> "but for the majority of people who are of age to be posting here, if they were in a gifted program, it likely is because they had parents who helped them stu

> "but for the majority of people who are of age to be posting here, if they were in a gifted program, it likely is because they had parents who helped them study for the tests to get in by spending money." Source? It's certainly not the case for me individually, having been an immigrant child who got through on my own since my parents didn't know enough English to help me on homework and we were too poor to afford tutoring.