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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]FCPS' AAP seems less rigorous than similar offerings in MCPS, but the later has more competitive admissions.[/quote]

+1  MCPS is better if your child is in the top 1% of his/her class. FCPS is better if your child is in the top 20% of their class.[/quote]

Well with the new region-based cohort, the 1% (it was really always 3%) criterion is only applied to the places where no cohort exists; and if you read the latest discussions, it looks like the center's are taking in students in the 85% percentiles rather than 98%.  [b]The FCPS criteria are more explicit and the AAP program has a putative cutoff of 132 IQ or 98% level.  Even with appeals and leakage based on holistic criteria, the mean cohort IQ in AAP is still in the 130s[/b].  And the curriculum starts in 3rd grade.  All in all, the AAP + upper middle class or grad-level parent neighborhoods give a combined effect of allowing a pretty predictable placement and choice.  It is just more rational to be able to plan against this in FCPS.   MCPS is a real lottery for only a very few under-served fraction compared to the smart kids' population that needs gifted services.

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Over half of the kids admitted to AAP were referred by parents and didn't have any test scores above 132.  Many parents in the AAP forum have reported that their kids have WISC scores in the 115-125 range, and their kids are middle-of-the pack in academic performance in FCPS AAP.  [/quote]

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