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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]1. if you truly want to know your child inborn intelligence, then don't prepping.
2. if you test for a specific purpose, e.g. AAP. I would say prepping since no strict rules says you cannot. By prepping, you might get a better chance to get in. Foremost, you believe your child can handle the AAP.
3. In this case, you take the test to Mensa. If Mensa says you are not supposed to prep but nobody would know if you did or not, then it depends on your own belief. WHY DO YOU EVEN ASK? Would you feel guilty if you prep or are you worried about Mensa would find out? Or are you trying to learn about people's mindset?
4. Competition has made us to work super hard. We compete to get in the AAP, to TJ, to top colleges,  then hundreds compete for one job. As far as the methods are legal, I don't see why we cannot use them. 
5. Prepping may improve IQ, but not going to be significant.[/quote]

1. I want to know my child's intelligence, but in relations to his/her peers. We do not live in the Mid-West, so comparing the child to that control group is a bit unsettling, especially since I want to understand the child's intelligence in relations to the peers here, in this area, who from what I know prep a lot.

2. This is for general purposes on what avenues to look for for the child, not specific to any program. So for example, if the kids in highly gifted programs have prepped, then I think I should also give my child that tool, so I can decide where the child stands in relation to those peers. That's why you prep for the GRE, GMAT, SAT, etc. No one says you shouldn't prep, and it does not matter how much you prep, if you don't have it in you, you can't get a perfect score.

3-5. Mensa was just an example, to show that prepping is not frowned upon by that society. They actually tell you to prep away, because they do not believe that prepping would make a difference, not significant anyway. What would be different for children?  But then, if the difference would be 1-2 points, why even bother? If the test is preppable, then it is not a good test. If it is a good test and it can't be prepped, then what's ethical about not prepping?[/quote]

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