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[quote=Anonymous]1.  When did "rampant" = "most"?  A prepping rate of even 33%, meaning 1/3 kids in AAP don't deserve to be there is rampant to me.

2.  There is a difference between hardcore prepping and casual prepping.  I would guess that not so many people do hardcore prepping, like prep classes, but a lot do casual prepping, like ordering a book from Amazon or looking for problems online.  Even on this forum, a lot of people claim that they "didn't prep."  They just showed their kid some practice problems or did a workbook.  Since we're throwing numbers out all willy nilly, I would guess that maybe 5-10% do hardcore prepping, but another 25%-50% do casual prepping, especially if doing google searches for NNAT or CogAT problems and then going over them with your kid is considered prepping.

3.  It seems reasonably well accepted that prepping won't turn a 100 into a 130, but may turn a 120 into a 130.  So, prepping, while it would help admission, is hardly a guarantee of admission.    Parents aren't prepping and then not sending kids to AAP.  They might be prepping and having kids who still don't qualify.

4.  It is highly regional.  Some areas have only a few kids get in.  Others have half of the class.  [/quote]

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