The type of math student.....

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<p>so maybe some of you have gotten to know me by now...i posted a few math threads with math IQ test links...but i have a question</p>

<p>i read on here people talkin about the SAT I math, the subject tests...and AMC 12 / AIME / USAMO...</p>

<p>back in HS...i got 800 on SAT I math with some prep to get rid of careless errors...770 on SAT II Math IC, and then a pretty low 700 on Math IIC (just low bc i know the curve is rather generous on that)...</p>

<p>on the AMC 12, i got the highest in my grade at 98.5 (i answered one incorrectly...if i'd just left it blank, i would've gotten a 101, and qualified for AIME...this was back in 2004)</p>

<p>nowadays (i'm 24), i do some of the AIME problems for fun...i've gotten up to 7 of them correct off one exam (i think the 1988 one on the AoPS website)...and i can usually stump my friends who made AIME before...and just to make it clear...i WASN'T a math major in college...i did electrical engineering...i took math thru diff eq and multivar calc (none of which apply to these types of problems)</p>

<p>just a rant really...bugs me to death that i didn't make AIME back then...but what type of a math person would i be under all that i just said??</p>

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<p>A person who is good at math…</p>

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<p>I would say that you would be better off as an applied math major than as an engineer. However, engineering is the better major.</p>

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<p>haha what makes you say that i’d be better off as an applied math major??</p>

<p>well i was just wondering about this whole thing bc when i look back at it…i feel a little insecure bc i didn’t make AIME…even though all i had to do was leave a question blank…also about that…is a 98.5 on the AMC 12 a pretty high score for someone who got a 700 on SAT II Math 2C??</p>

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<p>Why would you feel insecure about a math test you took back in high school? Just forget about it.</p>

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<p>haha i came across those tests lately…and plus that’s how boring my job is lol…</p>

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<p>are there any math contests like on the same level as the AMC 12 or AIME (or like Mandlebrot, ARML, or Harvard / MIT math contest) that people can take as adults just for fun???</p>

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<p>If you out of college, its a little late. Honestly if your job is so boring that you dwell on math contests that you took as kid, you may have made the wrong career choice.</p>