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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]All that matters with these scores is the local norm. If you go to a school where the highest score is a 145, a 132 might be in top 10%. If you are at a school where the top scores are closer to 150ish, a 132 might not be in the top 10%.

They also take into consideration what programs are offered at your base school. If your base school has a Local Level IV and offers the Advanced Math, even if your student is scoring a 160 - your base school might be able to provide the right program. If you go to a school where they don’t offer a Local Level IV, don’t have a full time AART, and there is no peer group - the Center Based School is appropriate.

Keep in mind it’s not ‘is this student smart/gifted/challenged.’ It’s ’given this student’s capabilities is the school able to provide the right curriculum.’[/quote]

It's incredibly unfair. I have a child with 132s and 5 years ago that child would have automatically gotten in. Not anymore, because we are at an Asian-heavy school.[/quote]

That's untrue.  5 years ago, your child would have automatically been in-pool.  Around 1/3 of the in-pool kids were rejected from AAP.  The review has been holistic for a long time, with no automatic admission score threshold.  [/quote]

+1 - before HOPE was the biggest factor, GBRS was. That was basically a team of teachers just rating your kid on gifted traits from any standard list of "how do gifted kids act."

Most kids who get in get in via parent referral. Do the work.[/quote]

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