<p>I qualified for the AIME freshman through junior years, but my scores were kinda low both for both the AMC 12 and AIME.</p>
<p>Are these scores too low to put down? How much of a boost will the scores give me, if any?</p>
<p><a href="first%20score%20=%20AMC%2012%20for%20all%20three%20years,%20second%20score%20=%20AIME">i</a>
9th-97.5, 2
10th-91.5, 3 (granted though, the AMC 12's from recent years were much harder)
11th-94.5, 3*</p>
<p>I'm an Asian female if it makes any difference.</p>
<p>They’re good enough. At least you’re not a prospective math major with only 90 (12A) and 93 (12B) to show for it… >_<</p>
<p>^ It’s possible to be quite good at math without being terrifically good at competition math. I think you should be the type of person who can solve hard problems of most sorts (even competition problems) given time to think, i.e. have analytical ability and inclination, but not necessarily someone who does (close to) the best on all the tests.</p>
<p>In addition to the OP’s question, this year (11th) I scored a 96 on AMC 12A (qualifying for AIME) but got a 0 on the AIME. How would reporting(or not reporting) my AIME score affect my chances? I mean, MIT would know I qualified for AIME from my AMC score, but they just wouldn’t know my AIME score, right?</p>
<p>bumppp—I’d be curious/interested to know the answer to gethenian’s question too…</p>
<p>i don’t think it’s that big of a deal. i’d never even heard of the amc until late into my senior year, and then i only scored in like the 70s when i took it - so it’s definitely not the be all end all of anything. if you’re not comfortable with the score, i’d just leave off the aime and report the amc that you’re proud of. i doubt they’d hold not reporting the score against you.</p>