PUMaC is a high school math competition operated by Princeton students. It is kind of similar to HMMT – Harvard MIT Math Tournament. My son is still in middle school. But he would like to try some high school math competition. He tried HMMT November version the year before. It was kind of hard. This […]

Also those courses are very helpful for home school parents. For other kids, it can be supplemental resources to help kids to get their feet wet before they learn these courses next school year. Or it is alternative to the other summer camps for your kids. Johns Hopkins University’s CTY summer programs are very good. […]

I found this very helpful to parents: http://www.fcag.org/documents/summerguides/summerguide2009.pdf

The SCAT isn’t used for much.  I think it’s considered rather coachable.  I’ve had my children take it, and qualify for those programs, but I wouldn’t assume anyone would put a lot of weight on it other than for CTY.  It is a single data point.  For GT identification in school, a more acceptable and […]