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Oh, you mean TJ rejected the top 5% of the AMC8 in favor of these kids who were so awesome at math that they needed extra tutoring just to keep up with their cohort? You don't seem to understand how to formulate an argument.[/quote]

TJ didn't reject the top 5% of the AMC 8.  They rejected 1/4 of the kids who landed within the top 5% of the AMC 8 and presumably accepted the other 3/4.  That sounds about right to me.  If every FCPS middle school offered Longfellow levels of coaching and the AMC 8 to all honors students, there would be more top 5% honor roll students than there are TJ slots.  AMC 8 isn't nearly as big of a deal as AMC 10/AIME or Mathcounts.  It certainly shouldn't be the end all and be all of TJ admissions.  [/quote]

This is correct. The AMC 8 is not a difficult test; nothing compared to AMC 10, 12, and other high school contests. This is signified by the hundreds of students who obtain perfect scores (25/25) each year. Compare that with less than 10 or so obtaining perfect scores in the other above contests (some years almost nobody on AMC 12 or HMMT).

Top 5% on AMC 8 is usually around 17-19 questions out of 25. Certainly challenging for the average kid in AAP, but within reach of many kids if they practice on a math team, or on their own with all the available past exams.

For middle school Mathcounts *can* also be a more difficult contest, mainly due to the extremely limited time given. In particular, the state and national mathcounts rounds are a lot harder than the school and chapter levels; it's much harder on those levels to get perfect scores as compared to the AMC 8. This also explains why there are no prizes given at all for the AMC 8, nor is there any "next round" like there is for the high school versions in amc 10/12.[/quote]

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