<p>so our school has a math team...or what they call a math team but there really isn't a "team." There's no list of people who's on the team or definite list of people who go to competitions. So my advisor was wondering if we should really make a definite team instead of just getting random people who the teachers think are "smart" to go take the competitions. Well I've been to every competition so far since freshman year and nobody else has, although I'm not advanced in math (i'm normal). There are people in my grade who have skipped a few grades of math but they haven't been on the competing team for as long as I have.</p>
<p>Should I ask my teacher to make a definite "team"--as in actually set up an emailing system, have people officially "join" etc, so I can actually say that i'm part of the "team"? Can I ask her if she can make me the senior captain for next year? And how? (I know that she would say that I can write that i'm the captain on my application, but I actually want to be able to, well, coordinate stuff ^_^)</p>
<p>thanks in advance. math is one of the few ECs that i enjoy and love in HS, and if i want to show my passion it should be thru related ECs. but we don't actually have a team so what should I do?</p>
<p>Well in our school, Math Club is run by the teachers when doing the tests (since they are competitions and go against other schools in your district/state) but if you want to make a Math Team, I suggest asking your teacher about it and make it a club where you just do various math problems for practice as well as interest for the real test given by the teachers/administrators. In our school, there are certain criteria for making an official club so check if you have any criteria to go through.</p>
<p>I think a team is a great idea. Maybe don't ask her to be captain...show her you have the leadership and desire to be captain. Then, let the club vote for captain..?</p>
<p>A team would be a great option for you! I don't really know what you want it to do though. Are you planning to have a test-taking team or just a team to prepare for tests?</p>
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I don't really know what you want it to do though. Are you planning to have a test-taking team or just a team to prepare for tests?
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I think both would be nice. Everyone can join the team if they want to do extra competition math outside of school, learn cool stuff, and do practice (sorta like a club) but if they want to be in the top 10 in the school who take the tests, i guess we would do a selection somehow.</p>
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I don't really know what you want it to do though. Are you planning to have a test-taking team or just a team to prepare for tests?
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our school is weird in that most of the teams have the advisor nominate a captain, tho</p>
<p>[edit] maybe since i'm not the top math student on the team (altho I am the most involved) I'll see if I can make USAMO (which i really want to make anyways) and then I'll be a bit more qualified and i can ask her :) )</p>
<p>just say you're the "president" of "math club."</p>
<p>a selective math team may discourage people from competing...if you really want to have one of those, at least make a "team A" and "team B" so everyone can play.</p>
<p>The captain of the team, from my experience, is the one who teaches and explains difficult concepts and the one people can turn to when they need help solving a problem. Ask to become captain not just for your college resume, but for the sake of your team members who need a very advanced captain to lead them. Perhaps you can be co-captains, but do try to recruit one or two very advanced students into a leadership position.</p>
<p>lol yes, but just cuz they're in some advanced postcalculus class doesn't mean that they're better at competition math. competition math does not have anything past precalc and i'm pretty good at precalc</p>
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I think a team is a great idea. Maybe don't ask her to be captain...show her you have the leadership and desire to be captain. Then, let the club vote for captain..?
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yea... if you just decide you're the captain you're probably going to turn a lot of people off. </p>
<p>also, only be captain if you're REALLY good and REALLY care about the club. it seems for the most part that you care about the club more than most people do but if you're not at least one of the best on your team being captain would just be awkward and you'll have a more difficult time recruiting the math students who are smarter than you.</p>
<p>hopefully i'm not going to decide...i'll let my math teacher decide (our school never votes). and i'll just tell her how much i care about the team.</p>
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you'll have a more difficult time recruiting the math students who are smarter than you.
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hmm...well i do know most of them and are friends with them</p>
<p>There are most definitely post-precal competitions.</p>
<p>If you put this club together, then I think you deserve at least a co-president position, but like Marimare said, try and find a co-president (or vice president or whatever you want to call it) who can explain difficult problems and act as a guide. Our club president is the school math genius, who everyone turns to despite the fact that he isn’t exactly the most involved.</p>
<p>Our math club tends to be really disorganized too. There’s no definite list of who’s actually “in” the club. The regulars just show up every week for minor contests, and we advertise the bigger ones for the entire school (people end up going to skip class).</p>