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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Everyone here seems to seriously underestimate how hard it is to qualify for USA(J)MO. 99.9% of high school seniors have never qualified qualify for USA(J)MO (actually, more like 99.99%). No one qualifies in middle school without a concerted effort and extreme acceleration, be that in school or out of it.[/quote]

This.  JMO only takes around 300 kids.  Likewise, AMO only takes around 300 kids.  This is not 300 per grade level.  It's 300 total who are 10th grade and below for JMO.  Maybe 30-40 kids in the entire country qualify while still in middle school.  It's an elite honor that is nearly impossible even with the concerted effort and extreme acceleration.  A lot of people with math degrees would not be capable of solving the problems that these kids are solving.  [/quote]

This. And then to do well in JMO/AMO requires a whole other set of skills that aren't taught (formally, at least) until college. These kids are mostly acquiring them through AoPS forums, OTIS etc. But the point is that these kids are already past most of the middle school curriculum (at least up to Alg2/pre-calculus). Schools/school systems should be willing to work with the kids and parents to lightly supervise them while they work with online offerings, or facilitate high-school level courses in middle school if applicable. [/quote]

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