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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]true that through prepping even average to slighly above average kids can get into a selective and very prestigious program. 
In that sense prepping is very "democratic." It levels the playing field. Perhaps that is what some are objecting to.[/quote]

What makes these kids "average"...their SES or zip code?  While some can only afford a few dog eared workbooks for their children; others have private tutors for their children year round to complement their higher resourced  elementary schools and summer enrichment camps.  I guess the former are simply average to slightly above average kids while the latter spawned zygotes from generations of knock out breeding are the real McCoys--the gifted and the intelligentsia?[/quote]

The advantages of being able to afford tutors is an entirely different issue than prepping for the CogAT.  Anyone can come up with $50 for a practice test.  If you think it will make a huge difference in your child's life, you make the necessary sacrifices.   Regarding tutors, do you think parents who can afford to give their kids a better education by using tutors should not do it to level the playing field?   Also, the pp just mentioned average kids.  Maybe you are the biggot by assuming there are no average kids in high SES neighborhoods.[/quote]

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