AMC/AIME Scores & Lying

Colleges and Universities A-Z Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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<p>On the MIT App, there's a section that mentions that if you have taken the AIME, then to provide your score(s) for it.</p>

<p>A friend of mine took it, but, in his opinion, didn't do too hot on it. He said that he will "leave it out" of his application this fall.</p>

<p>Is this lying? I mean, since it asks for you to put your score down if you have taken it. I'm not sure. I don't remember exactly what the application said when I read it and I do not know much else about MIT's application.</p>

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<p>It's not lying. It's not a requirement. I do think however that it wouldn't hurt his application at all. I've heard so many people here say that they got a 1 on the AIME.</p>

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<p>It's a great achievement just MAKING it to the AIME. If you make it there it means you're in the top 5% of math students in the nation. That sounds pretty damn good to me...</p>

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<p>My MIT junior got a 0 and put it on his application.</p>

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<p>You don't need to worry about people putting down 12 or something crazy like that. AMC publishes a book listing all students who scored above 5.</p>

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AMC publishes a book listing all students who scored above 5.

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<p>Dang, I scored 4 for two consecutive years, haha.</p>

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<p>Yeah I had two 5's. Still bitter.</p>

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<p>Oh, well, I actually just asked him again, and I was mistaken. He only took the AMC 12 test, but didn't qualify for AIME.</p>

<p>Sorry. I'm not into math competitions too often, so I didn't think AIME and AMC were very different.</p>