Looking for some advice from experienced parents and students. My kid, 7th grader, has been in one of the gifted programs where the most acceleration is provided locally. After running out of middle school courses in math(this is the only subject acceleration provided), doing AOPS, joined college Math classes. Seems to be getting A grades easily. Also doing AMC 10’s and such (Mathcounts team is not strong) but missed the AIME 2 years in a row by 3-4 points.
Any suggestions on the best summer programs or year-long programs that can help reach that 0.1% of kids who qualify USAJMO. I think the key piece missing is that peer group that will motivate and help reach the full potential. Hoping to find such programs or math circles but do not know which ones are good. We are not from one of the states like CA/NY/NJ so online would be the best bet. Any suggestions are appreciated.
Does your student have any interest in science or robots or some sort of applied math activities?
Yes, sciences and programming.
Take a look at Stanford online high school. The offer single class, part time, and full time enrollment. They have a ton of advanced math and science kids and the instruction is top-notch. Their application deadline is January 11, so if you are interested you have to move quickly. In the past, if you applied for single course, you could change your mind and switch to part time or full time. I think that is probably still true.
Placement is usually by testing results—students are not limited to grade level courses.
Here is a schematic of their math curriculum.
https://onlinehighschool.stanford.edu/apply
https://onlinehighschool.stanford.edu/course-catalog?time=1704559307275
For a sleep away summer program, the Ross program is a good one.
One thing about math is does he like competitive math or not?
Has he qualified for John’s Hopkins CTY program? In addition to online courses, they have a lot of summer programs which provide an excellent bonding experience with kids of similar interests and aptitudes.
Still exploring but I have seen my kid having a lot of fun in math team competitions!
Yes, just last month applied for the Grand Honors. Haven’t got the certificate yet. 
Any specific JHU CTY course you would recommend?
AoPS, which you mentioned, is the strongest online program, and is used by the majority of kids that get to USAMO.
Once she has taken all the underlying topics (number theory, etc), then switch over to their WOOT class, which is specifically targeted for Olympiad training.
Ross, I heard is very competitive. What could she do in the next year to strengthen her application for Ross?
We did see a difference earlier but for the last 2 years missing AIME by barely 3-4 points is making us rethink AOPS. She is probably not ready for WOOT yet though.
Ross, in addition to being very competitive, almost never accepts anyone below age 15, and most are 16+, so it’s unlikely the OP’s child is eligible.
AwesomeMath is perhaps the best example of a nearly open-admission program with high quality instruction (or at least it was high quality some years ago). It was founded by Titu Andreescu who was once the head coach of the USA’s IMO team. They are best known for their summer programs.
When you say she is taking college courses, are they in person or online? There are always some advanced math students at our local middle and high school. They are fortunate to have a number of colleges very close by (they could walk to a couple of them).
My older two each had at least one kid in their class that had exhausted the HS math courses by end of middle school (multivariable calc and linear algebra). They went to a local college and took courses there during their HS years. While this wasn’t an elite college, it is a good college - looked up the middle 50% SAT scores and it is 1450-1520.
If a good local college is available, that is an option. The kids I am thinking of are probably similar to your child. I know that one of them qualified for USAMO every year from 8th grade on.
If it is online classes, is it possible that in addition to class that a professor or grad student could Zoom tutor her/provide supplemental instruction in areas of interest?
I have heard good things about a (nearby) college program MathILy - meant for HS students but they will consider younger students.
Thank you! She did AwesomeMath last summer. We have Ross on our list just that she is not yet eligible.
It’s in-person and a 2-hour drive after school. But that’s another story.
Ah, thank you! I will look into MAthily now that you mentioned they accept younger students. She is 11 years though but in 7th grade.
Important to note that for elite college admissions, there is no tangible benefit in going much beyond AP Calculus BC in high school. At most one year beyond that has shown some benefits, but nothing beyond that.
MathIly is a highly respected summer program. Others include PROMYS, HCSSIM, Mathcamp Canada/USA, and MathWorks at Texas State. All are competitive to one level or another.
Michigan MMSS offers STEM classes that vary by year. It’s not super competitive, and attending seems to be a plus factor for admission there.
Thank you! Agree with the Calculus part! Are these all meant for competitive math? What order do students attend this in other than the age criteria?
I agree, and this shows some HS course planning is needed for advanced math students. For those who might take BC in freshman or soph year of HS, it doesn’t look good to not take any math senior year, so they are kind of ‘stuck’ progressing. Though any math class senior year is typically ok for these students, such as an advanced math topics class taken online thru a provider like NCSSM or Stanford, etc.
I am repeating my recommendation for you to look into Stanford online high school. Your daughter could take a single math course a semester with them and be in a class where her classmates share her ability and passion for math and are also middle school age or high school age. So much more her age peers than taking a college class. It is expensive but they offer good financial aid for those who qualify. There is also a robust social component to the school with clubs and both local and national meetups.
You could also look at the Malone schools online network