip and hopefully it drives him to work even harder to prove "them" wrong. He is a great kid with a huge heart and tries so very hard. Just a tough pill to swallow as an 8 yo. Life isn't fair all the time. I just didn't want him to learn this lesson so early...

Sorry, but the committee believes you prepped.  The jump in NNAT scores screams it.

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