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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For those who are accepted. Congratulations!!  Please share how your kids prepare for the test and what is the highest math course the kids are taking in 8th grade. Thanks!![/quote]

Purchased ACT aspire reading/science books from amazon, solved amc-8 and math counts from AOp.
Algebra-2 in eight grade. In math counts club.

No other external  preparation. Dc got in with 90-95 scores for all three. [/quote]

DC is doing Algebra 1 right now in 7th. To do Algebra 2 in 8th will mean that DC needs to do geometry in summer which I really hesitate. Any advice?[/quote]

Don’t. These are foundational math classes and A2 vs geometry does not give your kid an edge— in the test or in admissions. 60-70% of the class usually comes in with Geometry. 10% with A1. The rest with A2, except for a handful that are through pre-Calc. Most kids go into Math 2,5 or 3 out of geometry.  Lots of A2 kids don’t get in.  TJ is pretty clear it would rather have less Math well. My own kid had a tough transition to MS, and a rocky start in A1 that haunted him freshman year.  Once you hit geometry, a strong foundation is more important than another year. [/quote]

Can’t say it enough, let your child chill in the summer. TJ is intense, let them breathe and have fun in the summer. Kids get brunt out because their parents pushes too hard.

DC1 did Honors Geometry in 8th grade and subsequently got into TJ and is now a Junior.

DC2 is  in Hon Alg 1 in 7th grade.  We are seriously considering Honors Geometry over the summer now that we know what it entails and the fact that DC2 is more gifted with Math and would "get it" much faster than DC1.  However, DC2 has no TJ aspirations and we are not really sure that it would really help to enter a base HS for pre-calc in 9th grade.   
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