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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP are you aware that there are kids out there with 99% MAP-M several grades up?  Yes there are kids doing this with outside enrichment, but there are those truly bright kids that can do without.   [/quote]

True maybe 1 out of 30 of the kids in these programs got there without outside enrichment. They inevitably have highly educated parents who were able to provide the enrichment necessary to make the cut. Kids aren't born magically knowing advanced math. [/quote]

No they learn it at school. At least mine did.[/quote]
Mine picked it up without any tutoring.   Now I will say, my kid was not winning any of the math competitions like these kids that were in cram schools or other outside tutoring.   But they held their own in class.   I realize things have changed in last few years with no COGAT but it was actually a small percentage (< 25%) of kids that were getting the enrichment you are thinking of. [/quote]

You don't need advanced math to get in and if you are in advanced math it doesn't mean you will. Of the kids at DC's school who were accelerated in math less than a quarter got in to the magnet and nearly all the kids who did get in were just on the regular math pathway from "regular" schools most of you have never heard about.
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