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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So what.  They take prep courses.  The only person I know who never took a prep course and went Ivy for college, grad schools, law, etc is my DH and that's b/c he's in his fifties.  Prep courses are pretty much standard nowadays for everyone.  I'm sure kids take prep courses for TJ.
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PPs are generalizing here.  I taught math in a NYC middle school G/T program a few years ago.  The bad news is that the city has indeed seen diversity taper off in most of the exam school/magnet programs in the last decade.  The good news is that politicians, education reformers and school administrators have learned from mistakes made in the G/T domain.  As evidence, NYC public schools have begun handing out substantive free exam prep materials, including to families of rising kindergarteners hoping to test into K-5 G/T programs.  And test scores alone have never determined who is admitted to G/T programs in New York.  For example, before applying to the high school magnets, 8th graders take the SSAT test, but that's not the sole criterion for admissions.  Far from it.  If DC dared to develop highly competitive test-in magnets, NYC could offer a wealth of experience to draw on.  No need to reinvent the wheel.  DC charters will never serve gifted students well because they rely on open admissions or lottery luck.

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