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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In pool determination just means the school will refer the child for consideration.  It doesn't mean the child will get into AAP.

But to make those parents happy, how about we do in-pool for those top 10% in every school AND those top 10% in FCPS?  I mean isn't that what some parents are afraid that their top 10% kid might miss out on the brownie point? [/quote]

DP.  Yes, that is what it should mean.  And btw, before they changed to local norms, being in-pool was not a brownie point but students in-pool were much more likely to be admitted (not inexplicably).  Those with "old" in-pool scores remain more likely to be admitted - but if they are not in-pool and their parents rely on the system rather than refer, then they will not be admitted.

Not sure why you disagree with this.  [/quote]

"students in-pool were much more likely to be admitted"

It is a correlation but not causation.  In-pool students usually have higher test scores, of course they would be more likely to be admitted on average.  But if your child has the SAME high score but not in-pool due to local school 10% limit, his/her chance of being admitted WOULD NOT BE hurt.  Being in-pool just means the school will refer regardless family knows about AAP or not.  The application package won't say if the child is in-pool or not.  If your child has the same score and work samples, they would be admitted regardless in-pool status.

Why everyone is so obsessed with in-pool status?  If you want it I am proposing to give it to you.  Just one less meaningless things to argue about.

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In the not-too-distant past, parents did not have to refer their students, the school system was designed to take care of it.  If a child with the SAME high score but not in-pool is not parent referred, that child will not be admitted.  IOW, yes, that child's chance of being admitted would be zero.  Why?  Why does the local norms pool determination exclude students with scores 132+?  What is the logic of that?  I agree that there has been a lot of prepping recently but not every student is prepped - why are those students with parents who have not prepped them being excluded?[/quote]

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