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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So related as I am reading this. My 140 WISC/CoGAT kid also had very bad handwriting and scored very low in GBRS, we had to appeal to get him in. This is exactly the reason that the committee should not put too much weight on GBRS - too subjective.

Bad handwriting is not good, we worked on it this past summer for a few weeks by going through handwriting books, it is much better now. I was surprised to find out that handwriting was not really taught and practiced in school, but kids are penalized for not doing a good job.[/quote]
My 130 Cogat kid got a 15 GBRS but still had to appeal to get in.  This kid also had horrible handwriting.  I don't think it's just the GBRS.  The selection panel members don't have much time to evaluate the packet, and work samples that look sloppy with bad handwriting are very off-putting to the committee members.  If from a quick glance the work samples don't look AAP worthy, I think they're much more inclined to reject.  From what I've observed from my kid's AAP classes, the kids don't seem that amazing to me, but they certainly have pretty work products hanging in the hallways.  [/quote]

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