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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]^ This report is from last year, but it gives an idea of rarity.
https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/VAEDUFCPS/bulletins/39692a4

Last year at Longfellow, 3 kids qualified for AIME, 9 kids made AMC 10 achievement roll, 8 kids made AMC 8 DHR, and 36 made AMC 8 HR.  
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Thanks for the link. A few questions:

1) What is a Team Member? The AMCs are not a team competition so I don’t know what an AMC 8 or 10 Team member is. More curious than anything.

2) How many of those kids were 8th graders or 7th graders? Just because I am curious. I doubt that you know that.

3) Why are kids listed on both the HR and DHR? That is kind of weird. Really 28 kids made HR because they counted the DHR kids in with the HR, they double counted them.

Without knowing how many kids took the test at Longfellow, it is hard to know if those kids really stand out because there were a lot more that took it and did not earn HR or DHR. If that list is pretty much everyone who took then what I think holds true, most the kids who take the test at a school like Longfellow will earn HR or DHR, which is commendable but will likely have less impact on a TJ application.

Earning HR and DHR on the AMCs is awesome, especially if you are taking them early. But I suspect that many of the TJ applicants from the major feeders will have similar scores. 
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1. Each school or test center gets a team score that is the sum of the top 3 scorers.  Since 4 kids are listed, the school probably took both AMC 10A and AMC 10B, with some kids making top 3 on both, and some kids only making it on one or the other.

2 and 3. No clue.
I wouldn't be surprised if around 100 kids at Longfellow take the test.  I also wouldn't be surprised if every TJ feeder with a strong math competition team has similar results.  To me, AMC 8 HR wouldn't stand out in a TJ application on its own.  If it's supported by a narrative of how the kid worked hard to achieve a goal of making HR or how passionate the kid is about math, it could make sense in an essay.  If the kid is not at a higher SES AAP center, then AMC 8 HR might stand out a little bit.  [/quote]

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