Does anyone have experience prepping with My Edmaster?

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Anonymous wrote:My son wants to go to TJ on his own, but we were wondering on what he could do to improve his math skills. In his school, he is in the top 3% and is very good at math.
We just want him to get used to the types of TJ questions.

What do his teachers say? If he is top 3% he will probably be fine, since they accept roughly the top 15% of applicants.

What grade is he, and what math course is he in now? It sounds like he is on track for geometry in eighth grade at least which seems to be what the majority of the accepted students do.

OP. He is in Geometry right now. But he catches onto topics quickly.

Is he in 7th or 8th grade?

8th Grade

Most of the kids who are accepted have taken geometry in 8th grade, so he is definitely on track. It sounds as though he is doing well in his math classes, so his teachers have seen his work and efforts and know that he catches on quickly.

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What do you doubt? That the parents were unhappy at spending all that time and money and their kids were not accepted? They certainly weren't happy about it.

It was the parents who spent all the time and money whose kids did not get in who were unhappy. The parents whose kids got in did get their hoped for result, so it is likely that they were happy about that.

Do they wonder if their kids would have been accepted without spending all that time and money? Who knows? You never know what crosses the minds of other people.

I doubt it. You pay for a coach and your kids make the Olympic trial cutoffs. You pay for a piano/violin and your kids gets to Carnegie Hall. You pay a few dollars for SAT coaching and your kids heads off to Harvard. i doubt think anyone ("sane") entertains buyer's remorse. Skills and objectives were attained.

So are you saying that the parents who were upset at spending so much money to not get their hoped for result are not sane? And the parents whose kids did get in after spending all that money never wonder if their kids were capable of getting in on their own?

I would say that at least some of the kids probably could have been accepted without all the expensive outside help. And I would prefer to be saving my money for my child's college or grad school expenses than to spend it on outside help he doesn't need.

What do you doubt? That the parents were unhappy at spending all that time and money and their kids were not accepted? They certainly weren't happy about it.

It was the parents who spent all the time and money whose kids did not get in who were unhappy. The parents whose kids got in did get their hoped for result, so it is likely that they were happy about that.

Do they wonder if their kids would have been accepted without spending all that time and money? Who knows? You never know what crosses the minds of other people.

I doubt it. You pay for a coach and your kids make the Olympic trial cutoffs. You pay for a piano/violin and your kids gets to Carnegie Hall. You pay a few dollars for SAT coaching and your kids heads off to Harvard. i doubt think anyone ("sane") entertains buyer's remorse. Skills and objectives were attained.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My son wants to go to TJ on his own, but we were wondering on what he could do to improve his math skills. In his school, he is in the top 3% and is very good at math.
We just want him to get used to the types of TJ questions.

What do his teachers say? If he is top 3% he will probably be fine, since they accept roughly the top 15% of applicants.

What grade is he, and what math course is he in now? It sounds like he is on track for geometry in eighth grade at least which seems to be what the majority of the accepted students do.

OP. He is in Geometry right now. But he catches onto topics quickly.

Is he in 7th or 8th grade?

8th Grade

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But they were even unhappier because they'd spent all that money and their kids did not get in. Especially when other parents hadn't had to spend that money and their kids did get in.

I doubt it. What about the kids who prepped and got in? Were these parents depressed then? Or happy?

What do you doubt? That the parents were unhappy at spending all that time and money and their kids were not accepted? They certainly weren't happy about it.

It was the parents who spent all the time and money whose kids did not get in who were unhappy. The parents whose kids got in did get their hoped for result, so it is likely that they were happy about that.

Do they wonder if their kids would have been accepted without spending all that time and money? Who knows? You never know what crosses the minds of other people.

But they were even unhappier because they'd spent all that money and their kids did not get in. Especially when other parents hadn't had to spend that money and their kids did get in.

I doubt it. What about the kids who prepped and got in? Were these parents depressed then? Or happy?

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....Parents were not thrilled to have spent so much money without getting the results they had hoped for. The kids worked and worked and worked, only to not get in, and then the friend who never had to go to those extra classes gets in. It turns out everything they needed to know had been taught in middle school. Yeah, they weren't happy.

Do you think these same parents would have gotten the results they had hoped for if they stood by and did nothing and spent their money on themselves at Starbucks? The fact their kids didn't get in, in and of itself, is enough to make them unhappy!

But they were even unhappier because they'd spent all that money and their kids did not get in. Especially when other parents hadn't had to spend that money and their kids did get in.

....Parents were not thrilled to have spent so much money without getting the results they had hoped for. The kids worked and worked and worked, only to not get in, and then the friend who never had to go to those extra classes gets in. It turns out everything they needed to know had been taught in middle school. Yeah, they weren't happy.

Do you think these same parents would have gotten the results they had hoped for if they stood by and did nothing and spent their money on themselves at Starbucks? The fact their kids didn't get in, in and of itself, is enough to make them unhappy!