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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]And it turns out the kids there aren't even elite for the most part they simply purchased many expensive prep lessons where they were coached and given answers. So I have to agree with the PP.[/quote]

They also mostly had straight As with a near 4.0 GPA average. Test prep was a part of it, and there is some privilege that was necessary for that.

But they were also near universally good and hardworking students. Test prep alone wouldn’t get you into TJ. Stop with the strawman.

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That test prep is the real difference maker is such a myth.  Brilliant, hard-working kids get in to TJ.  Average kids that take prep classes do not.  That has always been the case until this year.  [/quote]

Except when the fakes make it clear that it is the difference-maker. Curie alone accounts for over 30% of those who got admitted and that's just one place. This whole thread was about people buying the answers. All the evidence indicates otherwise and the majority of parents whose kids are getting in seem to agree or they wouldn't be spending so much on tutors, aops, rsm and test prep.[/quote]
My kids went to TJ, they did prep, the prep center didn't hand them any answers to them, they only teach on how to solve problems. Don't troll on fake news.[/quote]

They teach "on" how to solve [b]the types of problems that you see on the Quant-Q.[/b] The entire point of the Quant-Q is to evaluate students' ability to solve problems that they've never seen before. They're not math problems, they're more like math puzzles. To show kids how to do each type of puzzle before the exam completely defeats the purpose of the exam. And remember, that exam was graded on a curve, so one student's artificially inflated score impacted other students' ability to be selected as semifinalists.[/quote]
How can you expect anyone to come without preparation. If you take baseball, the hitter knows what the pitcher throws and same with the pitcher who knows about the batter. If you come to the plate without preparation you will be struck out. It is how things work everywhere.[/quote]

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