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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's very hard to prep for the Cogat and the big secret is those expensive classes really do not really help kids get in anywhere. Very few kids from those prep schools actually get in and they would have gotten in anyway.

The only thing I think they offer is giving kids familiarity with the types of questions and format and you can do that for your child with a $10 book on Amazon or by borrowing a book which is available at the public library for free. There are also plenty of YouTube videos you can find online.

You are foolish if you think these actually make a difference.[/quote]

Actually it isn't hard to prep for it at all. It's not much different than prepping for the SATs. [b]You can boost your score by 20% [/b]simply by being familiar with the test format and question types. [b]These are well known facts.[/b][/quote]

I call B.S.!  I think every HS parent would be thrilled if their kids could improve 20% on their SAT's (let alone CogAT's, which don't count for college admission).  Maybe if they're at the bottom of the scale, I could see that happening but there is NO WAY that's true above the 50th percentile.

Go ahead - post the link with you proof.  Come on.  I want to see it.[/quote]

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You can call BS, but patterns section is very easy to coach. My kid always struggled with patterns (adhd and would just lose focus), even though I could see that she was a great problem solver. So, I googled a few of the types of patterns, and she made it a game. It became easy peasy, and she vaulted to one of the top scorers on the raven (this was when ms used a raven component). Cogat also has patterns,  and she did well using not only the types of patterning but also the whole game mindset.  Math can be helped by SAT strategies, and analogies in verbal are some of the easiest to coach (used to be in SAT).  As others said, there is the familiarity issue as well. Lots of coaching opportunities on cogat. I'm sure kids who took a course in it or lots of tutoring would get a leg up.

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