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Why would it be bizarre to talk with other parents about children? I talk to friends,  acquaintances,  coworkers, about schooling. We share tips all the time.

The bigger question is how do you get stats on who has prepped? You have no aggregate data on that at all.  Or if you do (other than prep books at Asian stores), please share [/quote]

It's considered somewhat tactless to talk about AAP with people whose kids might not qualify.  Also, many people don't want to be viewed as tiger moms, so they keep their prepping to themselves.

No one can ever get stats on who has prepped.  Saying that you think people are or aren't prepping is meaningless.  For my part, I suspect that a lot of people are prepping based on the prevalence of prep books or centers, the over-representation we have in the top 2% on those tests, the sheer number of kids in tutoring programs, and the fact that people admit to prepping for everything else, like IAAT, TJ entrance, etc, making it unlikely that they would be blasé about getting their kids into AAP.  Additionally, I know and work with a lot of AAP kids, and while they all seem bright, very few of them seem gifted.

It is known that prepping for gifted entrances tests is rampant in NYC, which also has statistically too many kids in the top few percent.  I doubt people here are less driven to get their kids into gifted programs than the people in NYC.  [/quote]

So what you're saying is that you dont have actual data to support your assertion that prepping is widespread. Okay,  thanks.[/quote]

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