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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Unless your kids are super smart and far advanced in math comparing to peers, summer Geometry Honor is not a good choice. I made the wrong decision not to stop my daughter taking it last summer and regretted my choice now. [/quote]

My daughter moved to Fairfax county in 6th grade so had no chance to take Algebra I in 7th grade. She is talented in math but still summer geometry did not soak her well enough into a good understanding of geometry concepts and proofs. The consequence was quite obvious, she was not AIME qualified in 8th largely because she could not solve geometry problems fast enough.    [/quote]
I doubt a one-year honors geometry class would have brought her to the AIME-qualification level, either. If summer geometry allowed her to take competition math during the school year, or if she had been willing to spend the extra hours, she would have had a better shot. That being said, making AIME is extremely difficult even for talented high school students, so there's no reason to be crestfallen.[/quote]

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