Are the training classes free?

The training classes are totally free.

How will you carry out the training?

We will use YouTube Living Streaming to deliver weekly live lectures ( https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkm3aZgjxLuBzF9DxXseikw) on Sunday afternoons.

We will use Mathcounts Minis, a series of Mathcounts training materials that were jointly developed by Mathcounts and Art of Problem Solving (AoPS) and have been posted into the public domain on the Internet, as the primary sources for our training materials. We want to extend our sincere appreciation to the folks at Mathcounts and AoPS, especially Mr. Richard Rusczyk, for their dedication to quality math education.

All training materials can be found at the "Schedule and Materials" link. All YouTube Streaming lectures will of course be recorded and remain available on YouTube.

What topics will you cover?

We will cover four major subjects—Algebra, Geometry, Combinatorics (Counting and Probabilities), and Number Theory—at the same level of both Mathcounts and AMC 8.

What should a student do each week?

Each week's training consists of 3-4 closely related Mini units.

Each Mini unit consists of one Activity sheet, one Mini video, and one Solution sheet. The Activity sheet includes "Warm-up" problems, "The Problems" (that will be discussed in the Mini video), and "Follow-up" problems. A student should, for each Mini unit:

(1) Do the "Warm-up" problems in the Activity Sheet to get, well, warmed up.

(2) Try to solve "The Problems." It is ok if the student cannot (fully) solve the problems, but s/he should try.

(3) Watch the Mini video, which discusses "The Problems."

(4) After learning from the Mini video, try to solve the "Follow-up" problems.

(5) Attend our Sunday live lecture, during which we will discuss some of the most challenging "Follow-up" problems.

(6) Check out the Solution sheet.

What level of math background does a student need to have?

Because official Mathcounts participants span three grades (6th, 7th, and 8th), it is unrealistic to expect all students participating in our training to come from the same level of math background. But as our training is for a prestigious math competition, we do expect each student to have possessed solid knowledge of school math. It is recommended that a student has first completed a prealgebra curriculum (e.g., AoPS's excellent prealgebra program).

Does a student have to be in grade 6, 7, or 8?

No, we do welcome any student in any grade, as long as the student feels comfortable about and can benefit from our training.