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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Has anyone seen this advertised in an MCPS newsletter? This is the first I've seen of it, but you would think that the attraction of a UMD scholarship would bring out a lot of students from a range of HS.[/quote]
This competition has been going on for a long time. [/quote]

That doesn’t answer the question of whether MCPS is systematically advertising it or if certain schools do it on their own. This is certainly more interesting to me than Taylor’s Christmas video.  [/quote]

This is not about advertising. Students who are interested in math competitions would already be aware of this contest. The winners are high achievers with extensive experience in competitive mathematics, such as AMO, not students who are simply strong in school math but have never participated in math competitions. [/quote]

So the select few are in the know.  And everyone else isn’t worth having.  Got it loud and clear. [/quote]

I was the PP whose DD did the competition this year and had never participated in any math competition before.

I think the school district should be better about making this available to everyone.

And, I have no doubt the kids that are winning this aren’t just smart but have done a lot of math competitions. Our DD is very smart and highly advanced in math and made the exact cutoff to advance to the second round.

There are certainly kids who might be smarter and/or better at math than she is, who also haven’t done math competitions, who might do better than her. But there is a huge chasm between making it to the second round and winning a top three spot. It does seem the kids who are likely to win this are deep into math competitions already and would already know about it.

That said, I agree that everyone should have the opportunity to participate like my DD did. She found the questions were interesting puzzles and decided to give it a go. I wish everyone could do that if they wanted.

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Did DD enjoy round II? 
Round II has 2 hours for 5 questions with huge increase in difficulty between questions, and only the first 2 question are within the difficulty range of Round I. [/quote]

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