Anonymous wrote:I have a kid who does an expensive soccer camp in the summer but doesn't need this to make the varsity high school team. He simply wants to do so.

That's nice.

I have a kid who does an expensive soccer camp in the summer but doesn't need this to make the varsity high school team. He simply wants to do so.

IMHO if your kid needs this to get in, he or she might thrive more readily in a different program.

My kid doesn't need this to get in but wants to take it for fun. Is that ok with you and your humble opinion? Can a kid take it (like anything in life) even if he or she doesn't really need it to get in?

Anonymous wrote:IMHO if your kid needs this to get in, he or she might thrive more readily in a different program.

+1

My kid is in a HGC and the only kids I know who have taken those classes are not there...though I certainly do not know all the kids.

IMHO if your kid needs this to get in, he or she might thrive more readily in a different program.

Anonymous wrote:Do White kids ever take these classes?

IDK, but I'm Asian with a kid in HGC, and I've never heard of this. Does this class have a name, or is it just called Dr. Li's class?

Anonymous wrote:Has anyone taken the classes with Dr. Li? Did they make a difference/the difference?

How many HGC kids have taken this class, I wonder?

Do White kids ever take these classes?

All or none phenomenon.

all of it!

Can anyone shed light on what was helpful? They are pretty time consuming and expensive classes.

Sorry, I cannot provide you with a prospective, randomized, double blind, placebo-controlled study for definitive evidence base...just anecdotal evidence.
I'll proceeded with anecdotal evidence. Glad I did so.

signed by Dr. Li

Anonymous wrote:yes and yes

how do you know it made a diff? It's not like the kid can re-take the test and the second results after the prep class were much higher? If your kid got in after taking the prep class, that doesn't automatically mean the class helped. I'm sure it didn't hurt, but can you really make a link?

yes and yes

Has anyone taken the classes with Dr. Li? Did they make a difference/the difference?