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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If your kid is happy and excelling, it’s great!

Just encourage him or her to try other things, too. Lots of other things! You want your DC to take both AP English classes in high school: AP Language and Composition (non-fiction) and AP Literature. Both are excellent classes and good for overall education as well as college admissions.

[b]For college admissions, they need to be MEMORABLE!!! This means they need something different that makes them stand out. Math will not be that thing. It just won’t. Nor will an instrument or a sport. [/b]

Encourage your kid to try other things and find something completely different than math that they truly enjoy. [b]And encourage them to do that AND to do math. Ideally, something fun/interesting. Juggling … comedy … cartoon drawing … yoga … and then do something with it (volunteer at library story time …. perform for elderly communities or children’s parties etc.) [/b]

You want to find something light-hearted and unusual they can slide into their application in addition to their genuine passion for math. [b]This way they are more likely to be remembered as more than just another “accelerated math kid.”[/b] [/quote]

this is great advice. 
And something we were told over and over again.
your kid can still be a math kid. they just need to be "more" than a math kid.
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