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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here:  Really, just one high score (VCI at 99%)?  All the other Wisc scores were high avg/avg but overall l was very superior (mid 90s percentile and GAI 132, but psychologist would not report it on the results). So a much lower FSIQ than I see people posting here.  And GBRS was really bad.

I appreciate all the input here.  The issue is both (1) my own disappointment given the strange discrepancy with scores/performance and (2) the other parents being so nosy.[/quote]

Yes, just one very high score can be enough. Having the verbal high is great. From reading these boards, I think that verbal is the score most strongly considered. There seems to be research to back this up. See for example the link below. GAI of 132 is great. It doesn't matter that the psychologist (possibly Dr. Dahlgren?) would not report the GAI on the results. [b]The selection committee [/b]is experienced with WISC scores and will know how to interpret the subscores. They may even take the lower working memory and processing speed into account as playing into the lower CogAT and NNAT (though not [i]so[/i] low from what you said) and the less than stellar GBRS.

http://www.gifteddevelopment.com/About_GDC/whoaregiftd.htm

I have read other information on gifted identification that also supports identification based on only one subscore, but I can't seem to quickly find a link at the moment -- sorry. I think the general philosophy is to err on the side of inclusiveness and to nurture potential. Even with CogAT scores, most years kids have been in pool if they had one subscore that met the threshhold.

One caution based on experience that if your child is not a good test taker for whatever mysterious reason, that can carry over to the AAP experience. Getting into the program is just the beginning. I have a DC who is not a good test taker, and I've seen that as you get to third grade and beyond, test scores (SOL and others) are a huge focus. Do others agree? It can be discouraging to always have the issue of test scores hanging over you. The creative projects, writing, and the like don't seem to matter as much as the scores.[/quote]

Who, exactly, comprises "the selection committee"?  I never hear any names and it's all very mysterious.[/quote]

You'll never get names, that's not how bureaucracies work.  If they came out of the dark, then there could be accountability, can't have that.

You can't even get simple math.  (i.e. acceptance rate, as simple as # files reviewed / # accepted.)

You can get volumes of process and policy documents that don't say anything though if that helps.....

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Like the ridiculous explanation of the "differences" between AAP and Honors classes in middle school.  The verbiage they use is only intended to confuse parents into thinking there is actually a real difference.  [/quote]

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