AMC 12 American Mathematics Competition

<p>You weren't kidding? Dude, that just makes you look like more of an idiot. Why didn't you just READ THE THREAD, as it says in the the first two posts what it is? Do you just like to hear yourself talk (or post, as the case may be) that much?</p>

<p>...Lol. Completely misread my post. Amazing.</p>

<p>I said that I didn't know what AMC was before coming onto this thread. Oh and, about reading the first two posts, I did that after I posted my first post on the second page. I tend to skim posts and not read some posts, too bad. If you have a problem with that I don't care. Get over it.</p>

<p>Southeasttitan, lawl, I agree that it was dumb of him to post w/o just reading the thread (and I already picked on him for that), but I also want to say that it's unrealistic to expect everyone to know what the AMC is. I had never heard of it before I discovered this forum as a junior (although my school coincidentally decided to take part in it that year, so I guess I would have found out anyways.)</p>

<p>Where do you actually take the test?</p>

<p>^usually at ur school</p>

<p>Yeah, and if your school doesn't offer it, talk to the math department head/principal and try to set the contest up at your school. In the case that this doesn't work, try and find an alternative location to take the contest (local university, other high schools)</p>

<p>how do you prevent cheating then? And do you guys normally set up a club for it to get people interested since you have to order 10 tests at a time</p>

<p>Poseur--I didn't expect everyone to know what the AMC is. I didn't know what it was until I actually <em>read the thread</em>--which <em>is</em> what I expected people to do.</p>

<p>The AMC is a really fun test. Even if you don't feel like preparing or whatever, just take it because it has really cool problems on it. If you get to the AIME and you can actually figure out some of the problems, that's even funner. So is it "any good?" Definitely.</p>

<p>meadow36 asked about innate ability -- I don't think that really exists in mathematics. It's just the more math you see and do and immerse yourself in, the better you get. The so-called geniuses are just the ones who started early and practiced really, really hard. I don't mean specifically practicing for the AMC. Like I started out with ~100 on the AMC10 freshman year, and then I went to a summer program and got a 134.5 the year after that and a 7 on the AIME. I didn't do any real AMC practice, and I'm certainly not "naturally smart" (heck I was one of the worst people at HCSSiM), I just did more math*. So just do that, and you'll get better at it.</p>

<p>By the way, in case it hasn't been linked yet, here's the AMC website. It'll tell you everything you need to know about logistics etc.</p>

<p>American</a> Mathematics Contest 12 - AMC 12</p>

<p>*disclaimer: what'll help the most is real math, with abstraction and proofs and thinking. not things like high school calculus or differential equations that basically just teach you a method and expect you to regurgitate it.</p>

<p>when does this take place?</p>

<p>I agree with fizix2 completely. And couyang, could you be more specific about the cheating thing?</p>

<p>I mean if you have someone from your school proctor it, won't cheating happen, and if it does how does the AMC know? Do they send their people to proctor the exam or something?</p>

<p>Cheating's never happened at my school. I guess they trust you. Which is how it should be, right? I mean, it's not like there's anything big at stake, it's just a friendly competition.</p>

<p>Plus (IIRC) the later rounds are much more strictly proctored, so if you cheated it wouldn't really get you anywhere anyway.</p>

<p>Yeah, it's honor rule, and the later competitions are VERY strictly proctored, I doubt cheating would ever occur...Oh yeah, and I remember that last year before the AMC tests were distributed, the math department head, principal, two assistant principals had to sign some forms or something swearing that they distributed them at the right time...</p>

<p>AMC is tomorrow =)</p>

<p>Yay I'm excited :)</p>

<p>YO I'M DOING THIS TOO GUYS</p>

<p>GUYS?</p>

<p>...guys?</p>

<p>Yay, I'm really looking forward to it, as long as I can get within 15 pts of my score last year I will be content =)</p>

<p>How'd you do?</p>

<p>Decently...I guess, got a relatively good AMC score (145.5) and a not so good AIME score (9)</p>