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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]" Prepping for an aptitude test is an oxymoron. "

Worst than that, aptitude-test-prepping is a character flaw. It reveals an inferiority complex.
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Quite the opposite actually. It reveals the superiority complex the anti-preppers seem to have, in that they think they can do well in anything without putting any work. But let's be real here, this is not what many of them actually believe, they are not that dense. Most anti-preppers also have an inferiority complex that they're not good enough, just like the preppers. But instead of perhaps trying to improve, they opt for the easiest claim, which is to reduce the amount of prepping. We know they're just saying it because they don't really want to do any work and think that making a claim that prepping is useless will actually dissuade others from prepping and thus lower the bar for everyone.[/quote]

No I want to reward actual intelligence

Putting in the work/wrote memorization does not indicate aptitude at all it indicate a requirements to work hard

I've often wondered some of these TJ stories of students working late into the night on HW they don't belong there they don't have the aptitude/intelligence[/quote]

Are you one of those IQ peddlers who loves to talk about the Mensa society all day? Define "actual intelligence". Do you think the top 25% of kids at TJ are getting by mainly on intelligence? You do realize that most of life is hard work, not innate talent (I do apologize if this is new and bursts any bubble). Anyway, TJ encapsulates hard work. If you let kids in who think they don't need to work, they likely do not belong at TJ and they likely would do poorly there, unless they change their habits. You may want to consider that the top kids at TJ are working harder than most of the other kids, that's why they are doing great things. It's not because they were born "actually intelligent".

It really irksome how often this comes up: Americans think they're somehow a more intelligent species and don't have to rely on hard work, when the attitude should be the exact opposite, this country was built on hard work and it seems like we're forgetting that year after year.[/quote]

Correct. My kid’s iq is off the charts and graduated in the top 1% of his TJ graduating class but he had to put in lot of hard work to take the most rigorous post ap courses, conduct research, volunteer and do ECs. [/quote]

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