Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We applied from the private school and didn’t get in. How do we even know if we are “in pool” or not? Is it worth appealing? Also, we are about to change school pyramids and will provide a new address if we appealed. Does it make a difference?

I don’t think you can be in pool, this is a school specific thing. It’s a certain percentage of students based on NGAT for whom the school will prepare an application even if parents don’t refer. It’s just one of the paths to be reviewed by the central committee, and is not a guarantee.

Got it, thank you! Looking at the scores that others are sharing - we have 135 Non-verbal Cogat and also high scores on NNAT (don’t remember the number). How are people with lower numbers getting in?

They call this “a holistic process”. It’s not just the scores. Some people recommend paid WISC test for appeal. But you also get to submit more samples and polish your parent questionnaire. Only people with very high scores publish them here don’t give up!

Anonymous wrote:2nd grade eligible for AAP.
NNAT: 160
NGAT: 151
In pool.
MAP: 216
Hope: 4 always, 4 almost always, 3 often.

My older child is now in 5th grade, he got in on appeal when he was in second grade. His NNAT was 160, CoGAT was 144. Was in pool, but his teacher didn’t like him, so IBRS wasn’t great. He got in on appeal with WISC of 154.

2nd grade eligible for AAP.
NNAT: 160
NGAT: 151
In pool.
MAP: 216
Hope: 4 always, 4 almost always, 3 often.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We applied from the private school and didn’t get in. How do we even know if we are “in pool” or not? Is it worth appealing? Also, we are about to change school pyramids and will provide a new address if we appealed. Does it make a difference?

I don’t think you can be in pool, this is a school specific thing. It’s a certain percentage of students based on NGAT for whom the school will prepare an application even if parents don’t refer. It’s just one of the paths to be reviewed by the central committee, and is not a guarantee.

Got it, thank you! Looking at the scores that others are sharing - we have 135 Non-verbal Cogat and also high scores on NNAT (don’t remember the number). How are people with lower numbers getting in?

Anonymous wrote:We applied from the private school and didn’t get in. How do we even know if we are “in pool” or not? Is it worth appealing? Also, we are about to change school pyramids and will provide a new address if we appealed. Does it make a difference?

I don’t think you can be in pool, this is a school specific thing. It’s a certain percentage of students based on NGAT for whom the school will prepare an application even if parents don’t refer. It’s just one of the paths to be reviewed by the central committee, and is not a guarantee.

Also looking at other test results. We had higher scores than most mentioned and still didn’t get in. Why is that I wonder? :/

Does anyone know what percentage of 2nd-grade students are eligible for full-time AAP out of all 2nd graders?

We applied from the private school and didn’t get in. How do we even know if we are “in pool” or not? Is it worth appealing? Also, we are about to change school pyramids and will provide a new address if we appealed. Does it make a difference?

Is there a significant difference between a center AAP and a local full-time AAP? Debating on whether or not to keep my child at the same school with local full-time AAP or send my child to Springfield Estate Elementary as a center school.

Anonymous wrote:2nd grade Not in pool. NNAT 135, Cogat 130. Decision in : Eligible

I meant NNAT 135, NGAT 130

2nd didn’t get in. I have had two older kids go through this and they got in the first round so not sure how the appeal process works. Is WISC mandatory for appeal and can we successfully appeal without it? Feeling a bit disheartened. The process has also changed so much and I’m still upset about them introducing NGAT and getting ride of Cogat which was a much more established testing tool.

2nd grade Not in pool. NNAT 135, Cogat 130. Decision in : Eligible

In pool means test scores were high enough that the kid is automatically sent for consideration. Seems like there is mixed results with that.

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Anonymous wrote:4:15 email. Got in. We were in-pool.

Can you explain what in pool is? We didn’t get in

Each school has a local “pool”. It’s nearly impossible to get the exact number, but general understanding is that it is the top 10% of scores in your local school. Those “in pool” automatically have a packet created by the school, but there is no guarantee of entry.

2nd grade in