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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]hyper accelerated math doesnt move the needle much, now amc, usamo and aime do.[/quote]

Those two things go hand in hand. The kid who going to represent his university at the Putnam competition was most likely both accelerated in math and did well on the AIME, etc. [/quote]

DP. Terrible logic. The student who represents their school in the Putnam very likely did accelerate in math, no surprise. But for every such student there are five who accelerated in math who don't go on to do anything special. And there's no reason to believe that accelerating in math is causal with respect to the one who did take the Putnam.

UMD has a HS math competition that does not require calculus at all. Plenty of kids who accelerate still don't place on that exam. Someone who was deeply engaged with math at a HS level would not be at a disadvantage (except that they might never hear about this exam).

I'm not the math troll, but if there is one my opinions are probably more aligned with the troll than OP. I have a STEM background, my kid took BC in 10th. That did not that helped with admissions, and it was not the goal. I've met plenty of people who've completed all the math courses one could take at a CC, who still can't think for themselves. Age doesn't matter after the fact. One of my kids was potty trained much earlier than the other, didn't put that on the college app.[/quote]

The kid who is brilliant is likely to accelerate when it is possible and also to perform well in math completions. The underlying talent is the common factor in math standouts such as--to give one example-- university-level math competitors. Some not-so-brilliant kids are either pushed to or choose to accelerate. At DC's school all the most accelerated math kids were in fact extremely smart, and all got into top colleges; so I disagree with your assessment that the vast majority of kids who accelerate are nothing special. If you are in very high-level competitions (such as Putnam), you are likely to have both accelerated and done well in high school competitions. Accelerating is of course not the cause of math brilliance. Your pushing of your child to accelerate did not make him brilliant or get him into Ivy. [/quote]

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