Edwin, do you have a feeling for how active SET is and what it's actually like? I wondered about it a while back (and posted about it in fact) but I've rather gone off the idea, paradoxically because at this point I'm not convinced success at SAT maths shows much about maths talent (as opposed to competence) so I mistrust an organisation that uses it to judge that. Tbh SAT math questions have all been too easy to hold any interest for DS for over a year; the challenge to getting a high mark would be purely in speed, and the biggest component of that would be speed filling in the answer sheet. So I wonder whether in SET one might more find well-prepped kids rather than very talented ones, kwim? But I'd be glad to be wrong; maybe it's overwhelmingly v talented kids who bother to jump through the hoop, even if it is the wrong hoop!

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