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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My child went through the AAP program and graduated from TJ. Never prepped for CogAT or the TJ test.

We could tell the kids who had prepped extensively to get into AAP/TJ. These were the kids who had to work extra hard to keep up, had to have tutors after school and “enrichment” in the summer. The kids who were up till 2 am doing homework. The kids who couldn’t participate in any non-academic extracurriculars because they were afraid of falling behind if they did something just for fun.

Kids need lots of different kinds of experiences to become good and mature adults eventually. They do best when they are at the right level in school so they can engage in arts, music, sports, theatre, dance, as well as academics. Pushing them to be in programs above their level actually ends up stunting their growth and development in the long run. 
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This is how I'm interpreting your statements: In AAP, they're challenged and pushed.  In General Education, they would be top of class and coast by while being ignored by the teacher focusing on underperformers.

I know which scenario works better for my child and which one 95% of parents would prefer.  This is essentially a glowing recommendation to prep.

I'd also point out that no amount of prepping will get a child who truly can't keep up in the class.  We're largely talking about the grey area children who are above grade level and indistinguishable from the higher performers in general ed.  If Prepping gives them a slight leg up over an equally qualified (maybe even slightly higher qualified) child - I'd do my parental duty to selfishly help my child succeed and feel zero regrets.  Fairfax County created this problem/situation where they pull out any relevant peers making gen ed so undesirable, so I will equally play the game to ensure our own success.     [/quote]

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