<p>I believe I received a 0 on the AIME (haven't yet checked). Do I need to report this on my MIT app?</p>
<p>I would like to have this answered too. I qualed for AIME in Soph year (but havent qualed since then. damn AMC 12) but got 0. Would it help to report qualing for AIME?</p>
<p>Yes. (10 char)</p>
<p>Yes as in we should just put that we qualified or yes for putting a 0 in the space provided on the app?</p>
<p>qualifying to take the AIME is cool. getting a 0 on AIME is fine
you can put an ouch or something creative. It will hurt you
only if your school has a dozen people who routinely qualify and
some who may even head off to the USAMO.</p>
<p>I disagree, i would not report, getting a 0 on the aime shows that you just guessed multiple questions right on the amc.</p>
<p>hmmm, "guessed on the AMC" with the penalty system in place....wow!
that would make the person an intuitive genius ... all the more
reason to put down the scores....since MIT would probably benefit from
intuition in the applicant as well?</p>
<p>Also look at it a different way- if you are so tightly wound you cannot
laugh at your 0's and highlight your AMC scores there is a good chance
you are one of the people who is going to feel terrible at MIT. (Just
speculating here).</p>
<p>AIME and AMC are two different sort of tests. I know loads of people
who get decent-very decent scores on the AMC who do not do
so well on the AIME. In fact at my high school it is becoming
a custom for seniors who qualify for the AIME to just come by on
test day partake in the donuts and then head out and hang around-
since most of them were not into the USAMO. This has been the case for
the last four years at least.</p>
<p>umm..or it would make the person very lucky...i don't see your point.
and your speculation has no foundation at all....rather, if you're the type of person who would "partake in the donuts" instead of taking a contest that you took the time to qualify for, i think "you are one of the people who is going to feel terrible at MIT".</p>
<p>just say aime qualifier, no need to tell mit your score, anyways i think only scores over 6 are actually reported to mit (i'm sure they could find out your score if they really wanted to, though), so that sets up a range of 0<x<5 for you if they don't try to find out your score...</p>
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rather, if you're the type of person who would "partake in the donuts" instead of taking a contest that you took the time to qualify for, i think "you are one of the people who is going to feel terrible at MIT".
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I happen to like donuts quite a bit more than math (depending, perhaps, on the origin and flavor of the donut in question), and I was perfectly happy at MIT.</p>
<p>I think MIT 012 is fundamentally right -- in order to be happy at MIT, you have to be able to fail miserably at something every once in a while, even if you care about it very much.</p>
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anyways i think only scores over 6 are actually reported to mit (i'm sure they could find out your score if they really wanted to, though), so that sets up a range of 0<x<5 for you if they don't try to find out your score...
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is this true?</p>
<p>anyways..lol...for what other test can you say "Would a 0% help me?" -- Yay AIME!</p>
<p>well, i know they send all of the high scorers' info to all of the top schools and i believe the cut off is a 6 on AIME if i remember correctly....</p>