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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]But really, most people don't prep for the NNAT.  [/quote]
I wouldn't be too sure of that.  The prep learning centers, online resources, and amazon books wouldn't exist if people weren't using/buying them.  The ridiculously high local percentiles certainly suggest that a lot of prepping is happening.  [/quote]

In NYC, maybe.  In Fairfax, about 2000 3rd graders are in AAP.  About 100 posters are active on this thread around testing/eligibility time (probably fewer, since probably many posts are by the same posters).  Possibly a small number of 1st and 2nd graders are prepped, maybe even a couple hundred, but not many.[/quote]

Why would you assume that people in NYC are so incredibly different from people here?  Considering that there are multiple academies that offer prep classes or prep summer camp, I wouldn't at all be surprised if a few hundred did that type of extensive prepping.  But a lot more people probably do workbooks or find sample problems online.  Pretty much anywhere that has desirable GT programs that use entrance tests will have a lot of people prepping for the tests.

I only have anecdotes, but at my bus stop, plenty of moms types talked about going through cogat workbooks with their kids.  These weren't just Asian tiger moms, either.  Prepping is MUCH more widespread than you think.   [/quote]

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