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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So the consensus is the quality of the second grade teacher and AART are the most important factors for getting in. [/quote]
It's a factor, but not necessarily the most important one.

My opinion is that parental determination to get a child into AAP is the most important factor.  Parents who are really invested in having their child in AAP are the ones doing test prep, paying for outside enrichment, creating work samples with their kids, assembling impressive portfolios, getting recommendations, making sure that their kids are ahead and stand out, sucking up to the teachers to get a better recommendation, and paying for IQ tests when their kids aren't accepted.  Parents who are much less invested in the process won't prep, won't spend much time on the referral, and won't necessarily appeal.

The bright kids I know in gen ed have fairly laid-back parents.  The not-so-bright kids I know in AAP seem to have intense parents who were highly aware of AAP starting in kindergarten.  [/quote]

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