<p>I got a 99 and yeah, it doesn't count. ****ed me off to no end, but I guess I should've double-checked my answers instead of plowing stubbornly on ahead...</p>
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<p>That's why they're changing the scoring for next year - only 1.5 for a skipped question.</p>
<p>I think that's dumb. I like how they punish you badly for guessing; at least the 11 that are right you have to know. If they want to make it tougher they should raise the bar, not make it easier to guess.</p>
<p>i got 115 for 12b durrrr..... but i think its the highest in my school so werd up :D</p>
<p>AUGHHH, i got 10 right and 1 wrong. and the worst part is, i changed that wrong answer from the right one in the last 10 minutes. JESUS! i may need to start drinking alcohol or something.</p>
<p>thanks a lot, amc.</p>
<p>I think it's great that they are lowering the score for a blank answer. I'm tired, first of all, of seeing people qualify for AIME with less than half of the questions right, and second, not trying to answer more questions and get a higher score because all they care about is making AIME.</p>
<p>This, however, is a thread for discussion of the possibility of a lowered cutoff score, so I don't think it's good to open a debate here. If you want to debate it, start a separate thread, or go to Art of Problem Solving, where it's been discussed in detail.</p>
<p>Well...I didn't get that great of a score, but qualifying for AIME is cool because it will be fun trying to solve problems.</p>
<p>The AMC is meant to select good math students, of course, but it is also there to spread porblem-solving math to students who may not be particularly fond of the math taught in school. </p>
<p>If a person just barely makes AIME even though he may not be qualified to really do well, he/she still may come out of it with a new appreciation for math and may want to explore further....</p>
<p>Many people thought AMC12 was very easy this year although I only got a 105.5; another possible reason why (redundant, but I like this expression :) ) a 98.5 is unlikely to be in the top 5%</p>
<p>Just a question - when you guys are mentioning your scores for the B date, these are just unofficial scores, right? Because my school said the official results won't come back for about two weeks.</p>
<p>Anyway, I answered 14 questions on the 12B exam, and after looking at the solutions I think I got them all right - 111.5</p>
<p>Yes, they are lowering the points for a blank to 1.5, but they will also be making sure that questions 1-16 have a higher 'take' rate. I'd expect that scores won't change a whole lot</p>
<p>I don't think there's anything wrong with people that intentionally leave blanks to ensure a higher score. but I have to agree that I like how they are lowering the point for a blank. cuz getting like 2.5 /6 for a blank seems ... well... too high-.-..</p>
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<p>Hi, Sly Si, I know you know what you're talking about, because you were always so dominant on the AMC tests when you lived here. On my part, I don't particularly care how it's implemented, but I HAVE liked the severe penalty for guessing on the AMC 10 and 12, because that distinguishes students with "yeah, I know that" knowledge of math from those with "I can calculate this exactly, and prove why this answer and only this answer is correct" knowledge of math. To be sure, it is a good idea under the scoring rules that end this year to play conservatively, that is not to guess, but one still gets a higher score for more RIGHT answers, and the main difficulty of the AMC tests for most test-takers is that most students can only get just a few right answers. </p>
<p>Steven Dunbar, the AMC director, of course agrees with you that it is deplorable that people are qualifying for AIME having hardly answered half the questions, but to me that's a feature, not a bug, because that group of test-takers should be the YOUNG test-takers who are simply trying to qualify for AIME while still of, say, sixth-grade age. The older test-takers should have enough gumption to try to qualify for MOP (or even for IMO), and those test-takers have always had plenty of incentive to do more than the bare minimum in racking up points on the AMC 10 and AMC 12. </p>
<p>I hope you're enjoying good weather where you are right now.</p>
<p>Personally, I think it's much easier to make AIME by answering as many as you can.</p>
<p>In grade 9, I followed the formula and answered 13, 11 right 2 wrong, 99.5
In grade 10, I got 94.5
In grade 11, I abandoned the limited question strategy and got 123
This year, I did 18 questions and got 125.5</p>
<p>Even tho these scores still suck (my math teacher threatened to kill me if I didn't get over 130), I find it is much easier to do all the questions you can.</p>