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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]HGC test prep is real - the one I have heard most about is by a company called APLUS.   I heard other parents discussing it last year at a sports activity.   [/quote]

I think this is common knowledge, is it not? Just to even the playing field, here is my public service contribution.  Cost runs to approximately - $800 - $1000.   Admissions rate is around 30% (yeah, regardless of what the school says - I am standing behind this number because if a single student gets admitted to 2 programs, the schools will count is as 2 admissions. )

It is a self-selected group of students who probably have as much chance of getting in on their own. They are affluent and very bright, probably already in GT and advanced tracks.

So what is the center preparing them for? Frankly, for HGC testing they have no idea what the test covers or what the test format is like. So the test centers are tutoring them in all kinds of stuff that looks like it has come out of a SSAT prep book...which means that the content is much harder than the HGC test.  They DO NOT TEACH CONTENT....so, if your kid does not know fractions and long division - they are not going to learn it there.

For other exams (MS, HS) too they are covering from SAT books.

http://en1.endiva.net/AplusLearningINC/portal/PortalHome.asp

https://www.mathenglish.com/

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