TPMS Math Team

[Anonymous]

What's the TPMS math team like? Are the kids crazy competitive or not? DC is going to TPMS next year and want to know what it's like.

[Anonymous]

Competitive definitely. You have to try out to even get a place on the team.

[Anonymous]

How competitive are the kids near the top? What level are those kids on?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How competitive are the kids near the top? What level are those kids on?

I don't have objective measures, but from what I've heard, they're dazzling, in a great way. If DC qualifies and can join the team it should be a pretty special experience.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How competitive are the kids near the top? What level are those kids on?

Obnoxiously competitive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How competitive are the kids near the top? What level are those kids on?

Obnoxiously competitive.

What are they like? Do they constantly compare scores?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How competitive are the kids near the top? What level are those kids on?

I don't have objective measures, but from what I've heard, they're dazzling, in a great way. If DC qualifies and can join the team it should be a pretty special experience.

Are they qualifying for AIME/USAJMO/MathCounts Nationals?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How competitive are the kids near the top? What level are those kids on?

I don't have objective measures, but from what I've heard, they're dazzling, in a great way. If DC qualifies and can join the team it should be a pretty special experience.

Are they qualifying for AIME/USAJMO/MathCounts Nationals?

There are kids on the team who qualify for some of those.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How competitive are the kids near the top? What level are those kids on?

I don't have objective measures, but from what I've heard, they're dazzling, in a great way. If DC qualifies and can join the team it should be a pretty special experience.

Are they qualifying for AIME/USAJMO/MathCounts Nationals?

Yes for all three competitions. But the current lottery selected 6th and 7th grades have less of these type of kids due to lottery. So it won't be that competitive next year. Even for the non-top ones, it is still some valuable experience to be exposed every week to different kind of math competition questions with a great cohort of peers.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How competitive are the kids near the top? What level are those kids on?

I don't have objective measures, but from what I've heard, they're dazzling, in a great way. If DC qualifies and can join the team it should be a pretty special experience.

Are they qualifying for AIME/USAJMO/MathCounts Nationals?

Yes for all three competitions. But the current lottery selected 6th and 7th grades have less of these type of kids due to lottery. So it won't be that competitive next year. Even for the non-top ones, it is still some valuable experience to be exposed every week to different kind of math competition questions with a great cohort of peers.

Before the lottery, typically a dozen non-eighth graders made the varsity team. This year there are only five. So yes, it's a little less competitive but the the score needed to get into varsity was the same as previous years on the tryout..

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:How competitive are the kids near the top? What level are those kids on?

Obnoxiously competitive.

No, not at all. I know some of these kids. They are just kids who are good at Math, enjoy Math and work hard at Math. They don’t need to be ‘obnoxiou’ because they know they are capable.

Does it make you feel better about yourself to make stupid generalizations about middle schoolers?

[Anonymous]

Crazy competitive. Only kids getting on were aops and similar preppers (this was a while ago).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Crazy competitive. Only kids getting on were aops and similar preppers (this was a while ago).

I'm sorry but that's laughable.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How competitive are the kids near the top? What level are those kids on?

Obnoxiously competitive.

No, not at all. I know some of these kids. They are just kids who are good at Math, enjoy Math and work hard at Math. They don’t need to be ‘obnoxiou’ because they know they are capable.

Does it make you feel better about yourself to make stupid generalizations about middle schoolers?

Precisely, these are bright kids that genuinely enjoy math. It's pathetic that some posters feel the need to tear them down to justify their mediocrity.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How competitive are the kids near the top? What level are those kids on?

I don't have objective measures, but from what I've heard, they're dazzling, in a great way. If DC qualifies and can join the team it should be a pretty special experience.

Are they qualifying for AIME/USAJMO/MathCounts Nationals?

Yes for all three competitions. But the current lottery selected 6th and 7th grades have less of these type of kids due to lottery. So it won't be that competitive next year. Even for the non-top ones, it is still some valuable experience to be exposed every week to different kind of math competition questions with a great cohort of peers.

Before the lottery, typically a dozen non-eighth graders made the varsity team. This year there are only five. So yes, it's a little less competitive but the the score needed to get into varsity was the same as previous years on the tryout..

Were there any non-eighth graders this year who made it to chapter round?