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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is crazy. My DH went has two engineering degrees from a top STEM university.  He went to TJ for high school and the highest math he took there was calculus BC. His parents didn't want him accelerated and it wasn't the norm back then (late 90s).  He didn't even know anyone who prepped for TJ admission or did summer courses. I don't see how this produces better outcomes in the long run (meaning over the course of one's career). The people in the top management jobs in tech in middle age are usually the ones who have strong social skills in addition to good tech skills. Kids need to develop those and spending nights, weekends, and summer doing a ton of math is not the way to do it.[/quote]

Your husband was an engineering major not a math major and there is a difference. Telling some math kids not to go beyond what classes are available is like telling a future English lit major not to read too many novels.[/quote]

Not really a great analogy. Notably, we don’t see kids accelerating 3-4 grade levels ahead in ELA. 
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