<p>Is this help?
Or throw away?</p>
<p>umm... no offense, but a 3 is average. Everybody that makes it to the AIME obviously has above average, if not amazing, math & reasoning skills. To get a 3 out of 15, is not impressive. You need a 8-10 to make it to the USAMO, so why share a 3? Just my two cents.</p>
<p>While I wouldn't call a 3 average, it definitely isn't anything spectacular. I got a 6 the last time I took and I wouldn't have considered informing Cornell about it. Unless you've qualified for USAMO, I doubt that Cornell would really care.</p>
<p>I don't know what I'm talking about, but I think it would be better to just list that you made it to the AIME without putting down your score.... A 3 IS average, but when you consider who takes the AMC-12 and who even makes it from those people to the AIME, it's pretty good. At my school, only this chinese kid and I made it on to the AIME, even though everyone in Calc bc and a few people from Calc ab took it.</p>
<p>We had about 20 kids take the AIME from my school. Some qualified through the AMC-10 and others, the AMC-12. I myself qualified through AMC-12 and got a 3. The average AIME test-taker gets a 2-3 out of 15.</p>
<p>Oh, and are you applying for next year? I was admitted c/o 2010 for COE and I can give you any pointers or suggestions if you want!</p>
<p>how about an 8?</p>
<p>omg his/her username is "mean value theorem" please shoot me now</p>
<p>well, *yours * is entirely 13375p34k... I'd worry about that as well ;)</p>
<p>When did you hear about your score? I still havent heard</p>
<p>i got in ED this year and I only got a 2 on the AIME last year. I don't think i told them my score though. i just listed awards i had recieved and one was the "outstanding performance on the AMC12" (or something like that) and the other was the certificate for participation in the AIME. They come as a pair, but it looks nice to list them both. The only app that i saw that actually wanted to know your scores was MIT.</p>