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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hello all…. From someone who has gone through the process. The in-pool means nothing. My child was in pool, had a 99th percentile on the WISC and great Cogat scores. He didn’t get in until 4th grade and that too… on appeal. There was nothing in that packet that should have been denied over and over.

Also, his buddy again… brilliant kid,  great test scores behavior etc…. Got in for 7th grade. So keep trying if it doesn’t work. It’s the craziest process and there is no definite answer. I will tell you this. It DOES matter which school you attend. Center Schools in expensive neighborhoods are MUCH harder to get into because rich parents pay for a lot of enrichment and prep.

Local schools can also get in through principal placement (Level IV… not centrally placed) [b]whereas center schools can’t[/b]. Who ever says there is no difference is lying. Depends on where you live and which school it is…. [/quote]

Center school parent here with our base being the center, and center schools started doing principal placement at some point. I know multiple kids - some who never applied for full-time AAP - who were principal placed (some into my own kids classes) in 4th at our center. The parents told me it was principal placement and one voluntarily dropped out after a year of it.

It's a numbers game. If principals don't have numbers to fill out advanced classes and need to retain teachers as AAP teachers for whatever reason, they can principal place.[/quote]

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