2012 AMC 8 (http://amc.maa.org/e-exams/e4-amc08/amc8.shtml) was held on Nov. 13, 2012. It was Tuesday. My son took AMC 8 through FCAG sponsored free AMC 8 test. (FCAG is a non-profit organization helping gifted and talented kids and their parents in Fairfax county. Actually, they … [Read more...]
scored 700+ on math section of SAT when 8 year old
My son has followed Terence Tao and Lanhard Ng that became only three children in the history of the Johns Hopkins' Study of Exceptional Talent program to have achieved a score of 700 or greater on the SAT math section while just 8 years old. He became a SET member when he just … [Read more...]
Johns Hopkins CTY SET program Eligibility
Students qualify for SET by taking the SAT before age 13 and scoring at least 700 on either the Math or Verbal (Critical Reading) test. Students who take the SAT after their 13th birthday may qualify for SET by scoring an additional 10 points above 700 for each month after … [Read more...]
Terence Tao
Fields Medal is the highest award in Math field. It is considered the Nobel Prize in math. Terence Tao is one of the youngest to receive this prize - 31 year old. In August 2006, at the 25th International Congress of Mathematicians in Madrid, he became one of the youngest, the … [Read more...]