Anonymous
02/24/2024 11:22
Subject: Re:Will child get in with average report card and high cogat score of 135?
Anonymous wrote:(oh, and OP - if your child is not admitted on the 1st round, please do appeal and do not think for a second that your child is "less deserving". These tests are preppable, and the AAP curriculum is appropriate for most developmentally typical children. Kids really do not need to be 1% nationally to do well in this program.
The COGAT and NNAT are primarily a tool to keep immigrants out of the AAP program)
100% agree and there are some FCPS elementary schools that are teaching the AAP curriculum to all students regardless of their level. My friend's kid is in one of those schools and she says her daughter has no problem with the AAP curriculum even though she didn't quality for LLIV.
Anonymous
02/24/2024 11:21
Subject: Will child get in with average report card and high cogat score of 135?
Grading is so arbitrary in elementary school. My child had all 4s in 1st grade, but her 2nd grade teacher doesn't appear to give out 4s (she said she likes to demonstrate growth over the year and she only gives 4 to kids who ask a lot of questions - I had to coach my kid to start asking questions so she would get better grades, it's ridiculous).
Anonymous
02/24/2024 08:22
Subject: Re:Will child get in with average report card and high cogat score of 135?
(oh, and OP - if your child is not admitted on the 1st round, please do appeal and do not think for a second that your child is "less deserving". These tests are preppable, and the AAP curriculum is appropriate for most developmentally typical children. Kids really do not need to be 1% nationally to do well in this program.
The COGAT and NNAT are primarily a tool to keep immigrants out of the AAP program)
The COGAT and NNAT are primarily a tool to keep immigrants out of the AAP program)
Anonymous
02/24/2024 08:11
Subject: Re:Will child get in with average report card and high cogat score of 135?
When we applied 2 years ago, apparently cut-off for in-pool for Mosaic ES was 140. So 135 is a reach.
I would anticipate appeal and putting together a parent package.
I would anticipate appeal and putting together a parent package.
Anonymous
02/23/2024 21:59
Subject: Will child get in with average report card and high cogat score of 135?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:How do they select? How many students to each center?
The answer is no one knows. What type of school is your child at? A Title 1 or a high SES or something in between.
A 135 is a great score, my child had an 135 on the NNAT and CoGAT, but it is no longer a guarantee of being in-pool. There are schools were a 135 will seem to be low, it’s not. It is in the 99th percentile but compared to a cut off of 140 or higher, a 135 is less exciting.
My kids grades were pretty much all 4’s, there was the occasional 3 in writing due to their handwriting being sloppy. Writing was called out as something that they were not strong at in the GBRS’s but that comment was balanced with a comment on how well spoken they are and how they were advanced in their verbal explanation. Math was never in question
I would guess that any child with mainly 3’s is going to struggle to get into AAP regardless of test scores. They are not showing that they are mastering material that is moving at a pretty slow pace in first and second grade so why would they need an advanced class that moves at a faster pace?
But that is a guess, which is the best that any of us can do here.
How do you know the cut off is 140 or higher?
Chantilly Pyramid (not the center school) last year was higher than 136 per personal experience
