Anonymous
Post 07/06/2012 14:22     Subject: Chances with these scores on Appeal
Character consists of what you do on the third and fourth tries. -- James A. Michener

Congratulations to those who don't give up!
Anonymous
Post 07/06/2012 14:20     Subject: Chances with these scores on Appeal
Anonymous wrote:AAP is not like getting in MIT or CalTech or something. Its only a bit accelerated. There is not much demanding about it to boast about it on a forum.



Anonymous wrote:the parents are pushing the marginal kids into a program that is demanding. they will now make up the bottom 1/3 of their new class. i think that's what the poster means. remember you are putting them in a class with kids who easily got in with 150 cogat, those kids will easily be at the top of the new class. everyone makes their own choices, but that's probably what the previous poster meant.


Happens a lot though. Wierd to me that it's not enough that a kid gets into this program, but that some parents feel compelled to get on the internet and tell everyone their kid got in.
Anonymous
Post 07/06/2012 14:10     Subject: Chances with these scores on Appeal
AAP is not like getting in MIT or CalTech or something. Its only a bit accelerated. There is not much demanding about it to boast about it on a forum.



Anonymous wrote:the parents are pushing the marginal kids into a program that is demanding. they will now make up the bottom 1/3 of their new class. i think that's what the poster means. remember you are putting them in a class with kids who easily got in with 150 cogat, those kids will easily be at the top of the new class. everyone makes their own choices, but that's probably what the previous poster meant.
Anonymous
Post 07/06/2012 13:44     Subject: Chances with these scores on Appeal
Anonymous wrote:the parents are pushing the marginal kids into a program that is demanding. they will now make up the bottom 1/3 of their new class. i think that's what the poster means. remember you are putting them in a class with kids who easily got in with 150 cogat, those kids will easily be at the top of the new class. everyone makes their own choices, but that's probably what the previous poster meant.


Given that you can find complaints about *everything* related to FCPS and AAP, I think the dearth of posts from parents of the "bottom 1/3" lamenting the circumstances you describe speaks volumes.

Come to think of the, given the posts complaining about the preppers and the appealers, perhaps the reverse is true. Maybe the geniuses are being outworked by the merely superior.
Anonymous
Post 07/06/2012 13:27     Subject: Chances with these scores on Appeal
Anonymous wrote:the parents are pushing the marginal kids into a program that is demanding. they will now make up the bottom 1/3 of their new class. i think that's what the poster means. remember you are putting them in a class with kids who easily got in with 150 cogat, those kids will easily be at the top of the new class. everyone makes their own choices, but that's probably what the previous poster meant.


right, but they don't fail. Once they are there, they're in. Poor performance alone isn't going to get them booted out.
Anonymous
Post 07/06/2012 13:19     Subject: Chances with these scores on Appeal
the parents are pushing the marginal kids into a program that is demanding. they will now make up the bottom 1/3 of their new class. i think that's what the poster means. remember you are putting them in a class with kids who easily got in with 150 cogat, those kids will easily be at the top of the new class. everyone makes their own choices, but that's probably what the previous poster meant.
Anonymous
Post 07/06/2012 09:31     Subject: Re:Chances with these scores on Appeal
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I am the original poster here. Just to let you all know that my DS is in.!!

Good luck to all of you.


Congratulations!



Wow on this thread. Just, wow. Why do you people set your kids up to fail?


Which part of the poster says "setting up their kids for fail".

All I can read is a concerned parent looking after the well being of their kids. What is so wrong with that? You make it sound as if all parent who want something good for their kids are some kind of demons.

Anonymous
Post 07/06/2012 07:49     Subject: Re:Chances with these scores on Appeal
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I am the original poster here. Just to let you all know that my DS is in.!!

Good luck to all of you.


Congratulations!



Wow on this thread. Just, wow. Why do you people set your kids up to fail?
Anonymous
Post 07/06/2012 06:48     Subject: Re:Chances with these scores on Appeal
Anonymous wrote:I am the original poster here. Just to let you all know that my DS is in.!!

Good luck to all of you.


Congratulations!