<p>I got a 100.5 on the AMC 12 and a 1 on the AIME as a junior. Should I bother reporting, or will it reflect poorly on me that, while I did well, I didn't do better than that? I know this has been asked before, but I couldn't really make heads or tails of the prior posts in terms of benefits and hazards of writing do okay-but-not-stellar AMC/AIME scores.</p>
<p>If math isn't your thing, then you should report it.</p>
<p>If your application hinges on your math ability, and you go to a good high school, then I don't know.</p>
<p>No matter what your score was, it was good that you tried the competition. 100.5 is a respectable score, especially this past year (I got a 97ish on it. I was a bit sick though) In my opinion, it would be better to report your scores. It'll only help.</p>
<p>Fermion - class of '11</p>
<p>Report that you qualified for the AIME but don't report your score to schools unless they have a spot specifically for AMC scores. This implies that you got at least 100 so obviously it's to your advantage not to say that you only got 0.5 above the cut-off.</p>
<p>you should just report it.
i doubt they would use your scores against you.
It shows some interest and that you actually bothered to take it.
And making AIME is not bad. so yeah!! report it
they should only be used for your advantage</p>
<p>Well, saying that you qualified for AIME implies that you got a score of at least 100, so he/she doesn't gain anything by reporting the score of 100.5.</p>
<p>MIT might think it strange that he/she omitted the score since they have a place for the AMC score on the application. But for other schools, I would just say "AIME qualifer".</p>
<p>well for MIT I guess he/she should just report it anyways,</p>
<p>jw for other schools would i put AIME qualifer in the awards section?
and is there point to say how many times you made it? like 4x or something(since 8th grade)? even for MIT? there is only about 100 in the country per year, is it worth pointing out?
I know someone that put 4x USAMO qualifier on his MIT app. is there a point to put number of times qualified for AIME on the MIT app?</p>
<p>yes, there is a point. Ofte next to the awards you have a date. Just put like 2004-2007 or something. This shows you qualified 4 times...</p>
<p>if you're a girl and urm then report it.</p>
<p>if you're a chinese male, then dont</p>
<p>Don't listen to that- report it. No one will hold it against you that you "only" qualified for AIME</p>
<p>just report it. There is a space to put them. If you indicate AIME qualifier somewhere else in your app (which you DEFINITELY should), then it'll be suspicious why you didn't put your scores in on teh AMC/AIME specific section, because obviously you've taken both if you qualified for AIME.</p>
<p>I think you should think about it. Like asiaknight said, it matters a great deal if math is your thing that you are hoping will carry through. </p>
<p>But when I say "carry you through" i mean you'd have to be good enough that your mathematical abilities shine clear and high above the rest of your application. I suspect a very small percentage of MIT admits would say one particular thing carried them through, and for math I would suspect that means MOSP/IMO or doing some very very serious mathematical research.</p>
<p>So if you aren't trying to be part of that small percentage, just list it.</p>
<p>i'm not sure how you ever would be helped by not listing your amc/aime scores. if math isn't your thing, as pebbles explained, no one will hold it against you (indeed, i personally never made it to USAMO despite making it to AIME several times. my physics accomplishments, however, were by far the most important part of my application.) if you are trying to portray yourself as a math god, it's really strange not to report amc/aime scores since it's pretty much understood that almost everyone who's serious about math participates in those contests -- if you don't have any hardcore, super-legit math research under your belt, you will come off as looking pretty disingenuous by not reporting your AMC results.</p>
<p>hmmm i forgot whether i took AMCA or B. One was in jan and the other feb. I think it might have been january, should i just put that date? Does it really matter?</p>
<p>normally they are both in feburary
one year , i might have been the end of january
but just put feburary for the date shouldn't matter much</p>
<p>i was about to post a thread about this, but since i saw this i'll just post here.</p>
<p>i took the aime/amc since 9th grade, but i don't remember what i got on them. and i know none of the times i took it i qualified (i get close but never past). i'm an asian female. should i bother trying to find out what i got?</p>
<p>i doubt it will help that much but it won't hurt either. I think you have to email the website and request scores. I forgot what the address is but its floating around this forum somewhere</p>
<p>Write a letter or an email to the AMC office with your request. Our postal address and our email address is on all of our literature.</p>
<p>Be sure to specify your name, exactly as it was used on the contests you took, the years that you took the contests, the name of the school where you took the contest (the CEEB number will help us look it up faster, if you know the CEEB number) and the city and the state.</p>
<p>Requests for scores are answered only for the individual requesting the scores.</p>
<p>Plase allow up to two weeks for an answer.</p>
<p>Steve Dunbar
MAA Director, American Mathematics Competitions</p>
<p>Their email is : <a href="mailto:amcinfo@unl.edu">amcinfo@unl.edu</a> </p>
<p>hope that helps!</p>