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[quote=Anonymous]Let me give an example.. when I was in grad school, one of the engineering final tests had one very difficult problem and most of the students couldn't solve it. I was the only one in my class who was able to solve it and got an A+ in the course - the reason, I already solved the problem from another book (not in the list of recommended books professor gave us) few days before while preparing for finals. I just happened to have the book with me while no one else knew about it. May be professor lazy to prepare and new problem and just copied the problem with few changes. Is it fair? - not sure, but its a gray area. I never told the professor, but I told my friends about the book after the test. Some thought its not fair and some thought I was just lucky. Well, may be both.

The point here is, no matter how creative are the teachers who create these tests, we just don't have that many different types of math problems with out being repetitive. If they make the test too unique with never seen before problems, it will be too difficult of kids. But, some times the teachers do get lazy and copy the problems as-is (or with minimal alterations) from old tests or other books/materials etc. But, you can't blame students for being prepared for those kinds of problems.

Btw, the only reason I knew about this enrichment center is a kid in my neighborhood went there and parents highly recommended it to us (we didn't know about it earlier). My daughter started going to Kumon this summer and already hating it and so, I was thinking of a different curriculum and considering sending it to this program next year from 4th grade (she just got into AAP 3rd grade). Unlike kumon, this enrichment program is at AAP level and an extension to what is being taught in school (but not too advanced or overwhelming for kids). I usually teach math to my kids, but generally don't listen to me that much and coming up with material everyday/week to teach and keep them engaged is very difficult.

So, please ignore what other say here and do consider this enrichment center if you decide to send your kids there. If so many cheaters get into TJ every year, the school will not be #1 in the country with so much reputation. You may fool others to get your foot in the door, but will not be able to survive for longer under intense competition at TJ - we see this often in our jobs i.e. you can fake the job application and interview, but not the actual job in the long run.  From what I hear, TJ kids are well recognized/respected in any college they go to and many do well in their life.

I don't know if my kid(s) will get into TJ, but I don't want to discourage them about all this nonsense. I prefer to have advanced education purely based on interest and talent and not some random tests, competitions that need a lot of prepping. As a matter of fact, I do not like segregating kids for AAP right in the 3rd grade based couple of tests. I hope TJ will not royally screw up their magnet program in the name of diversity. 
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