My son got 6th in the State

[BocaBum99 Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close BocaBum99]

Wow. What a great day. My oldest son got 6th place in the State Math Counts competition. Just missed the nationals by two places. Top 4 go to the nationals. Maybe next year.

[riverdees05 Platinum Contributor Find all posts View Profile Close riverdees05]

That is great! Tell him Congratuation from us.

[lawren2 Malibu Beach Barbie & A Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close lawren2]

Wow. What a great day. My oldest son got 6th place in the State Math Counts competition. Just missed the nationals by two places. Top 4 go to the nationals. Maybe next year.

You must be a very very proud dad. I'd be walking around with a stupid grin on my face for sure if he were mine. Congratulations to him! and your entire family.

[chemteach Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close chemteach]

That's fantastic! How old is he?

[Beaglemom3 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Beaglemom3]

Congratulations !!
I see the mango didn't fall too far from the tree !
I help out in the annual "Math Counts" competition here in Massachusetts.

[bigfrank Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close bigfrank]

Wow that is great. I know your feeling prety good about now. Next year it is.

[dale7 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close dale7]

Congratulations to a proud father I hope he does well next year.

[BocaBum99 Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close BocaBum99]

That's fantastic! How old is he?

8th Grade. 14 years old. He got a B+ last term in Geometry because he keeps forgetting to turn in his homework. Argh. We are fortunate that his high school has a curriculum that includes multi-variable calculus. As a side note, one of his friends made it to the nationals for the spelling bee.

I have a feeling that getting into the top 4 is an order of magnitude harder than getting into the top 10. If he wants it, he'll have to train and work at it. The Math Olympiad is the real test of a teenagers math skills. I hope he decides he wants to try it.

[falmouth3 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close falmouth3]

Congratulations to you and to your son. I'm sure he's thrilled - hopefully enough to work on getting into the top 4 next year!

Sue

[shaggy Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close shaggy]

Good for him!! The part of my brain that does math is not there!! shaggy

[3kids4me Super Moderator and Super Mom Find all posts View Profile Close 3kids4me]

Congratulations to your son, and to you!

[EileenSRN Member Find all posts View Profile Close EileenSRN]

Congratulations! It's not easy these days for kids to excel in academic competition. How proud you both should be!
Eileen

[neuf150 Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close neuf150]

Wow What an accomplishment!!!!! Any career goals?

Ron

[abc31 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close abc31]

Now that's something to be proud of! And obviously you are. Congratulations!

[catwgirl Contributor - Bronze Find all posts View Profile Close catwgirl]

Wow, congratulations!!