<p>Hehe, that's just the way of comparing the academic levels dude.. IIT entrance exam is really tough - the toughest undergraduate engineering entrance exam, and entry is only based on rank in that exam. And harvard and IIT have totally different admission processes, so you can't really compare.</p>
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nope, since our school never told us about AIME, I only got to know of it when i came on CC, which is a few months ago.
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<p>Same here. But I'm gonna give it a shot. Can't hurt to try.</p>
<p>And I agree that the HS curriculum is more difficult in other countries. I can't imagine being a HSer in South Korea or India.</p>
<p>I can't try :( I've already graduated :'( DAMn damn damn</p>
<p>I'm so nervous b/c I'm getting 90-105 on the practice AMC 12s.</p>
<p>Try doing AIME problems.</p>
<p>AMC problems really vary in difficulty, so you have to keep that in mind while looking at sample problems. Furthermore, I've taken a look at past IITJEE sample problems and don't think they are far too difficult....would that anger you? Considering that you and your friends probably spent a good amount of time preparing for them? </p>
<p>Also, there is no way that IIT students consider Harvard their safeties...</p>
<p>My cousin who was the top ranked student at IIT Kanpur (one of the best IITs), had the following results while applying to schools in America:</p>
<p>Acceptances: Stanford, Colombia
Rejections: Princeton, Harvard, UC Berkeley, MIT</p>
<p>No one in his class got into the schools he was rejected at....</p>
<p>AoPS books are like $75 for both of them, I guess you can only buy it from their website..</p>
<p>Lol @Databox - why would it anger me? I love maths and physics dude!
And if you read my previous post carefully I was saying that IIT has a systematic ranking system to get in, but it is not so in harvard, so you can be rank 1 here and still not have guaranteed entry.</p>
<p>Lol, I know, I was responding to someone else's post....</p>
<p>Problem Solving Strategies by Arthur Engel seems useful, but like all the other math competition practice books, costs $50+</p>
<p>Problem Solving Strategies is great! But really it's more for USAMO than AMC, I certainly would not start with that.</p>
<p>ya im porbably going to start with AoPS volumes 1 and 2 first then move on to Problem Solving Strategies</p>
<p>I wouldn't suggest a jump from AOPS 2 to Problem Solving Strategies. AOPS 1 and 2 should be more than sufficient for the contests.</p>
<p>so if i read AoPS 1 and 2 and practice the previous year's problems until i understand very well, will i be able to score 100+ on the AMC?</p>
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Lol, I know, I was responding to someone else's post....
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<p>Um...I was being sarcastic with "statistical safety". Maybe it was too hard for you to pick up...?</p>
<p>Whoops, didn't pick that up, trust me, I suck at picking up sarcasm on forums, my bad D:</p>
<p>Invoyable apparently thinks it's incredibly clever to make jokes about how he doesn't know what prestigious competitions are. This is perhaps the fourth one I've read?</p>
<p>Problem Solving Strategies is really freakin hard.</p>
<p>Yes, it is relatively difficult, but a great source nonetheless.</p>
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Invoyable apparently thinks it's incredibly clever to make jokes about how he doesn't know what prestigious competitions are. This is perhaps the fourth one I've read?
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Your basis? Don't assume everyone's the same here. I'm sorry I'm not intelligent and well-informed like you, but I'm not one of those "smart-all-knowing" kids that come on here (if you haven't noticed, I post here for fun).</p>
<p>I simply don't care much about this stuff, and genuinely have never heard of something like AMC until I came here. I didn't even know what EC's were before coming here, and really thought college admissions depend on your junior grades and SAT only. </p>
<p>Simply sad that what's actually not well-known to the populace and the general hs population is an auto-"prestigious" thing that I don't know. Oh, a shocker, but I really have no idea about 95%+ of the things people say on here (including competitions, terms, and etc).</p>
<p>Don't assume that everyone has the same knowledge about the things you do and assume that it's as a 2+2 basic knowledge. This is probably the fourth time you've made those silly assumptions.</p>