<p>where do you take the AIME in? Do you like go to Nebraska and take it like the USAMO? or like do you take in at school? 3 hours? this kind of seems a lot.</p>
<p>you take it at your school. way too many people qualify to take the aime for them to fly out. is in the thousands, i think maybe in the tens of thousands. i dont even think they fly people out for usamo. i think they only fly out those that make mosp.</p>
<p>Kosuke is right - AIME and USAMO are done at your school (in 2002 they had funding to fly everyone to Boston to take the USAMO at MIT, but it was a one-time deal). Only the people doing MOSP get a free trip to exotic Nebraska.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.kalva.demon.co.uk/aime.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.kalva.demon.co.uk/aime.html</a>
this site's answers and problems don't match. isn't there something wrong?
if you look at some of them the given values are different.</p>
<p>Just curious - I've been doing AoPS books for a long time now. I've completed the first book and I'm working on the second, however to those who used the AoPS books, does the AoPS books help that much on the AIME? (well, at least the first book?). I think the first book is more geared toward the AMC.</p>
<p>I understand approximately 250 students continue to the USAMO level after the AIME exam but are there any statistics regarding how many students take the AIME exam? Since they take into account the AMC12 score in determining the USAMO level,is it likely that someone with a AMC12 score just a bit above 100 could actually make it to the USAMO level?
Also, does preparing for the AIME make a big difference?
Lastly, do you list the fact that you advanced to the AIME level on a resume or other document listing achievements? Is it something that is prestigous enough to warrant mentioning?</p>
<p>I learned a lot by going to the amc website - they talk about percentages and such, and you can get a sense of the competition.</p>
<p>As far as listing it on apps, I suppose it's up to you. The site says you will get a certificate of achievement. I'm going to suggest that my son list it under " honors and awards." Tt's not prestigious, but it helps paint a picture of you as serious math student, I think.</p>
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<a href="http://www.kalva.demon.co.uk/aime.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.kalva.demon.co.uk/aime.html</a>
this site's answers and problems don't match. isn't there something wrong?
if you look at some of them the given values are different.
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<p>Because of copyright laws, the wording on the questions is changed slightly on this site. Also, the realy AIME frequently has some extra step at the end to put a more complicated answer into the form the answer sheet will take (an integer from 000 to 999). The Kalva site leaves that out.</p>
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<p>about 12,000 take the AIME exam.</p>
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<p>it indicated that you are in the top 5% or so of people who took the first test (who are already pretty self-selected). So yes, it's as prestigious as, say, being a Nat'l Merit semifinalist. Whether you put it down somewhere as an achievement depends on what you are applying for and what other achievements you have. As ASAP says, it paints a picture of you as a serious math student. MIT and Caltech both ask for AMC and AIME scores on their app. But if you had so many awards you couldn't list them all, and you are applying for something that doesn't care if you are a serious math student, you might choose not to include this.</p>
<p>So, what is the cutoff of AMC 12 this year? 100? 99.5?</p>
<p>i think it's always 100</p>
<p>the AMC 12 cut-off dips below 100 if they have to in order to ensure at least 5%. It's happened once in the past. Usually the cut-off of 100 actually means more than 5% move on. (the cut off for this year, both exams, has already been announced. 100)</p>
<p>Texas137 ~ Could you give your opinion about what different AIME scores suggest to admissions committees? For example, how do you think colleges view a 2 (the average score), a 6, and a 10?</p>
<p>I'm thinking Cal Tech here, or MIT; something very science and math oriented.</p>
<p>A student who has served on admissions committees at Caltech said this on the Caltech board:</p>
<p>"AIME -- Axlines who take the AIME tend to have 8-15. To matter, it should be above 4. Below that just indicates interest in math, no particularly strong ability."</p>
<p>I agree with feuler that 4 sounds about right for starting to be a noticeable plus for schools like MIT or Caltech. USAMO qualifiers have an AIME score of 7-8, and that's a huge plus. There are only about 250 USAMO qualifiers, and the largest group of them (about 100) qualify as seniors when it's too late to put on college apps. So there would only be something like 50 people in the country applying to college in a given year who are able to say that they scored high enough on the AIME to qualify for USAMO.</p>
<p>Thanks, both of you! That puts it in perspective. What a great acheivement!</p>
<p>JEW711, did you go to KCATM today?</p>
<p>Nope, a few friends of mine did though. Meanwhile I was at the Border's on 119th and Metcalf studying for the new SAT =P</p>
<p>Heard BVN beat the crap out of everyone though, congrats, did you go?</p>
<p>yeah...kinda embarrassing though, i didnt take ANY places in any of the individual events. only the gold in mathletics and i think word problems-team. i had to leave before the awards ceremony for work. oh well. my friends did fairly well, good for them. mathletics was sweet though.</p>
<p>hey kosuke, what school are you from? just wondering what school took first in mathletics at kcatm. congrats tho</p>
<p>bvn. where do you go to school?</p>