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[quote=Anonymous][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]

As part of being in that environment, you'll hear about the UMD competition.  Or if your local, and your kid is at this level, you're on the UMD page looking for opportunities to challenge your kid in the summer and you'll stumble upon the competition.

It's great that some teachers at some schools, email out the information.  But this opportunity is no different than any other EC that a parent seeks out for their child.  Parents need to do the work of finding the opportunities.  If you didn't know it existed, that's on you.[/quote]

You are deeply confused. This event is an in-school event. Only high school teachers are allowed to administer the test to students. [/quote]

I’m not confused.  I understand that it is administered by HS teachers during the school day.  Parents are complaining that they didn’t know the competition existed.  My point is that if your kid is playing at this level, then you know the competition exists because your kid is involved in other math activities outside of school.  They will hear about students in other schools preparing for the UMD comp when they’re at AoPS.  Or they’ll hear about it during the summer math course at UMD that a parent enrolled them in.  The UMD comp isn’t for casual math kids—they need to learn how to analyze and respond to the questions.  So as a parent, if you’re in that environment, you know it exists or you’ve at least heard about it.  Then you look on the UMD math site and see your kids school is not listed.  So you or your kid reach out to the math coordinator at your school and ask how your child can participate.[/quote]

None of that matters because whether your child participates or not depends on whether the school decides to offer it! So all the IYKYK community culture stuff can be replaced by forwarding one simple email from the UMD organizer!

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