Seems reasonable. We generally know who else was testing locally and it seems to be mostly the same group of kids from year to year. (All Explore & SAT testing takes place at our local uni, so you see the other kids.) Some of these kids spend months prepping for the test, so it didn't necessarily occur to me that they would be good friends for dds in that they are coming from a different place on this and dds don't usually do as well with kids from high pressured competitive environments. I know that dd11 did see some kids from her middle school this year who she wouldn't have known were involved in talent search otherwise, though. Of course, they were icky boys, so they are unlikely to be new buddies -- lol!

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