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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DS is in 7th grade, has done SO for 2 years and has won medals at regional and state levels.  He has not participated in any math competitions, but currently in Algebra 1 Honors.  I don't know how time consuming Math Counts will be, but I know very well SO is very time consuming and he may not have time to do both.  He is interested in both activities.  Any advice?[/quote]
Mathcounts shouldn't be as time consuming as Science Olympiad.  He should be able to do both.  [/quote]

Agree that SO is more time consuming. But OP, check whether the students at his school are allowed to do both. At our elementary (which always did well in both competitions) there was a policy that students couldn't do both. Part of the reason was to keep the same kids from taking up most spaces on academic competition teams (so more could participate) and part of it was that the teachers advising the programs needed to hold their after-school sessions for SO and Math Counts on the same day at the same time, due to many other obligations. Since your child is in middle school there may be more staffing and less concern with spreading slots among kids; I just mention this so you and he don't assume he can do both. Possibly he can.

Also--if he does go for both, be sure to check schedules now, not after he's selected for the teams. If a math competition and a SO competition will conflict, he won't be able to do both programs. It's vital to have all team members present at all events for both of these programs.

He can always go for Math Counts this year and return to SO in years to come![/quote]

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