Reply to AMC 10 Tutoring

Forum Index » Advanced Academic Programs (AAP)

Reply to "AMC 10 Tutoring"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was just on the olympiad insider website, how is it possible for so many of their students to make AIME and even usamo? Is the competition world turning into pay to win? Of course, you can study yourself or with aops class, but it seems you are at a great disadvantage without a private tutor...

im talking about
https://www.olympiadinsider.com/tutoring[/quote]

There are kids who enjoy math and study for math competitions starting at a young age. My kid started math competition classes and math competitions in 4th grade. He is in 7th grade now and tends to be in the 99th percentile for his age group. Math competitions focus on math in a different way than traditional math exams. More complex word problems were the first stop is even figuring out how to approach the problem and there tend to be a fast way that works and a slower way that works. The kids who participate in math competitions tend to be able to pick up the fast and right method, they complete more problems.

Think of it this way, there are a small number of kids that are in the pipe line for the higher level athletic programs. They are there because they have spent a large amount of time practicing and honing skills. They end up training at specialized gyms/programs. It is easier for math kids to work with specialized tutors because you can do it virtually now.

DS is probably seen as a long shot to go far with the AMC 12, he “only” scored a 90 on the AMC 10 as a 7th grader. There are a small number of kids in 7th grade who made the AIME so I hear from folks that he is behind the curve. We’ll see, he enjoys the competitions and is on several teams. He finds it fun.

Go to Youtube and look for the Mathcounts competition, it is a MS competition. The kids are very impressive. [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics