Anonymous
Post 02/02/2013 16:02     Subject: If DC got 95% or higher, did you prep?
Anonymous wrote:

In our community, all of the Asian moms prepped. Which was okay until one of the 2nd grade (non-Asian) children announced it very loudly in the school hallway upon dismissal. Everyone heard it, even the principal, who turned around. At some colleges, the number of "heavily prepped" kids are capped for legal reasons. They can not accept one particular group to the detriment of others. So this will likely become a problem in the not too far future. For which group? It will be interesting.



You can't actually be for real?
Anonymous
Post 02/02/2013 15:57     Subject: If DC got 95% or higher, did you prep?
PP, when the non-Asian kid announced that the Asians had prepped, did the Principal put all the Asian kids on double secret probation?

Is the sky blue in your world?
Anonymous
Post 02/02/2013 15:55     Subject: If DC got 95% or higher, did you prep?
PP here. You do not want to have to prep your child for the test, as it is not an accurate indication of their capabilities. You will be doing them more harm than good; if you are familiar with AAP, you already know this.
Anonymous
Post 02/02/2013 15:53     Subject: If DC got 95% or higher, did you prep?


In our community, all of the Asian moms prepped. Which was okay until one of the 2nd grade (non-Asian) children announced it very loudly in the school hallway upon dismissal. Everyone heard it, even the principal, who turned around. At some colleges, the number of "heavily prepped" kids are capped for legal reasons. They can not accept one particular group to the detriment of others. So this will likely become a problem in the not too far future. For which group? It will be interesting.

Anonymous
Post 02/02/2013 15:37     Subject: If DC got 95% or higher, did you prep?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Also a 97% with no prep. I had planned to give him a few practice questions that I found for free on websites, but I never got around to it.

Had I give him the practice questions, I don't know that it would have helped, as it seems that the practice questions that they did in class were just as comprehensive (I know that because my son remembered them verbatim, his answers, the correct answers and why they were correct according to his teacher).


Some schools seem to prep, others don't.


I can assure you they were given the practice questions. It's part of the test administration script. It's not some optional thing done on another day.
Anonymous
Post 02/02/2013 15:27     Subject: If DC got 95% or higher, did you prep?
Anonymous wrote:Also a 97% with no prep. I had planned to give him a few practice questions that I found for free on websites, but I never got around to it.

Had I give him the practice questions, I don't know that it would have helped, as it seems that the practice questions that they did in class were just as comprehensive (I know that because my son remembered them verbatim, his answers, the correct answers and why they were correct according to his teacher).


Some schools seem to prep, others don't.
Anonymous
Post 02/02/2013 15:06     Subject: If DC got 95% or higher, did you prep?
Also a 97% with no prep. I had planned to give him a few practice questions that I found for free on websites, but I never got around to it.

Had I give him the practice questions, I don't know that it would have helped, as it seems that the practice questions that they did in class were just as comprehensive (I know that because my son remembered them verbatim, his answers, the correct answers and why they were correct according to his teacher).
Anonymous
Post 02/02/2013 14:57     Subject: If DC got 95% or higher, did you prep?
97% No prep.
Anonymous
Post 02/02/2013 14:14     Subject: If DC got 95% or higher, did you prep?
96% no prep.
Anonymous
Post 02/02/2013 13:17     Subject: Re:If DC got 95% or higher, did you prep?
97%
No prep.
Anonymous
Post 02/02/2013 13:14     Subject: If DC got 95% or higher, did you prep?
78 with prep? Without prep, your kid would be much lower, or not.
Anonymous
Post 02/02/2013 12:50     Subject: Re:If DC got 95% or higher, did you prep?
Same here. Prepped hard and only got 75th on CogAT...
Anonymous
Post 02/02/2013 11:17     Subject: Re:If DC got 95% or higher, did you prep?
Prepped but DC only scored in the 79th percentile on CogAT. Prep class was a waste of money.
Anonymous
Post 02/02/2013 10:47     Subject: If DC got 95% or higher, did you prep?
Did not prep. DC got 99%
Anonymous
Post 02/02/2013 10:45     Subject: If DC got 95% or higher, did you prep?
Be honest. I wonder what the real prepping factor is here. And you all know what I mean by prep - like Mercer, practice tests, courses, etc not the "we read alot and eat well" prep.