<p>How good does it appear to MIT if you were on your state A team for ARML and your team placed top 5 in the nation? Say rated on a scaled of 1 to 10ish... is this considered a hook of a sort, maybe?</p>
<p>It's very good. It's only slightly less impressive than USAMO qualification imo. With your excellent AMC/AIME scores, they'll take a good hard look at your application I'm sure. I wouldn't say it guarantees you admission, though. </p>
<p>You've done all the right things, but great candidates get rejected everyday. What I will say is that if you don't get in, the 1000 that do won't be smarter than you.</p>