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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]

Admission process is a mystery. What was your child COAGAT and NNAT score? What kind of work samples included in file?
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Already stated.  97th percentile on CogAT.  NNAT was good but not great.  GBRS was 15.  Grades were great.  Child was in advanced math and reading a grade level beyond.  Child has been receiving Level II since K.  AART thought that the work samples were great if they were actually read for content. My kid has very sloppy handwriting, so samples don't "look" good if they're only given a brief glance.  My kid is also a somewhat poor speller, which shouldn't matter but clearly does.

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If your child did not get in there could be other reasons that you are not sharing. 
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If there are other reasons, I'm not sharing them because I have no idea what they are.  It's not like the committee tells you why your child was not admitted.  The AART was surprised that my child was rejected, in light of the other children from the same school who were admitted with much weaker files.  The best explanation I was given for the apparent inconsistencies in admissions is that the same 6 people aren't reviewing all of the files.  So, one child might be reviewed by a panel who tends to be more lenient, and another might be reviewed by one that is more strict.  The only other explanation I was given is that the committee isn't exactly reading the work samples, so the poor handwriting and a misspelling in the first sentence might have been a deal breaker.

I'm just surprised that the central committee would override the feelings of the local committee (the ones who actually know the child) when the test scores are still very good.  [/quote]

This is interesting. I am the parent of a child with 96 percentile child who also did not get in, also received pullouts since forever, advanced math and reading etc. My child also has very messy handwriting and a fine motor delay. I have been wondering how much they may have hurt him.[/quote]

I don't know.  My kid has messy handwriting and receives OT but had a 98% which was in pool, and did get in.  [/quote]

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