Originally Posted by Austin
Being in Math Rocks is like getting onto a Select sports team.

If you want to compete for the top in the AMC tests, then some work outside of class is important, especially in Middle School. Some parents push their kids and others are self-motivated.

Lots of Chinese kids go to Chinese school on the weekends, where in addition to classes in Chinese culture there are math contest preparation classes taught by one of the fathers of the students who is an engineer or mathematician.

"To see what is in front of one's nose needs a constant struggle." - George Orwell