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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] I don't know where the other thread is... I don't even live in VA.[/quote]

Must have thought that was me for some reason.  Funny thing, wouldn't have known it at the time was writing the post, but I actually am the previous poster.  Was wondering if this person had access to server logs.

To respond to that person, you don't know as much about MathCounts as you think, unless you are able to identify the champion when I went based off the details and looking at a list of champs.[/quote]

Well, you didn't compete within the last 20 years.  For the 5th place finisher to score 20 points lower than the written champion, the CDR cutoff would need to be &lt;= 26.  That has not even come close to happening in the last 20 years.

Things have changed a lot in that timeframe.  I almost qualified for USAMO in 12th grade while merely taking Calc (with Algebra I in 8th).  I also almost qualified for Mathcounts Nats with my 8th grade Algebra.  That was ages ago.  The contests have become so much harder, and the kids are so much more accelerated than they were.  It would be absurd to recommend that 8th grade Algebra would suffice for USAMO qualification now, because that simply isn't the case.  It is not helpful to spread outdated info.

So many people are giving out bad advice for Mathcounts in the present day.  That's why I thought you were the same person.  In present day FCPS, a kid who doesn't take Algebra until 7th grade has no real chance of competing with the plethora of kids who are much more advanced.  [/quote]

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