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[quote=Anonymous]Hi, it is poster 12:02, aka the FAI (Former Admissions Insider)!  It depends on the school, but even at the so called "top" schools not every child is a 99% on the WPPSI, although yes, many are in the 90s.  My own impression was that 96 vs. 98 was not seen as incredibly dispositive.  Admissions committee members are very aware that there are all kinds of variables for the WPPSI and any with long-time experience at a school can cite enough kids from outside the 99.9 range who have excelled to underscore this view that it is hard to predict for this early age range.  In terms of why sometimes it "feels" like everyone (else's) kids had 99.9%, it reminded me of going back to one of my high school reunions years ago.  I was struck by how many people seemed to have happy marriages and great jobs, and then realized for the most part people only attended if they felt happy and confident at that moment in their lives.  I was single at the time but liked my job, and joked around with my best friend from high school that when others were introducing their spouses and pulling out the adorable baby pictures I could come back with: "and have you met my fascinating job?"  So, with apologies for belaboring the analogy, I think folks whose young 'uns have 99.9% WPPSI scores may be a bit more likely to talk about WPPSI, test scores, in general, etc., leading to a bit of skewed perspective.[/quote]

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