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[quote=Anonymous]8:40  Those are super high scores and you are in for a ride keeping your DC challenged over the years. AAP probably won't cut it in the long run for everything your DC may need but it will help.

I have to disagree with you on several points. I do feel if we had "coached" our kids they would have been able to raise their scores - answering just one more question correctly could lead to the highest score possible. We didn't so we won't know but come on, we all know these testing companies for SAT. LSAT, MCAT ensure higher scores - heck even practice tests can.

Both our kids are in AAP level 4. One DC scored higher on the entrance tests overall than the other and to this day gets better grades - all As etc - with little effort. That DC tested in with scores that were all high, like your own DC.

Our other DC was at the cutoff - I think a point below so we referred. Perhaps an IQ test would show this DC's true intellectual capabilies, but we haven't taken DC for one and don't intend to. This DC has a wow factor intellectually (DC's thought process/advanced critical thinking) that many, even complete strangers, notice, often within a minute or two of speaking with DC. DC's grades and test scores hadn't reflected this prior to AAP, but over the years with AAP teachers that don't offer a free pass, DC is putting forth more effort than previously and it's paying off in many ways for DC's future.

We are grateful that DC has AAP because it's keeping DC engaged in learning - particularly the peer group, which DC really seems to need. We feel strongly that AAP helps prevent bright, unchallenged kids from dropping out of school.

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