This is whats wrong with the gt program....parents doing everything they can to worm their way in even though their kids don't belong in an accelerated environment....just dumbs it down for everyone else

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:ha ha so true

This becomes vicious cycle where parents other kids who are not gifted but "worm" their way into aap, it makes others say "hey, why not my kid, too?". Its becoming an arms race with mutually assured destruction.

I think this is true. I'll be honest, though, now that I've had a child at the center, I'll move heaven and hell to get my next one in. It is head and shoulders above our base school. Why do only the gifted kids get experiential learning while everyone else is stuck memorizing? My GT kid loves it and her classes are engaging, interesting and challenging. It's nothing like last year at the base school.

Anonymous wrote:ha ha so true

This becomes vicious cycle where parents other kids who are not gifted but "worm" their way into aap, it makes others say "hey, why not my kid, too?". Its becoming an arms race with mutually assured destruction.

ha ha so true

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone ever just accept, "Hey, my kid might not be gifted?"

yeah, but I don't think they post here.

Does anyone ever just accept, "Hey, my kid might not be gifted?"

bump

Cogat 108
NNAT 111
Gibraltar 7
WISC 134
Accepted
3 years ago

Original poster here. You guys are fantastic (and so too are your kids)! Thank you for sharing the data points (exactly what I was looking for). Once this year's decisions are mailed, I hope we'll all post our scores/decisions (anonomously of course) for the parents of next year's second grade pool. In the meantime, keep posting those scores! Thanks again!

No clue on exact test scores, but I seem to recall a 98% or 99% percentile. GBRS was 13.

He got into the program with no problem. and while his grades are good and he is keeping up with the concepts, he is struggling to keep organized and get stuff done. I suspect that he would have had that problem regardless of the program or not, though.

Waiting with the following:
Cogat Cumulative: 132
NNAT: 137
GBRS, No Clue: But many positive comments to me from staff and dc's teachers.

We'll just have to see. I'm sure we all have our "Plan B" (appeal process) tee'd up just in case.

Two years ago....

COGAT scores all 122-124, NNAT 150, GBRS no clue....accepted first round.

We had a WISC available (for other reasons), but did not need to appeal.

Cogat 145 , NNAT 127 , Accepted 2 yrs ago . ( GBRS no clue)

Cogat 136 ( composite) , NNAT 157 , GBRS no clue .. waiting for decision.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:CogAT: 121 Composite; NNAT 124; GBRS 14

Accepted.

shit, who didn't get in maybe that's the better question

Gbrs is weighted high.

From 2 years ago...

Cogat composite 132
NNAT 135
GBRS unknown (but she is the quiet insightful type, not one to show off her abilities)

accepted