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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]On the percentages on who AOPS is for, I remember reading an interview with the founder Richard Rusczyk, and he put forward the 20% of students that the program is for. I interpret this as students that will benefit and be able to keep up with the AOPS offerings, and also keep in mind that since they are a for profit company it's their interest to broaden the customer base, for example there are normal classes but also olympiad training, obviously with different target. It is possible to expand that base to a larger fraction of the students, about 50% in my opinion, but only if the AOPS is supplemented significantly with tutoring, taken at a slower pace, or diluting the content. [/quote] DP. I think the percent of kids who can be successful with AoPS depends greatly on where the kid jumps into AoPS instruction. If a kid is going from school math for K-Algebra, and then jumping into AoPS for Geometry, that kid will likely only be successful if they're gifted in math. If a kid starts from BA2 and works through each level along the way, then any reasonably bright kid should be able to succeed in higher level AoPS courses, like the Intermediate Algebra or pre-Calc. Beast Academy has a lot of wonderful foundational material that greatly helps kids in the later classes. [/quote]
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