Dear parents,

Lets, don't forget that this process is a strong one not just for us, but for our childrens. A kid that its been since the begining on this program sufer when is rejected, they could probably pass trough a dreprecion, or feel less than the others. Is not just that the parents want his kids in GT, what you do with your child when he is rejected, the school just said "sorry" try again next year, but the problem still there for the family!! If the programm is not well stablish the ones that are going to sufer is our kids, I hope the people that think that this is just a stamp for the parents, realize that is more than that!!! God bless u all and good luck with your appealing process, if is your kid the one that want it.

Anonymous wrote:11:08 has her facts wrong (claiming half of the kids get in on appeal). the most recent data available shows that only 6% of the original applicants submit an appeal. of that 6%, about half get in. the vast majority of kids who get in on appeal have superior wisc scores. that translates to maybe 1-2 kids in each aap classroom that got in on appeal, and they have well-documented superior iq's. the kids appealing are not crowding out your children or dumbing down the class, so find something else to complain about.

I thought all the 2nd graders were "applicants" in the sense they all take the CogAT. So how ae you defining "applicants"?

Anonymous wrote:11:08 has her facts wrong (claiming half of the kids get in on appeal). the most recent data available shows that only 6% of the original applicants submit an appeal. of that 6%, about half get in. the vast majority of kids who get in on appeal have superior wisc scores. that translates to maybe 1-2 kids in each aap classroom that got in on appeal, and they have well-documented superior iq's. the kids appealing are not crowding out your children or dumbing down the class, so find something else to complain about.

That sounds authoritative. How do you know all this?

11:08 has her facts wrong (claiming half of the kids get in on appeal). the most recent data available shows that only 6% of the original applicants submit an appeal. of that 6%, about half get in. the vast majority of kids who get in on appeal have superior wisc scores. that translates to maybe 1-2 kids in each aap classroom that got in on appeal, and they have well-documented superior iq's. the kids appealing are not crowding out your children or dumbing down the class, so find something else to complain about.

Anonymous wrote:College of Idaho, Caldwell, ID

Thanks. No doubt there are plenty of kids not accepting into the G/T program who would do very well and may gone on to have superior academic success in later years than some G/T kids. EXACTLY why this appeal process is ludicrous. Suck it up and move on.

College of Idaho, Caldwell, ID

Anonymous wrote:FYI, my nephew was rejected at the college of his choice. On the rejection letter was a line essentially offering a way to reconsider. He wrote a letter explaining why they should admit him, and they reconsidered. They admitted him. 4 years later, he graduated with honors, was the graduation speaker, and a member of the national champion debate team.

Please tell us what college this is. I would really like to know (don't reveal anything about your son, of course).

FYI, my nephew was rejected at the college of his choice. On the rejection letter was a line essentially offering a way to reconsider. He wrote a letter explaining why they should admit him, and they reconsidered. They admitted him. 4 years later, he graduated with honors, was the graduation speaker, and a member of the national champion debate team.

Anonymous wrote:I think with so much hue and cry over the AAP process, the FCPS should abolish the system, especially with the budget limitations and the time and money spent on the process!!! IMO, a smart student should do well at the base school.

Also would love to see some statististics on how the "GT" students fared in real life as adults vs the non "GT" tagged ones!!

However, AAP students do not cost extra. The county will be paying for them in general education.

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Anonymous wrote:Why stop at G/T? How about sports? If your son gets cut from the basketball team, demand a 2nd tryout! Heck, why don't we let everyone into the G/T program?

Reading about all these tips/tricks to get someone into the G/T program who was initially rejected - it's nauseating.

what's worse is they have to pay $450 for an IQ test. Only some affluent people can do that. Seems kinda unfair.

On the other hand, unfairness is when a gifted kid got rejected due to subjective GBRS and ended up paying extra $450 to prove it.

Keep tilting at windmills. Every litmus test for placement has a level of subjectiveness. Are you going to sue the College Board over what some consider a biased SAT? I doubt it - unless it serves your own child's interests.

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Anonymous wrote:Why stop at G/T? How about sports? If your son gets cut from the basketball team, demand a 2nd tryout! Heck, why don't we let everyone into the G/T program?

Reading about all these tips/tricks to get someone into the G/T program who was initially rejected - it's nauseating.

what's worse is they have to pay $450 for an IQ test. Only some affluent people can do that. Seems kinda unfair.

On the other hand, unfairness is when a gifted kid got rejected due to subjective GBRS and ended up paying extra $450 to prove it.

It's been proven the WISC dcoesn't prove diddly. It's AAP. Get it?

Let me reprase it. To prove eligiability. Now happy?

I think with so much hue and cry over the AAP process, the FCPS should abolish the system, especially with the budget limitations and the time and money spent on the process!!! IMO, a smart student should do well at the base school.

Also would love to see some statististics on how the "GT" students fared in real life as adults vs the non "GT" tagged ones!!

Dear parents,

Lets, don't forget that this process is a strong one not just for us, but for our childrens. A kid that its been since the begining on this program sufer when is rejected, they could probably pass trough a dreprecion, or feel less than the others. Is not just that the parents want his kids in GT, what you do with your child when he is rejected, the school just said "sorry" try again next year, but the problem still there for the family!! If the programm is not well stablish the ones that are going to sufer is our kids, I hope the people that think that this is just a stamp for the parents, realize that is more than that!!! God bless u all and good luck with your appealing process, if is your kid the one that want it.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why stop at G/T? How about sports? If your son gets cut from the basketball team, demand a 2nd tryout! Heck, why don't we let everyone into the G/T program?

Reading about all these tips/tricks to get someone into the G/T program who was initially rejected - it's nauseating.

what's worse is they have to pay $450 for an IQ test. Only some affluent people can do that. Seems kinda unfair.

On the other hand, unfairness is when a gifted kid got rejected due to subjective GBRS and ended up paying extra $450 to prove it.

It's been proven the WISC dcoesn't prove diddly. It's AAP. Get it?

Anonymous wrote:The county has an appeal process because they know that some lunatic parent is going to sue them without an appeal process. Think about all the Type A parents in McLean who can't stand the reality that their child isn't "gifted".

Instead, you have this bloated system that leads to more overcrowding and reduces the bandwidth of the teachers.

What they can do is elimnate appeal process, but do good job in the first place.
The problem is they don't do good job for the fist place. GBRS is so inconsistent.