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Definitely true, and becomes more true as test-taking becomes a more highly specialized skill that is being taught from an earlier age.

I am a fairly unremarkable individual who scored over 150 on an IQ test and over 1500 on my SAT because my parents enrolled me in classes from an early age that were designed to make me a better test taker. I shouldn't have had the opportunities I've had growing up - I'm not especially smart and I'm not an especially hard worker. But I did graduate from TJ and I can tell you that there are a lot of other impostors like me roaming the halls there right now - many moreso than there used to be - because test-taking is an overemphasized skill in today's educational realm.[/quote]
Uhm...that’s kind of amazing (that you have over 150 IQ). What kind of classes did you take? At what age did you start the classes?[/quote]

This is funny.. I am not sure if PP is being humble or sarcastic. If you don't have the talent and ability the absorb and apply the material, throwing a ton of prep classes at you will not automatically make you smarter and it may even the demotivating in many cases.  All the prepping and push from parents can only raise awareness and channel the interests in specific direction. If your parents forced to go to classes that you do not like or cannot keep up, you will ultimately resent it. No matter, how many classes I take or how much hard work I put in, I cannot become an NBA player :). [/quote]

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