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<li>Is it worth it to put down your AMC scores if you didn't qualify for the AIME?</li>
<li>How can you find out your scores if you (hypothetically) forgot them...?</li>
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<p>*I think *any AMC score above 100 is worth putting down..</p>
<p>YES!!!!!!!! my 100.5 is above 100...i should put it down right??????????lol, i'll look like I have never taken math compared to others who applied their...</p>
<p>For my school, our math teacher had a list and just read off our scores. If you forgot your score you could just ask your math teacher for it, although it depends on how you got your score to begin with.</p>
<p>go to the website. I'm sure they will have an email posted there where you can request your scores. I forgot what it was, but this is what I did. A guy got back to me in about a week and gave me my scores</p>
<p>Website sounds good; thanks!</p>
<p>Your teacher should know your scores.</p>
<p>I suppose...but I'm impatient and I don't want to wait until school starts to ask her :P</p>
<p>100 on an AMC 12 is ~5% of everyone who takes the AMC 12.</p>
<p>Just putting things in perspective about how much you want to convey on the app. IMO, unless you can get 120-130+, I don't think it's going to make a huge deal in the mass of applications that MIT receives. But I guess it does demonstrate mathematical interest if you took the AMC.</p>
<p>I didn't completely bomb it, but I wasn't outstanding by any means; I remember having 108 (maybe???) on the AMC 10 and being one question off qualifying for the AIME on the AMC 12...I know this won't work for me (other than showing that I cared enough to take the test), but would it work against me?
Also, I got a perfect score on the AMC 8...any point in slipping that in somewhere?</p>
<p>a 100+ on the AMC12 means you did qualify for the AIME. </p>
<p>If you did well this year, then go to the amc website, and download the High School Summary that lists all the good scores in the country (aimes over 6?? and the cooresponding AMC score.) <a href="http://www.unl.edu/amc/%5B/url%5D">http://www.unl.edu/amc/</a> BTW, this document is published every year, though this is the first time they put it up on the website. </p>
<p>I think since MIT (and Caltech) specifically ask for the scores, then you should give them.</p>
<p>And, commodore - leave out the AMC 8, especially considering your 10 and 12 scores. The problem with middle school accomplishments are that if you continued with your interests you would have better high school accomplishments. This would just look like you lost interest along the way.</p>
<p>I didn't qualify on either the 12 or the 10 (i got the 108 (maybe) on the 10) :/</p>
<p>Turns out the 10 was 108.5 and the 12 was 91.5. Meh, but OK.</p>
<p>wdf...that's not true....</p>
<p>10 is supposed to be 120 and 12 is supposed to be 100</p>
<p>Yeah...</p>
<p>I think this year the 12 was harder so they lowerde the bar to 97.5, but in general it's 120/100</p>
<p>Cutoffs are lower because of the new scoring.</p>
<p>the cutoff was lower only for the first AMC12 test...the second was normal....</p>
<p>edit: sorry. ignore this post. it's a repeat. :)</p>
<p>............................ignore this post as well...............................</p>
<p>I have a similar question...</p>
<p>I got a pretty crappy score on AMC 12 this year (84) BUT I go to a crappy public school system that has never taken the AMC before - I organized administration of the test, a fund raiser to pay for it, etc.</p>
<p>on college apps, I want to talk about organizing it, because that along with the other stuff I did/do for math team (founded it last year, organize participation in math league, organize transportation to math league, coach, organize participation in other math competitions) has become a semi-big part of my life. also, after doing so poorly I took classes this summer aimed towards AMC/AIME preparation in the hopes that I'll do better and be able to coach my team better this year.</p>
<p>Do you think my dedication towards improving my school/the opportunities for math-lovers as well as my own problem-solving ability despite my limited resources will make up for my low score? should I list my score? should I talk about organizing participation/participating without listing my score (this seems sketchy to me....)</p>