AMC 10 Tutoring

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are AMC 8 results out? Where can I find them?

Are you the same person who has asked this multiple times here already?

Results were out 2 day after the testing window closed back in January. The only place you can get results is your proctor. You need to ask the proctor for the official score report. If the proctor insists that they don’t have the results, then kindly inform them that they need to log into their edvistas portal and check there.

No I am not the same person. My kid took this but I never got any results. Thanks for the info, I'll have him ask his teacher.

[Anonymous]

Update, I am the OP

So I had a demo with the Olympiad insider tutoring, it was a high schooler who qualified for the Olympiad round of amc 10. I was told the rate was $75/hr for new clients which I felt was reasonable, so I signed my son up for once a week. The high schooler seemed to know which topics were tested the most and even had some sort of a curriculum. I was impressed.

$75/hr is still pretty expensive though… any thoughts? Should I increase the number of sessions? Right now it’s only one hour per week.

[Anonymous]

By the way, my 8th grader is currently enrolled in Algebra I. He is doing well with an A

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Update, I am the OP

So I had a demo with the Olympiad insider tutoring, it was a high schooler who qualified for the Olympiad round of amc 10. I was told the rate was $75/hr for new clients which I felt was reasonable, so I signed my son up for once a week. The high schooler seemed to know which topics were tested the most and even had some sort of a curriculum. I was impressed.

$75/hr is still pretty expensive though… any thoughts? Should I increase the number of sessions? Right now it’s only one hour per week.

OmegaLearn has a free prerecorded course and a free book: https://www.omegalearn.org/amc10-12

[Anonymous]

Also there is not "Olympiad round of AMC10", there is the AMC 10/12, then the AIME, and then the USAJMO/USAMO

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Update, I am the OP

So I had a demo with the Olympiad insider tutoring, it was a high schooler who qualified for the Olympiad round of amc 10. I was told the rate was $75/hr for new clients which I felt was reasonable, so I signed my son up for once a week. The high schooler seemed to know which topics were tested the most and even had some sort of a curriculum. I was impressed.

$75/hr is still pretty expensive though… any thoughts? Should I increase the number of sessions? Right now it’s only one hour per week.

Why the obsession with making AIME? It sounds like your kid is pretty new to competition math and has a ton of curricular gaps (geometry, number theory, counting&probability). Jumping to private tutoring rather than trying to fill some of those gaps or take much cheaper competition math classes sounds extreme to me.

Even if you go with the tutoring, I hope you understand that your kid will need to put in at least an hour of work every day to have any real shot at making AIME.

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I am suspecting that OP is a troll. It is unrealistic to suspect an 8th grader who didn't make honor roll on the AMC 8 to jump to the necessary score to make the AIME off the AMC 10 as a 9th grader. I would think it will take more then an hour a day of studying to get to a place where the child could hit that goal.

AoPS has summer math competition classes online, look there. The first of the AMC 10 classes is listed below. But if the child as an 8th grader did not make the top 5% on the AMC 8, they are going to struggle on the AMC 10.

https://artofproblemsolving.com/school/course/maa-amc10

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Anonymous wrote:I am suspecting that OP is a troll. It is unrealistic to suspect an 8th grader who didn't make honor roll on the AMC 8 to jump to the necessary score to make the AIME off the AMC 10 as a 9th grader. I would think it will take more then an hour a day of studying to get to a place where the child could hit that goal.

AoPS has summer math competition classes online, look there. The first of the AMC 10 classes is listed below. But if the child as an 8th grader did not make the top 5% on the AMC 8, they are going to struggle on the AMC 10.

https://artofproblemsolving.com/school/course/maa-amc10

I doubt OP is a troll. I think either their kid wants to apply for TJ froshmore admissions and thinks AIME qualification will look good, or the OP doesn't know what's involved in prepping for the AIME and doesn't understand how advanced the kids are who qualify. To me, it reads like a kid who just started a sport, was nowhere near the level needed to make a good travel team, but wants to make Varsity next year at their school. It's not impossible, but extremely unlikely, and the kid is already way behind the curve.

My advice for OP is to focus less on the end goal and more on the journey. If the kid is interested in competition math, then take advantage of the many free resources or take a class at AoPS or RSM. Both are much more bang for your buck with improving at math in general and competition math.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are AMC 8 results out? Where can I find them?

Are you the same person who has asked this multiple times here already?

Results were out 2 day after the testing window closed back in January. The only place you can get results is your proctor. You need to ask the proctor for the official score report. If the proctor insists that they don’t have the results, then kindly inform them that they need to log into their edvistas portal and check there.

