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  1. A DF got her son off the waitlist at UCB a few years back, she used Ms. Sun to help craft the waitlist statement. https://askmssun.com/waitlist-statement-service/
  2. Our local high school has a Speech and Debate class as an elective for the kids on their Speech and Debate team. Here is the course description Course Description This course is designed to prepare students to become effective speakers, presenters, and/or debaters in public discourse. The class meets California State Standards in English Language for Speaking and Listening, as well as including California High School Speech Association and National Forensics League forms of public address. The course is divided into two sections for the semester: speech & debate. During the first quarter, the focus is on speech. Students are taught skills in speaking--both prepared and impromptu speeches. Speech assignments may be modeled after the National Forensics competition categories (extemporaneous, original oratory/advocacy, dramatic/ humorous/duo/oratorical/thematic interpretation, original prose/poetry, expository, impromptu, student congress). Students learn how to speak effectively for given audiences. Students learn techniques that are effective in getting their point across, while avoiding common speaking mistakes. Students will learn to prepare and memorize speeches in a set time period. (Example: a two minute speech on a given topic.) The second quarter focuses on debate. Students will learn effective argument and debate skills. They will learn techniques in researching, organizing, and presenting information in an effective argument. Debate assignments may be modeled after the National Forensics competition categories (Lincoln Douglas, Policy, Parliamentary, Public Forum). Supplemental Information 10 credits Meets high school graduation requirement for practical art/CTE or elective Repeatable up to 80 credits
  3. My ds has said that Intermediate Number Theory is the hardest class. He spent twice as many hours on Intermediate Number Theory than on PreCalc and barely got into the green. He has always been solidly in Blue for all of the other classes. One of the issue is that AoPS doesn’t have a textbook for Int NT class. We ended up getting him Joseph H. Silverman's "A Friendly Introduction to Number Theory" as the textbook when taking AoPS Intermediate Number Theory. https://www.math.brown.edu/johsilve/frint.html
  4. I ask my ds, who has taken all of the listed AoPS classes and he said that he would have preferred to take PreCalc and Calc before Int C&P and Int Number Theory. He also said that he would have preferred to take Number theory last because it was the hardest.
  5. San Diego math circle offers the F=ma test. Some of the local high schools do as well. I know that Torrey pines and CCA administer the test.
  6. My ds14 is similar to your dc. He excels at math, but not passionate about it. His passion is computer science. Here are the classes he has taken AoPS Intro to Number Theory AoPS Algebra AoPS Intro to counting and Probability AoPS geometry AoPS intermediate algebra AoPS intermediate counting and Probability AoPS PreCalc AoPS intermediate number theory AoPS calculus He is dual enrolled taking calculus 3 and Linear Algebra this year. He will take calculus multi variable and vector calculus and finish lower division math in 9th grade. For 10-12 grades, he will take upper division applied mathematics required for Computer Science and Engineering classes like calculus-base probability and Statistics, applied Linear Algebra, discrete math and graph theory.
  7. My ds enjoyed the idtech camps https://www.idtech.com/
  8. Awesome Math also has classes to prepare for the Chemistry Olympiad. We have not tried the classes. https://www.awesomemath.org/stem-academy/online-courses/
  9. We sign up through the local math circle. There are math circles, universities and learning centers( like AoPS Academy and Russian Math School, etc.) that administer the exams. You can search for the location near you on the AMC site. https://amc-reg.maa.org/amc_external/SchoolSearchByZipCode.aspx
  10. In my dds high school kids in the gifted program got the opportunity to take AP in 9th, others had to wait until 10th. The English classes also had a different curriculum. The students in the “regular” classes were tracked into so the didn’t have prerequisites for AP or advanced, unless the took a summer school to bridge into advance classes.
  11. Majority of families prep their kids for gifted entrance exams in our area because kids in gifted programs get access to the best teachers in the school. They also get access to in school enrichment opportunities, like musical theatre, math contest, and stem programs in elementary and middle school. Then in high school kids get opportunities to enroll in advance, honors, AP and dual enrollment.
  12. I think there is difference between kids who are accredited and kids who are gifted. A child can be accelerated by being diligent and working hard. Giftedness is wired in and not taught. My girls worked hard and were accelerated, we didn’t consider them gifted. They were several grades ahead in math and reading, but this was due to hard work. They know that they are are smart because of their hard work. My ds13 on the other hand, I would consider gifted. He puts in no effort and is a sponge. He just absorbs information and masters it with no practice. He started taking college classes at 11. He is volunteering in a computer engineering lab at the local university and the professor he works with will tells me that ds is working at a higher level than his other undergraduate research assistants. Ds knows that he is gifted.
  13. My ds 13 will sleep about 10-12 hours. I have noticed when he hits a growth spurt he will sleep 12 hours, easy. He is a night owl like his dad. He will go to be around 11 and wake around 9am
  14. He needs to get to green for an A in the class. https://artofproblemsolving.com/school/handbook/current/documentation
  15. He can take in person classes math at UCSD, they offer concurrent enrollment for middle and high school students through Extension. It’s more rigorous than CC.
  16. Mix honey and lemon with hot water or tea.
  17. We found this to be the case with kids in our area as well.
  18. Invisalign was 7000 and regular braces 5000
  19. The in person cost about 300 more per year than the virtual academy. My ds normally attends the in person at the academy, but he did virtual last year. He has also taken the text base classes as well. He prefers the in person classes. I would say the in person classes are definitely worth the cost. Ds has taken both math and ELA classes at the academy.
  20. https://twitter.com/drericding/status/1418669725404602370?s=21
  21. The breakdown of Israeli covid numbers are really troubling.
  22. My ds used Volume 1 for Mathcounts, AMC 8, and AMC 10(problems 1-20) He is using Volume 2 for AMC 10 for problems 20-25 level, AMC 12 and AIME. Volume one is used for AoPS middle school math contest and Volume 2 is used for High school math contest class at their Academy.
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