Which Maths Olympiad / Competition Holds Most Weight?

[Pen88n]

vlim:

wa...about 400 students qualify for NMOS special round :shock:

Ya, the list is very long. That's why I'm wondering 400 students invited for special round translate to ??? Gold, Silver or Bronze (?)??? Or all 400 are Gold and Silver??? Considering yearly maybe about 4000+ students join the competition?

Number seems a lot, but come to think about it, it is only about 10% of total yearly student population that join the competition.

[verykiasu2010]

CoffeeCat:

tsh0202:

anyone knows when will the result for NMOP 2010 be out? :?

Lol it was just out today! go check the website.

what is NMOP ? or is it NMOS by NUSH ?

[CoffeeCat]

verykiasu2010:

CoffeeCat:

[quote=\"tsh0202\"]anyone knows when will the result for NMOP 2010 be out? :?

Lol it was just out today! go check the website.

what is NMOP ? or is it NMOS by NUSH ?[/quote]Yea they are talking about NMOS

[CoffeeCat]

mwchua:

We have all the gurus on MO training here....:)


May I seek your kind advice, although the question might have already been discussed in some other threads:

1. Is Maths Hub the most commonly MO school most kids go to, assuming that the kid is not good enough to be selected for training by the school?

2. Age wise, P4 is a suitable age to start, too early might deter the kid for interest in Maths if he/she does not have enough aptitude for the subject?

I browsed through some MO books at Popular bookshop. Think even for the most elementary (meant for 7-8 yrs old) questions I also a bit of time to solve them :?:

Thanks!

Rgds,
Ming

If I not wrong Mathshub seems to be the biggest, so if you are talking about sheer size, then i can;t refute that. Anyway many students who were selected for school training still go to outside centres.
Yea p4 is the ideal age.
By the way the MO books at Popular are good generally ... but notice there is no chapter on angles.

[mwchua]

CoffeeCat:

[If I not wrong Mathshub seems to be the biggest, so if you are talking about sheer size, then i can;t refute that. Anyway many students who were selected for school training still go to outside centres.

Yea p4 is the ideal age.
By the way the MO books at Popular are good generally ... but notice there is no chapter on angles.

Thanks CoffeeCat

Maths Hub has a branch at Kovan....wondering if any parent here have tried sending their kids there & any feedback on the centre?

Rgds,
Ming

[kiasiparent]

IMO holds the most weight.

[verykiasu2010]

kiasiparent:

IMO holds the most weight.

is there IMO at primary school level ?

[CoffeeCat]

verykiasu2010:

kiasiparent:

IMO holds the most weight.

is there IMO at primary school level ?

nope The IMO refers specifically to the one for high schoolers.
Although at primary school level there is an International Maths and Science Olympiad (IMSO), which is \"international\" in nature.
Some parents might know about how the RMSO (just started this year) is used to select students for this IMSO. In a way if a student get selected to join this it will look very good...

[verykiasu2010]

CoffeeCat:

verykiasu2010:

[quote=\"kiasiparent\"]IMO holds the most weight.

is there IMO at primary school level ?

nope The IMO refers specifically to the one for high schoolers.
Although at primary school level there is an International Maths and Science Olympiad (IMSO), which is \"international\" in nature.
Some parents might know about how the RMSO (just started this year) is used to select students for this IMSO. In a way if a student get selected to join this it will look very good...[/quote]Hi Garfield (CofeeCat), thanks for the info. Aware of the RMSO this year. Good for those who got selected

[vlim]

Just wondering prior to this year, how do the students get selected for IMSO :?