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Below are a handful of comments from teachers, students and parents of students involved in our classes:
| "All the children were very engaged. It's the best use of technology I have ever seen." - Mary Fay-Zenk, coach of National Champion California MATHCOUNTS teams |
| "After about the first 8 chapters of AoPS 2 I improved about 30 points on the AMC 12. Also, after taking 3 of their courses online my AIME score improved by 12 points from the previous year." |
| "Best bit of Number Theory I've taken. . . can't wait for Interm Number Theory. . . There was a lot covered in this class that I wish I would've known back in middle school. . ." |
| "I really love both the Intro to Counting and Number Theory classes! They teach me so many fascinating things about math that I never get to learn in schools and such. I especially appreciate the way you help us to understand each idea, instead of just teaching us the formulas and rules. At school, I learned a few of the basic formulas for how to find combinations and permutations, but I never really understood why the formula was the way it was and just learned to memorize it to solve problems. You really taught me to be more creative and how to solve problems, not just apply formulas. I hope you continue to offer more of these classes in the future." |
| "This course was great. There was never a moment where I thought that I was being reviewed. In these 12 weeks I have learned more than I did in one whole year of algebra at my school. Keep up the good work!" |
| "AoPS classes have definitely made me a better problem solver and has helped me expand my mathematics horizon as well as increase my score on such tests as the AMC/AIME." |
| "I had so much fun in this class! Problems that I never would have imagined doing on my own became trivial. Thank you so much for giving me this unique opportunity to learn." |
| "This class was a great in-depth coverage of numberous problem-solving techniques for the AIME exam. The class definately went beyond simply the answer to the problem by exploring the solution from many different angles. AoPS is an invaluable tool for those of us who simply can't decipher everything about a problem from the solutions packet." |
| "The class was great. . . This class has improved my MATHCOUNTS Score from 35-38s on state levels to about 44-46!!!" |
| "I think everybody in the course was GREAT, the instructors were EXTREMELY helpful. Even when I didn't understand something or was ready to give up from pure exhaustion, they were always encouraging and ready to help me. I really enjoyed this class. I think I learned a WHOLE bunch about a bunch of different things. . . " |
| "I thought that the class was very good and helped me a lot. It was nice to be with other kids who were better than me. I know I personally improved a lot. There aren't many opportunities in this part of the country for this level of instruction. I really appreciated the opportunity." |
| "Up to now, math really hasn't been all that challenging for him, even in classes in his school for 'bright' children. Wow -- your courses sure changed that. He was fascinated by the material, fascinated that other persons could understand this material, fascinated that unlike a normal school class you could have a group of persons interested in a serious subject and participate in such an organized fashion. It was truly an exceptional learning experience. . . The 'thinking' mathematics you teach is phenomenal. I used to always wonder how persons could do such hard problems. It's nice to know that students, albeit bright ones, can be taught how to go about solving these problems." |
| "This Algebraic Problem Solving Class has helped me in many ways. Now USAMO problems have become much easier including AIME problems. The variety of Algebra that I believe should have been taught in an ideal school has helped me catch to people whose parents taught them Algebra indepth. The class was just right for me, and I learned much." |
| "This is the first online Art of Problem Solving Class course I have taken. I learned more than I had ever dreamt of. I look forward to participating in other classes offered here. Thank you for all the time and energy you have put into this course." |
| "I really liked the class and it gave me a big challenge. It was probably the first time I had to try really hard to keep up with everyone else. Also, it was funny at times and didn't feel boring like a regular school classroom." |
| "It was the best overall review I ever had for the AIME. Very efficient. Helped me review all of the more important techniques that I had forgotten recently. Thanks for the course." |
| "I learned many a thing from Intermediate Counting. My ability to solve counting problems of all sorts has manifested itself easily with the ease of problems I never would have thought of solving. These problems include the harder AIME problems and even some USAMO problems. Today I took the School MATHTOUNTS test and on the Sprint Round there was a conditional probability question, and if I had not have taken this class I probably would not have been able to solve it. Thanks to the class I achieved a perfect score and owe gratitude." |
| "One thing this class helped a lot with was confidence: confidence from solving the toughest problems on the test. . ." |
| "The material we studied was really interesting and useful. I can now do lots of AMC/AIME problems much more quickly and in a much more organized way than guess-and-check. " |
| "Great job to Mr. Crawford and those who helped create and manage the course! Keep up the great work! I will look forward to other interesting classes!" |
| "I really enjoyed this class and I think the things I've learned will help me a lot on the AIME. It was really neat to have a class full of people who really like math." |
| "The AoPS classes really seemed to resonate with her. She certainly seems to have the Binomial Theorem and the Chinese Remainder Theorem down cold, and she was explaining counting problems to me that I didn't know how to do. Your program offers a valuable service to kids who are interested in contests and problem solving--I don't know of anything else like it." |
| "It was a very interesting class, and I certainly learned a lot from it. The dissection of the questions helped me understand them much better than if I had just read through the solution pamphlets of the past AIMEs. It was very thorough, and I enjoyed it a lot." |
| "I really enjoyed this class. It went at a good pace, and explanations were very clear. I leared quite a bit, and I'd love to do other AOPS courses." |
