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1.  The process isn't arbitrary. SIX committee members review the file before it gets admitted and that doesn't even mean for those that have 3 yes'...in which case 12 will end up reviewing it.  Except for the sixth person, ALL REVIEWS ARE BLIND (as in, they have no idea what the other committee members were recommending regarding admission.

One careless mistake doesn't make a "huge difference."  Lots of careless mistakes can make a huge difference OR maybe the kid legitimately missed several questions and then had a careless mistake and that affected things.  One mistake?  GMAFB[/quote]

You seem unreasonably worked up and defensive over this.  Was your child one of the one who had low test scores and somehow got in, making you cling to some notion the AAP panel is perfect and recognized some special giftedness in your child or something?

1.  Every process in which someone holistically reviews someone else's application or resume is imperfect.  No one has come up with the "right" formula for college admissions or job applications, and even if the SAME person is reviewing things, that person's opinions can be swayed by how early in the process they're reviewing the file, how strong the previous file was, or nebulous things in the file that they "relate to" or don't (case in point: The AART told everyone not to say that their kids needed AAP because they were bored or school was too easy, since that apparently negatively disposes the panel members toward your child).  Much like college admissions, the AAP panel is AT BEST spending 5 minutes reviewing each file, which means they're making a snap judgement.  Why do you assume that the AAP system is flawless when nothing else can manage to be so?  Even the AAP panel seems to understand that there's a reasonable error rate in the process.  If not, they wouldn't allow for appeals or admit anyone on appeal.

2.  My kid had a 130 SAS on one section with only 3 incorrect answers out of 52 problems (actually, 2 incorrect and 1 unanswered).  One more correct answer would have led to a 135+ on that section.  Since the composite was just a hair under the in-pool cutoff, that one question could have made a huge difference.  Kids generally don't get rejected with 98th percentile CogAT and high GBRS, but apparently they can be with 97th percentile CogAT and the same GBRS.  [/quote]

There are no fixed number of seats for AAP admission. FCPS decides the cut-off score based on "whatever" the criteria at that time. If Cogat score of 98th percentile is the base then that is the bottom-line. If they lower requirements  to 97th percentile then parents of 96th percentile would question why not their kids and so on. 
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I don't think anyone has argued about the in-pool cutoff. The point people are making is that there is no "bottom line." Kids who are in pool do not get in, kids who are far below the in pool scores do get in, kids who are just below the in pool scores do not get in, and so on... There is no transparency to the process and it seems incredibly inconsistent.[/quote]

I feel committee might be looking at equal representation from all ES. Hence some kids with lower schools could get in where as kids don't. We see this everyday in good school (I think TJ does that too) admission policies.

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