The WISC is fine. A 137 is well into the 99th percentile.

If your child has no achievement test scores from their private, then I'd opt for those at GMU rather than CogAT/NNAT. You may need to show that your kid is working above grade level in math and language arts.

I'd mostly focus on the parent writeup and the work samples for the appeal.

Anonymous wrote:Wisc score is strong. But I would also get the child tested with Cogat & NNAT at GMU. Those tests are what public school kids take. Wisc and those tests together would give the committee a more comparable profile with the public school kids.

This.

Wisc score is strong. But I would also get the child tested with Cogat & NNAT at GMU. Those tests are what public school kids take. Wisc and those tests together would give the committee a more comparable profile with the public school kids.

Anonymous wrote:Hello, my 2nd grader was rejected from AAP with the following stats:

WISC 137
Hope: 4 always, 6 almost always, 1 often. exceptional in science, math, reading, writing, social sciences. Long paragraph about strengths.

How should we approach the appeals process?

WISC is high, but not overwhelmingly so. HOPE score is biassed from a non-FFX County teacher perspective. This is a borderline low case IMO. I don't see much of a case for appeal, since there is little comparison. Sounds like a high performing general ed student, who might get in future years. If you're set to come to public, I'd advocate for a non-center if you can and pressure the principal/AART to get into Local IV, or at least math push-ins.

We were in the same boat. DD was in private/catholic for second grade and we applied ourselves and was rejected for third. She went to public school for third and was accepted to 4th grade aap. honestly, having the AART do the application was so great. They know the right words and what work to submit. I’m not sure about you but I was so confused of what they wanted to see when I did it myself.

But our intention was to always return to public school.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They hate accepting private school kids unless exceptional

Depends. There have been reports that some years they actually give them an easier time because they want to lure them back to public.

What would they get out of it?

Better students; more supportive families

You'll probably have better luck reapplying next year with a FCPS teacher filling out the HOPE form.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They hate accepting private school kids unless exceptional

Depends. There have been reports that some years they actually give them an easier time because they want to lure them back to public.

What would they get out of it?

It was right after Covid when they had lost a lot of kids to private. There is a risk that funding will be reduced.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They hate accepting private school kids unless exceptional

Depends. There have been reports that some years they actually give them an easier time because they want to lure them back to public.

What would they get out of it?

Anonymous wrote:They hate accepting private school kids unless exceptional

Depends. There have been reports that some years they actually give them an easier time because they want to lure them back to public.

Keep paying for private school?

They hate accepting private school kids unless exceptional

Oh sorry take another test other than WISC to have two data points of scores

Take the Wisc and write a great cover letter

Hello, my 2nd grader was rejected from AAP with the following stats:

WISC 137
Hope: 4 always, 6 almost always, 1 often. exceptional in science, math, reading, writing, social sciences. Long paragraph about strengths.

How should we approach the appeals process?