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Reply to "how to prep a preschooler to get into a MoCo gifted program"
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[quote=Anonymous]I think some of the obsession with getting into the GT comes, in some cases, from parental concerns that have nothing to do with DC actually being gifted. Instead: 1. Gifted program is perceived as the fast track to Harvard. But Harvard will take your kid from high school not fourth grade. While I do think normal-but-hardworking kids can succeed in magnets, by high school the non-gifted kid is either going to be miserable with the stress of keeping up, or the truly gifted kids will be kicking his/her butt, and Harvard won't be interested. 2. The local school isn't great, it may even be bad. I think some parents I know even view gifted programs as a free equivalent to private school.[/quote]
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