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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think the posts on these last few pages are from, at most, two people who are spewing junk about something they know little to nothing about. Perhaps they harbor a grudge against FCPS because their special little snowflakes were denied entry into AAP? Who knows...

There's only one way into AAP: the selection committee. The committee allows parents/guardians to appeal an initial rejection with additional work samples and evidence. Sometimes the committee grants an acceptance on appeal if the additional work samples and evidence give a fuller picture of the student's capabilities. This is especially true for students initially viewed to be on the fence between AAP and general education.

This process is not a secret. It also shouldn't be interpreted that kids who are accepted into AAP on appeal are somehow inferior to those kids who were granted an initial acceptance into the program. The selection committee doesn't lower its standards.[/quote]

But they do accept WISC scores from private psychologists. [/quote]

Shhh, we're supposed to keep this quiet![/quote]

It is on the County’s web page, it is public knowledge. [/quote]

It's also public knowledge that very few professionals are going to risk their careers/reputations/licenses for a handful of exaggerated WISC scores.  But that won't stop the "it's all a sham, you pay your way in!" person (or people, hard to tell) from continuing to parrot their nonsense. I suspect at this point they're just trolling for the lulz or whatever.[/quote]

LOL, you're kidding, right? Spending $5k gets you the diagnosis of choice for giftedness. This isn't prescribing meds.[/quote]

People have been buying their way into AAP forever. That's what it's always been about. This isn't news.[/quote]

We have plenty of 'side door deniers' on here.[/quote]

You're uttering nonsense. Being accepted into AAP on appeal with additional information and evidence is an equally legitimate pathway into the program that is publicly shared. Are you insinuating that this pathway is somehow inferior to being accepted without an appeal, or that the selection committee lowers its standards in a shroud of secrecy when reviewing appeals? If so, why don't you actually show some evidence to back up your claims? Do you have any evidence or facts? Otherwise, you simply come across as a buffoon.[/quote]

Buying a favorable diagnosis is apparently a completely legit way into AAP.[/quote]

And what evidence do you have of people paying off a clinical psychologist to falsify a WISC score? You’re alleging illegal activity. Time to put up or shut up.[/quote]

All the kids who couldn't get a favorable score at school seem to always get them when they pay so the question what evidence do you have that they don't.[/quote]

Yes, this is just common sense but some would like to hide the truth because they enjoy being able to game admissions.[/quote]

Please stop lying.  It is not "common sense" that there are psychologists out there who are willing to risk their license to help someone get into AAP with a bogus score.  It is simply not happening.

Also, the external panel that reviewed AAP practices did not note anything pertaining to fradulent WISC scores.  If this were a real concern, it would have been covered in the report.[/quote]

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