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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]RSM has tutors to help with homework for kids who need a bit more help.

Honors at RSM is not a joke. It is fast and it is hard. It requires that kids have really strong foundations in past material and are able to quickly pick up new material. [/quote]
Is AOPS harder? My kid is doing honors at RSM but it doesn’t seem overly challenging [/quote]

What level?  AoPS has Beast academy at the elementary school level that lets the student walk or run at their own speed. Some BA academy (trophy) problems are near-impossible even for adults.

At middle school/high school, you have to weigh robustness (RSM) v. Problem-solving (AoPS).  I would say that AoPS Algebra doesn't get into the why of certain things (such as indeterminate solutions), because it expects the reader to understand this concept with minimal hand-holding.  RSM, on the other hand, drills these things more.  AoPS spends its time teaching students to use multiple concepts across different chapters to solve problems.[/quote]
Thanks that is helpful. DC is in 6th grade. I think we will try AOPS when this course is over[/quote]
AoPS also offers courses in number theory and counting&probability, which RSM doesn't AFAIK[/quote]

RSM covers a lot of that material in the Math Competition Class. DS loves the Math Competition Class. They cover number theory, probability, geometry, statistics and the like. There are two levels, there is the local level and a national level. The national program accepts 200 students per grade across the country and is taught at a year ahead of the local program. The local program starts in 4th grade.

RSM's regular classes follow the regular curriculum. I do know that there are kids who stay with RSM through 12th grade which would mean they are taking some classes after the Calculus offering but I am not sure what those classes are. I don't know how RSM handles the math progression when kids are not in Algebra in 7th grade. It might be that kids who are in the two lower 6th grade classes end up in Pre-Algebra in 7th and not Algebra. [/quote]

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