No I am not the same person. My kid took this but I never got any results. Thanks for the info, I'll have him ask his teacher.

There were some posters whose kids took the test through APS and they were having a hard time getting the test results. I do think it is a pain that you cannot get your own results from the AMC 8 organization as a whole. I also think it is a bit ridiculous that AMC provides certificates for finishing in the top 3 of your testing location. I am not sure it is that big of a deal that DS finished 2nd out of the 40 or so kids who took it at his location. I do see some of the math competition programs Facebook pages that seem to make a big deal out of the fact that their students finished 1-3 at their location but there is no mention of earning Honor Roll or Distinguished Honor Roll.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are AMC 8 results out? Where can I find them?

Are you the same person who has asked this multiple times here already?

Results were out 2 day after the testing window closed back in January. The only place you can get results is your proctor. You need to ask the proctor for the official score report. If the proctor insists that they don’t have the results, then kindly inform them that they need to log into their edvistas portal and check there.

No I am not the same person. My kid took this but I never got any results. Thanks for the info, I'll have him ask his teacher.

There were some posters whose kids took the test through APS and they were having a hard time getting the test results. I do think it is a pain that you cannot get your own results from the AMC 8 organization as a whole. I also think it is a bit ridiculous that AMC provides certificates for finishing in the top 3 of your testing location. I am not sure it is that big of a deal that DS finished 2nd out of the 40 or so kids who took it at his location. I do see some of the math competition programs Facebook pages that seem to make a big deal out of the fact that their students finished 1-3 at their location but there is no mention of earning Honor Roll or Distinguished Honor Roll.

That is kind of the point. The real awards are for making the Honor Rolls. The 1st-3rd awards exist so schools/testing centers have some sort of award to hand out, even if nobody or very few people make the honor roll. Making an honor roll is something you could put on an application for a selective high school. Being 1st at your center isn't.

I imagine that if people really, really cannot get their results from their proctor, they could contact MAA and ask for assistance.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Also there is not "Olympiad round of AMC10", there is the AMC 10/12, then the AIME, and then the USAJMO/USAMO

I think OP meant USAJMO.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you’re looking for a tutor, I’ve heard about https://olympiadinsider.com/tutoring

Let me know how it goes if you give them a try; we are looking for an amc 8 tutor as well

Apparently these amc exams are more about strategy than actual math these days… so much for a math competition

Not true, unless you are counting "get a copy of the test in advance" as a strategy, which was popular this year.

They are about knowing all of a very specific set of material, and drilling to increase speed, though, if you want to be one of the highest free scores.

That was a proven strategy with TJ admissions for year.s

Not true.

Why do you keep spreading this lie ?

Not true, it is a well established fact that many had access to test questions through expensive outside prep.

[Anonymous]

This is not one of the 500 TJ whining threads. Stop it

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Update, I am the OP

So I had a demo with the Olympiad insider tutoring, it was a high schooler who qualified for the Olympiad round of amc 10. I was told the rate was $75/hr for new clients which I felt was reasonable, so I signed my son up for once a week. The high schooler seemed to know which topics were tested the most and even had some sort of a curriculum. I was impressed.

$75/hr is still pretty expensive though… any thoughts? Should I increase the number of sessions? Right now it’s only one hour per week.

I think it's great. These kids work so hard and they deserve some patronage from rich striver moms.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are AMC 8 results out? Where can I find them?

Are you the same person who has asked this multiple times here already?

Results were out 2 day after the testing window closed back in January. The only place you can get results is your proctor. You need to ask the proctor for the official score report. If the proctor insists that they don’t have the results, then kindly inform them that they need to log into their edvistas portal and check there.

No I am not the same person. My kid took this but I never got any results. Thanks for the info, I'll have him ask his teacher.

There were some posters whose kids took the test through APS and they were having a hard time getting the test results. I do think it is a pain that you cannot get your own results from the AMC 8 organization as a whole. I also think it is a bit ridiculous that AMC provides certificates for finishing in the top 3 of your testing location. I am not sure it is that big of a deal that DS finished 2nd out of the 40 or so kids who took it at his location. I do see some of the math competition programs Facebook pages that seem to make a big deal out of the fact that their students finished 1-3 at their location but there is no mention of earning Honor Roll or Distinguished Honor Roll.

It's no more ridiculous than giving out ribbons for school spelling bee or field day or art show. It's a little competition to motivate kids to put some effort into learning. Stop being so bitterly competitive about things that don't matter. Why be a thief of your kids' joy? Don't you want them or have better life that your own self-imposed misery?