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[quote=Anonymous]My two kids were in AAP, one had Cogat of 144, the other is high 130s.  Both kids now in Nysmith.  I don't understand the hate in this board on the school.  I don't care about the name of the school and I am sure not all kids are highly gifted in Nysmith.  But I regret not moving them to Nysmith sooner.  Language Arts is where AAP is behind.  Many Nysmith kids are also ahead in terms of Math.  And Science.  Most of all, my kids keep telling me learning is more fun in Nysmith.

The real difference though is the competitiveness of the families.  The AAP my kids were in have kids started outside tutoring since kindergarten.  They openly prepped for NNAT, Cogat, then IOWA, then AOPS/math olympiad/science olympiad, and of course TJ.  My kids asked to have them enrolled in Kumon and Sunshine Academy, because this was what their classmates were doing.  Nysmith's families are more relax because they feel that the school is doing enough to push for academics.  This explains why in competitions such as SO, Nysmith kids may come across more "naive" and "sheltered".  This has nothing to do with their ability, but how prepared/pushy their parents are.

TJ changed the admission test last year, which leveled the playing field for kids that do not prep since kindergarten.  Last year, 44% of Nysmith's kids that took the test were admitted.  This is quite telling regarding the quality of education at Nysmith.[/quote]

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