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[quote=Anonymous]If prepping is so bad, then wouldn't we see a lot of kids who prepped (therefore faking their way into the program) struggling to keep up or just going back to GE?

That's the problem, isn't it?  The purists (non-preppers) want to keep AAP "pure" with only non-prepping, naturally intuitive/intelligent kids.  The preppers, say:  look at the proof! -- my kid prepped and it may have given him a few points extra but s/he IS able to handle the curriculum, so prepping was, in fact, good insurance.

I understand both sides, but it seems to me that the "proof is in the puddin'" side makes the most sense.  Prep or not -- if the kid can keep up, then he belongs there.  The issue we should be concerned with is all the other borderline or non-preppers who didn't get in but really should be given the same opportunity.  That's the tragedy to me -- the sharp cliff b/t fulltime AAP and very little (at the GE schools).  I'm glad that they all have Adv. Math now, but that's not enough.  [/quote]

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