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Anonymous wrote:My DC does surprising, out of the box things all of the time, but I haven't documented anything nor do I know what counts as "impressive" to anyone besides me. I'm not around DC's peers and am not sure what is normal for this age. The examples mentioned above for example are not mind blowing (no offense) - I just feel like whatever I include to so subjective - I feel like a bragging parent.

The questionnaire is optional. If you do not want to brag, then opt to skip the questionnaire.

I want to provide useful, relevant information. I am having a hard time filling out the form. I write something and then scrap it, imagining the screening committee member rolling their eyes at my stories. I guess I just feel like as a parent, how can I be viewed as objective about my own child's brilliance? Doesn't everyone think their kid is a shining star? I'll fill it out and submit, I am just struggling right now to weed out what is truly relevant I guess.

Honestly, I think if you are struggling this much than your child is not gifted. Now, AAP is not really for gifted kids, just high achievers, so the examples given above are relevant.

For our first, we had no problem filling out the form. We gave several examples in each area, so pp is full of it.

For our 2nd kid, we will have a problem filling the form out because while I think he's a smart kid and can probably handle AAP if he gets in, he's no where near as gifted as his sibling. He really doesn't need AAP but I'm sure he'll do okay in it. We'll give the lego type answer provided above.

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Anonymous wrote:Does anyone have a sample for "My child surprises me with his/her knowledge." My child is great creatively and I talk about that in other examples, but when I think of "knowledge" I think of known facts/topics. I'd love to say he taught himself long division or something but that would be a lie.

Have you ever been in a situation where your child was talking with another person (adult/child) and he said something related to a topic and you were "blown away?" Use that as an example.

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Anonymous wrote:Does anyone have a sample for "My child surprises me with his/her knowledge." My child is great creatively and I talk about that in other examples, but when I think of "knowledge" I think of known facts/topics. I'd love to say he taught himself long division or something but that would be a lie.

Have you ever been in a situation where your child was talking with another person (adult/child) and he said something related to a topic and you were "blown away?" Use that as an example.

Does anyone have a sample for "My child surprises me with his/her knowledge." My child is great creatively and I talk about that in other examples, but when I think of "knowledge" I think of known facts/topics. I'd love to say he taught himself long division or something but that would be a lie.

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NP here. What people do NOT realize here is that no on - NO ONE - has a magic answer for you. What works for one child may not work for another child. If you are that worried about what to put down, then maybe you should wait until you are more ready for your child to apply to AAP. I am not being facetious, it just sounds like you are not ready for the program.

No one and no one answer guarantees anything!

Agreed. I know of a child that had very high NNAT and CogAT scores and was not found Center-eligible due to a low GBRS (6). Parents had WISC done and are referring this year (with FSIQ > 140).

Anonymous wrote:I guess your neighbor's child must not have been toilet trained if they couldn't get in with those scores.... Poopy in 3rd grade no good.

So I guess you are a former FCPS Kindergarten teacher. Did you leave when they switched to FDK?

NP here. What people do NOT realize here is that no on - NO ONE - has a magic answer for you. What works for one child may not work for another child. If you are that worried about what to put down, then maybe you should wait until you are more ready for your child to apply to AAP. I am not being facetious, it just sounds like you are not ready for the program.

No one and no one answer guarantees anything!

Anonymous wrote:NNAT of 142 and CogAT percentile was 99. Do I need to fill out forms? I expect very high GBRS as my child is truly brilliant. Do I need to waste my time or will my son get in automatically with these scores and expected high GBRS?

I think this is sarcasm.

I guess your neighbor's child must not have been toilet trained if they couldn't get in with those scores.... Poopy in 3rd grade no good.

Anonymous wrote:Actually, as a former FCPS teacher, they are automatically AAP.

Cool, tell that to my neighbor who's kid with similar scores did not get in last year.

Actually, as a former FCPS teacher, they are automatically AAP.

Anonymous wrote:NNAT of 142 and CogAT percentile was 99. Do I need to fill out forms? I expect very high GBRS as my child is truly brilliant. Do I need to waste my time or will my son get in automatically with these scores and expected high GBRS?

Absolutely need to "waste your time" as those scores alone are not "automatically" AAP.

NNAT of 142 and CogAT percentile was 99. Do I need to fill out forms? I expect very high GBRS as my child is truly brilliant. Do I need to waste my time or will my son get in automatically with these scores and expected high GBRS?

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Anonymous wrote:My DC does surprising, out of the box things all of the time, but I haven't documented anything nor do I know what counts as "impressive" to anyone besides me. I'm not around DC's peers and am not sure what is normal for this age. The examples mentioned above for example are not mind blowing (no offense) - I just feel like whatever I include to so subjective - I feel like a bragging parent.

The questionnaire is optional. If you do not want to brag, then opt to skip the questionnaire.

I want to provide useful, relevant information. I am having a hard time filling out the form. I write something and then scrap it, imagining the screening committee member rolling their eyes at my stories. I guess I just feel like as a parent, how can I be viewed as objective about my own child's brilliance? Doesn't everyone think their kid is a shining star? I'll fill it out and submit, I am just struggling right now to weed out what is truly relevant I guess.

If it helps, you can't actually write that much more than a sentence or two.

Pull up the online form and type a bit of nonsense. You will see how very little space you actually have to write something. They don't want as much information from the parents as you might think they do.

I'm really struggling with examples as well. I'm a completely biased opinion. Fortunately, we have strong CogAT and expect a high GBRS.