<p>What kind of scores on the AIME do you need to qualify for USAMO?</p>
<p>I'm pretty sure I got 104.5 on AMC12.</p>
<p>If you're a sophomore, the floor had been around 7-9 in recent years.</p>
<p>If you're a junior, with your AMC score, you'll probably need at least 10, if not even more, on the AIME. The USAMO index for juniors had been around 200-230 in recent years.</p>
<p>Actually, I'm a freshman. So does that mean I need around 5-6?</p>
<p>Also, do you happen to know when the official scores come out?</p>
<p>I'm going to miss the AMC this year because I have another committment that I can't back out of. Is it possible to take the AMC my senior year and submit the score to MIT later?</p>
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<p>No. It means you have to earn the "floor" score, which has, as oasis said, been around 7-9 recently.</p>
<p>AMC got funding to increase the number of USAMO qualifiers from 250 to 350, so it will be a little bit easier to qualify than it was in the past. Go to <a href="http://www.artofproblemsolving.com%5B/url%5D">www.artofproblemsolving.com</a> for discussion</p>
<p>I'm a sophomore and i took the AMC 12 and i'm in PreCalc</p>
<p>Got a 104 w00t!</p>
<p>My freshman daughter was selected to take the AMC10B. A little more advance notice on this would have been nice but we're new to the world of math tests. She had taken a similar sounding test last year and received the highest score in her school but it was a mock version and didn't count for anything. She loves math but is only in geometry now. Can anyone offer advice on how she could prep for this with only a few days? When you describe the "floor" score, is that the raw number of questions answered correctly?</p>
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<p>The floor score relates to the AIME, the next test after the AMC.</p>
<p>Check out info on all of them at <a href="http://www.unl.edu/amc%5B/url%5D">www.unl.edu/amc</a></p>
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<p>It's important to know the format of the test and its scoring. A good idea is taking a practice test (maybe last year's AMC-10, or the AMC-10 A from this year). Timing is a big deal, so it can really help to know how fast/slow you are.</p>
<p>It's probably a bit late to really do a lot of problems now, or to learn any new concepts. But since she has all the skills that are necessary to do very well on the AMC-10 (no precalculus/algebra ii concepts are tested) familiarity can be very useful.</p>
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<p>I'm guessing the AMC 8. That's not bad preparation for the AMC10, actually.</p>
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<p>Probably a good thing. I never took a geometry course in my life, so the subject was always a huge weakness of mine on any math contest. Taking geometry should help her a lot. </p>
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<p>If it's only a few days before the contest, I would suggest going through a few old AMC 10s with solutions. That, and memorize some important geometry theorems; Stewart's Theorem, Ceva's Theorem, trig version of Ceva's Theorem, Menelaus's Theorem, Law of Cosines, Law of Sines, properties of triangles with intersecting cevians, triangles circumscribed, and circles inscribed within triangles.</p>
<p>there really isn't much time btwn now and Wed. But if your daughter would like to prepare for next year, check out the matierials, forums, and online classes at <a href="http://www.artofproblemsolving.com%5B/url%5D">www.artofproblemsolving.com</a></p>
<p>AoPS is a good resource for really advanced math competition students who need unique problems and training resources, but is probably not very useful for a beginner.</p>
<p>At that point, one should solve a lot of old tests and learn specific math concepts from books or problem sets.</p>
<p>I know that you have to get over 120 or top 1% on AMC10 to qualify for AIME, but when they say 1%, what do they mean? Top one percent in the country? in your school? Anyone know?</p>
<p>In the country.</p>
<p>In that case, you might as well take the AMC 12, which you only have to be top 5%. Once you're in Algebra II or above, most people forget all those weird geometry theorems, postulates and corollaries.</p>
<p>The 1% and 5% things never really apply, since 100 on the 12 and 120 on the 10 are almost always easier to achieve (like 2001 was the last time that the 5% was lower than 100, and it's not going to happen again imo).</p>
<p>cooljoe,
you might want to try The Art of Problem Solving (I think their website is theartofproblemsolving.com ..someone correct me if I'm wrong or try it without "the" if it doesn't work). They have some great classes! Another idea would be to look for a Math Circle.
Good luck!</p>
<p>We're having the AMC for the first time this year at my school, so I'm taking AMC 12B. How quickly does one get scores? I'm looking to send these to colleges, and I anticipate doing fairly well since I do math team and the brochure has fairly similar problems to ones I've done before. So how quickly do I get scores and should I bother sending them? If I send them, how should I do so?</p>
<p>although you may get your unoficcial score within a few days (as I did) the official scores come out in a few weeks. if you record your answers in the booklet, you can ask your math club coach for the answers and then calculate your score.</p>
<p>Thanks oaklandmom.</p>