<p>Regarding shravas’s post #16: There were about 240 USAMO qualifiers in year 2000 and about 270 this year. We basically go back to 10 years ago. </p>
<p>The sharp increase in the number of USAMO qualifiers during years 2006–2009 was one of the driving forces that made USAMO qualification devalue drastically in college applications.</p>