<p>Hello,
So basically AMC's have not gone so well for me these past two years. I got in the 100's for my amc10 in 8th grade, got 94 9th grade and then after that in 10th grade and 11th I got in the mid 80's. I really love math and science and I don't think my math ability decreased as I took even harder math classes, but it was more that I just performed badly during my two last amc's. The MIT application only gives me place to put down one amc12 score. Should I put down my 9th grade score, my latest 11th grade score, or omit it all together because both are too low. The 9th grade score is my higher one but I feel that if I didn't put down my 11th grade score it would see I lacked a passion for math and didn't want to take the AMC anymore after 9th grade.</p>
<p>sorry to hack the thread! i have a similar question - i had the second highest AMC score in my school last year (and highest in my class) but I think its still low for MIT people (92-ish i think but i’d have to check) so I’m not sure whether I should even mention that I was second highest in my school…</p>
<p>Which ones are AMC12? 94 is a decent score on the AMC12. Put down the highest one you have on the AMC12.</p>
<p>I think I put down all my scores when I applied, but you don’t have to do this if they only leave you one spot.</p>
<p>Oh all of them except the 109 are amc12s. Do you think it’s okay to put down the freshman score even when they ask for the date of your test?</p>
<p>Yeah, I do. I doubt they’ll think much about it, but even subconsciously someone might just think you just didn’t care for contest math and stopped taking it after doing very well as a freshman (and 94 is <em>very</em> good for a freshman.) Not liking contest math doesn’t necessarily mean you don’t like real math, so they won’t interpret it as a lack of interest.</p>
<p>Thanks so much collegealum314! (haha 314 i just noticed that), anyways yeah I think I’ll go with that. It’s not that I don’t like contest math actually (I did okay in things like mandelbrots and CMLs.) It’s just that amc’s always seemed to be bad days for me. But anyways once again thanks a lot =]</p>
<p>can somebody help me too! i’m applying early action and I can’t decide…</p>
<p>I took it in 10th and 11th grade, and did badly both times, but had a high score within my school, and received an award within the school for that. Should I mention my scores? Or should I leave the section about the AMC blank?</p>
<p>@ rayankees</p>
<p>I have the same situation as you. I included my scores, and then in the academic distinctions section put that i got the highest score in my school. I think it just shows that my school isn’t very contest math oriented (or math oriented at all for that matter).</p>
<p>I’m laughing because I am pretty certain that all these scores I just read humble mine.
Don’t be afraid to put these scores up! If anything, it shows that you like math enough to take the AMC (multiple times too)!</p>