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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]He did not prep at home other than the 1 week of prep that the general ed teachers did in class for NNAT and CoGAT, and was able to achieve 160NNAT, 144Cogat, 154 WISC (no prep at all),  He’s WISC was in the 99.9%, he got into Davidson Institute before was accepted to AAP.  So for people who said these scores are impossible to achieve without prep, it’s not true.  He did 4th grade Singapore math at home and AOPS on the side, I used those works samples, and he writes short stories and had crazy invention ideas that he wrote down, we used those.

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]He had 160 NNAT, 144Cogat, wasn’t admitted first round due to a rough relationship with the teacher…. Got in on appeal with the WISC score and appeal letter explaining the gifted behaviors and how he fits to a T (many quotes from Davidson Institute) and on how the county can better serve these kids…. Of course above grade work samples…. And these score are not hard to achieve even without prep.

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My child got 154 WISC without any prep.  All family members score above 140 on official IQ tests.  Never thought my kid is gifted till the scores came in, and till he started to complain about his second grade work and teacher….  He did great in class works and was able to do 4th/5th grade math. But he ended up spending 5-10 mins doing the entire class’ work, he asked for extra worksheets and was denied by the teacher, had nothing to do for the rest of the time.  He took books to class then teacher complained about he was reading books in class, he got so frustrated with the teacher.  Of course he started picking up teachers mistakes, that didn’t go well either…
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DP.  Are you the poster whose DC was admitted first round?  Not sure what you're complaining about?  [/quote][/quote]

What kind of work samples? And what do you mean "not hard to achieve without prep"? I rarely hear people stating such scores on this board. Lots of talk of 99th percentile, but that doesn't mean a whole lot given that we are in a very educated part of the country and state.[/quote][/quote]

I think when people say such scores are not possible without prep that is shorthand for 'highly unlikely without test prep or true giftedness or extreme parental nurturance' of talent'.  Of course there are people who are not prepping in the test prep sort of way and getting top scores. I'm going to guess that in addition to your child having natural abilities you are very involved in fostering your child's cognitive development/IQ.

Btw, kind of crazy invention ideas? I have heard a lot of talk on this board about what to submit/not submit (including don't submit worksheets, etc.), and also a lot of paranoid talk about not saying child is bored but rather needs AAP, etc. Sounds like you went with what you thought reflected your child's ability and that worked out well.

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